Chapter 115 Seafood Feast
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The stall owner glanced at Caroline and hesitated for a moment before saying, “These crabs are already sold. You should try somewhere else.”
Seeing the boss‘ reluctance, Helen frowned and said, “How about 200 bucks? Will you sell them then?”
People were greedy; she offered double the price, so she did not believe the stall owner would still refuse.
The stall owner’s eyes lit up at the mention of 200 dollars. “All right! Sold to you then!”
He completely ignored Caroline, who had bought the crabs first.
Caroline simply stood there as she silently watched Helen.
The market was crowded and noisy, making it hard for her to say anything to Helen.
After Helen paid, Caroline grabbed her sleeve and pulled her toward a quiet corner behind the market.
“Why did you drag me back here, Caroline?”
“You really don’t know?” Caroline looked her in the eye, her gaze calm but cold. “There are so many crab stalls here. Why did you go after mine?”
And she even paid an extra hundred bucks for them, clearly just to provoke her.
Helen lifted her chin with pride. “I liked your crabs. What’s wrong with that? And I paid for them. How is that stealing?”
Caroline gave a faint laugh. “Sure. You’ve got money, you can do whatever you want. Take whatever you want. Just hope you can keep doing that forever.”
“Jealous, are you? Well, jealousy won’t get you far. I’m the one destined to marry into money, not you. Just stick to delivering food!” Helen’s eyes glimmered with smugness, as if she were already living the life of a rich wife.
Caroline smirked coldly. “Helen, don’t forget… The rich wife thing? That’s something I gave up. You’re just picking up the trash I left behind. And believe me, if I wanted to, I could make sure you don’t even get that
trash.”
Helen frowned and stared at her.
That eerie, chilling smile on Caroline’s face sent a jolt of fear through her chest.
Helen’s face turned pale, then flushed. Her voice was all over the place. “You … you’re crazy! Stop trying to scare me! You think I’m afraid of you? If you’re so powerful, how come you’re still stuck cooking for the Somertons? You just barely got bold, and now you’re back in their kitchen again?”
She had no idea that Caroline had already moved out. She assumed Caroline was buying crabs today to cook, for the Somertons.
Before Caroline could say anything, Helen patted her on the shoulder. “Fate’s already written. Don’t fight it. Be a good little servant for that family. Once I marry into the Graysons and take over, if you suck up to me well enough, maybe I’ll let you come work as a maid for us.”
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Chapter 115 Seafood Feast
She giggled evilly and walked away.
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Caroline didn’t take any of her words seriously. She just brushed them off as garbage.
When she saw Helen reenter the market, Caroline followed, planning to buy more seafood.
She didn’t pay Helen any more attention. She bought crabs again, plus some fish, shrimp, and more.
After finishing her shopping, she scanned the market and spotted Helen at the main entrance.
Helen was handing several bags of seafood to a short, chubby man and chatting with him.
Caroline looked him up and down… He seemed unfamiliar. She had never seen him before.
He was dressed plainly, even had oil stains on his clothes.
He definitely didn’t look like someone who worked for the Graysons.
A few minutes later, Helen walked off empty–handed.
Caroline couldn’t help but wonder why Helen would hand over all that seafood to that man.
As the man walked away with the seafood, Caroline hurried to catch up to him.
“Hi, sorry to bother you. I’m a close friend of the girl who just talked to you. Can I ask why she gave you the seafood?”
The man looked confused and frowned. “You’re her friend and you don’t know?”
Caroline shook her head and said, “No, I really don’t. I’m just curious, that’s all. Don’t worry, I’m not up to anything.”
The man saw that she seemed genuine and didn’t come off like a scammer, so he decided to tell her the truth.
“I work at Sheosea Restaurant. Lately, your friend has been getting her lunch and dinner from our place. Today she said her mother–in–law was craving seafood, and that she wanted to pick it out herself. So the boss told me to come pick it up and bring it back to the restaurant for cooking.”
Hearing that, all of Caroline’s doubts vanished instantly
She had to admit that Helen was clever to come up with such a plan.
But the truth wouldn’t stay buried forever: Sooner or later, it was bound to come out.
And now that Caroline knew about it, not doing anything would be letting Helen off too easy after the way she insulted her earlier.
Caroline headed home and made dinner. However, she realized Blake still wasn’t back yet.
