Julie finally opened her mouth and spoke to Maria.

However, it was not the harsh rebuke that Vivian and Lily were eagerly awaiting.

“You're welcome."

Maria glanced at Julie, and then at the empty bowl kept aside.

“Wash the bowl yourself," she said flatly. "Oh... Okay." Julie frowned, feeling a bit upset.

She had just defended Maria against a false accusation, so why didn't the latter feel grateful? How could Maria still be so arrogant?

Maria had been an orphan since she was a baby. Had she simply been born fearless?

It was only now that Lily and Vivian also realized what was going on, and they both gulped.

Lily, in particular, was startled. She remembered that she had not only not cooked dinner for Maria, but that she had also neglected Julie!

In fact, when she had seen that Julie was drunk, she had assumed that Julie would sleep till dawn. After all, every time Julie drank with Patricia, she would drink to the point of blacking out.

Now, Looking at Julie's discontent face, Lily couldn't help but tremble. Vivian said in disbelief, "Mom... You let Maria cook for you?"

She had always thought that her mother disliked Maria, too.

As soon as the question left her mouth, Vivian smelled the aroma in the air and immediately recalled the noodles that whet her appetite Last time.

She stared at Lily, perplexed. Wasn't that Lily's cooking?

“Maria is a good cook."

Julie pursed her lips as if she was recalling the excellent taste.

“Vivian, you should learn from Maria. You're already an adult, but you still can't do any housework. Come and wash this bowl for me."

Without so much as bothering to look at her daughter's reaction, Julie turned to Lily.

“I'm very disappointed with your performance. Half of your salary will be deducted this month."

Lily shook from fear after insulting the hostess accidentally. Her job could be on the line because of that.

When she heard that her punishment was a fifty percent deduction from her salary, she heaved a sigh of relief.

Losing some money wasn't a big deal, and she was not bothered in any way.

As Long as she could steal a few gifts from the Jenkins family and sell them secretly, she would definitely make up for her loss.

“I am going to wash the bowl. You don't have to concern yourself with that," Lily said to Vivian.

Actually, she couldn't care less about the bowl. She just wanted to leave the scene. So immediately Vivian nodded in agreement, Lily rushed to the kitchen awkwardly. After that, the room was quiet for almost thirty seconds.