Twenty minutes later...
Leon, Fiona, Charlotte, and Iris lounged against the backs of their dining chairs, their expressions radiating contentment.
Their lips curled into satisfied smiles, and their stomachs slightly distended after indulging in all the food spread across the dining table.
However, their smug smiles instantly vanished as Liliana, seated across from them, slowly rose to her feet and began clearing the dining table of dirty dishes with a cold and indifferent expression, causing Leon, Fiona, Charlotte, and Iris to feel goosebumps as if they were caught in a blizzard.
They gazed at Liliana with fearful expressions, none daring to utter a single word.
Even Fiona, the most innocent and usually outspoken, tightened her lips and could only gaze cautiously at her mother, closing her little mouth tightly.
