Stop Panicking! Miss Jacobs will Not Look Back!-Chapter 268: A Vicious Dog Needs Another to Tame It
That fragile body, that swaying posture with a cane, Isabelle knew at a glance what kind of person she was.
"Who is she?"
"Mrs. Dalton’s daughter, she’s being prepared to be a concubine for my husband."
Isabelle looked at her mockingly, "Juliana, look, even a servant’s daughter can climb above you, and all you do is be fierce towards me. Give me Mrs. Langley’s position; at least with me around, those vixens won’t get close to Elias."
Juliana looked out the window and smiled faintly.
"With a man like Elias Langley, it would be strange if no woman wants to approach. I’m his wife, naturally, I have the grace to allow others. But you, you can’t even compete with a servant’s daughter. If that’s spread around, where will the face of Third Miss Sinclair be placed?"
"Bah! Who said I can’t compete?"
Juliana didn’t argue, she said flatly, "My husband is back."
Then, Elias Langley could be seen putting away his phone as he walked into the courtyard.
As he passed Lena, he didn’t even glance at her.
Unexpectedly, while tending the flowers, Lena "accidentally" fell to the ground.
Elias Langley turned and walked to the roses, but didn’t help her up immediately and instead asked, "Are you planning to injure yourself further to extort me?"
Lena raised her face, pitifully defending herself, "No, Mr. Langley... it’s Madam who blames me for staying at the manor to recover, venting anger at my mother, giving her a hard time. I just wanted to do more to lessen her burdens..."
Elias Langley raised an eyebrow, "Is she that petty?"
Tears glimmered at the corners of Lena’s eyes, "During the day, when you’re not home, Madam thinks of all sorts of ways to humiliate me. Only when you’re back at night does it feel slightly better for me."
A shadow flickered in Elias Langley’s eyes; he suddenly asked, "Do you want me to help you up?"
That’s precisely what Lena hoped for.
"Thank you, Mr. Langley."
Tears rolled down as Elias Langley hadn’t even touched her, yet her body had already turned soft and delicate.
"Shameless slut!"
Isabelle couldn’t hold back, she rushed out from the main hall.
Elias Langley paused his action of helping Lena.
"Flirting with my brother-in-law in broad daylight, believe it or not, I will strip you naked and throw you out!"
As Isabelle cursed, she quickly dashed to them.
Not even caring about Elias Langley being present, she grabbed Lena’s hair.
"I’ve seen many sluts like you; those in clubs are even more uninhibited than you. Let me see your worth, then think about where to send you."
Saying that, she began tearing at Lena’s clothes.
Lena cried and begged, yet Isabelle didn’t plan on letting her go.
Elias Langley meanwhile stood off to the side, like a spectator.
April Wallace, who was watching not far away, saw her daughter suffering and hastily ran out.
Knowing Isabelle’s status, she didn’t dare lay hands on her, only kneeling on the ground, hugging her daughter, and pleading.
"Miss Sinclair, my daughter is pitiful enough, please spare us poor folks."
Isabelle smiled viciously, "If your family’s way out of poverty is to send your daughter to sleep with someone, I’ll help send her to the clubs. Still a virgin? Easily earn six figures the first night."
With a ripping sound, Lena’s clothes at the back were torn open by Isabelle.
"No..." April Wallace cried even more miserably.
Juliana slowly walked to the roadside, feeling it was enough, she said flatly, "This is Langley Manor, where your chaos cannot be tolerated. Third Miss Sinclair, perhaps move to the gate for your tearing?"
Upon hearing this, Isabelle immediately stopped her hand.
"You want me to make a scene in public and ruin my image? Dream on!"
Having said that, she realized Elias Langley was also watching her.
She quickly retracted her aggression, ran to Elias’s side, and whispered softly, "Brother-in-law, I’m not usually like this. I just fear this vixen will harm your reputation and lost control of my temper."
Elias Langley nodded indifferently, "I understand."
Juliana turned to face the running steward, saying calmly, "Sir is back, quickly clean up, don’t let the garbage in the yard dirty sir’s eyes."
Steward Fay paused for a moment, before nodding quickly.
It takes a vicious dog to deal with a vicious dog.
The effect was good.
After this small trial, Juliana felt she should continue like this.
As she pondered how to hit two birds with one stone, her phone rang.
It was Auden Hughes calling.
She waited for about ten seconds, opened the bedroom door, and then answered the call.
"Don’t you want to hear your friend’s application result?"
"I found her an appropriate heart; it’s not like you’re her only hope. If it’s too hard, just forget it."
Auden Hughes was about to ask her to meet but was blocked by her words.
"Juliana, I’ve been busy these past couple of days, so..."
"What is your Florence busy with?"
Juliana interrupted him.
Auden Hughes paused for a few seconds before saying, "She...is at the company every day."
In fact, the Sinclair and Hughes families disagree with them canceling the engagement and have ordered them to increase their alone time to develop feelings.
Which is precisely the real reason Isabelle has been quiet for two days.
Without her strategist, the dog didn’t know what chaos to cause.
"You’re meeting day and night, that’s great."
As Juliana finished speaking, Elias Langley walked in.
"That..." Juliana quickly said, "I’m also quite busy, if there’s nothing, let’s hang up."
Without waiting for Auden Hughes’s response, she ended the call.
After the man entered the room, he took off his jacket and went directly to the dressing room.
Juliana thought he was just going to get a change of clothes and would normally go to the study afterward, so she didn’t care and instead dialed Caleb Shaw.
"How’s Summer doing?"
"No signs of waking yet, but life signs are relatively stable."
"I’ll find a way regarding the heart source soon, but let’s remain patient, don’t go running to those with the Hughes surname."
From the phone, Caleb Shaw’s voice carried gratitude: "Thank you."
After hanging up, Juliana was preparing to text Raine Kane, arranging for her to buy trending topics about Vivacore Bio being investigated by the regulatory bureau, as a way to apply pressure on Auden Hughes.
While she was typing this, Elias Langley suddenly hugged her from behind.
"Just now, I cooperated with Madam like that; how many points does Madam give me?"
He couldn’t ignore Lena attempting to seduce him, but Juliana wasn’t home, which naturally meant she had dug a pit for Lena.
Thus, Elias Langley had almost helped Lena, successfully drawing out Isabelle.
With him holding her in his arms, Juliana didn’t push him away but looked up to think seriously, "7 points, perhaps."
Elias Langley raised an eyebrow, "Why just so few?"
Juliana curled her lips, "Who knows if you were pretending to cooperate when truly you wanted to help her."
Elias Langley laughed lowly, the vibrations from his chest transmitting through her spine. Not only did he not let go, but he held her tighter, his warm lips on her ear.
"If I really wanted to help her, I should be in her room applying her medicine right now..."
Upon hearing this, Juliana bit her lip, about to push him away, when unexpectedly the man changed his tone.
"Not here, letting some heartless little vixen grade me."
He suddenly turned her around, his deep eyes glimmering.
"Seven points it is, the remaining three, I’ll claim them now."
Not giving Juliana time to react, the man’s slightly cool kiss landed.
"Elias Langley..."
Juliana, her breath unsteady, tried to turn her head, managing to earn a little gap for speaking in-between lips and teeth.
"Ask Mrs. Sinclair to come, I want her here."
The ambiguous atmosphere around Elias Langley stalled, as he slowly lifted his head.
The emotions in his eyes hadn’t faded entirely; his scrutinizing gaze had already fallen.
His voice carried a hint of caution, "What do you plan to do to her?"
