Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 283

The longer Mildred spoke, the more furious she became. She slapped the cutlery onto the table with a resounding thud.

"Calm down, Mom," Lilith told her.

"You'll fall sick if you get too angry."

But Mildred wasn't going to calm down just like that.

She shoved Lilith's hand away and huffed, "I'm still pretty solid, okay? Judy, bring me some water. I still have the energy to curse the Gaskells for another half an hour!"

Hera was speechless at Mildred's behavior.

Soon, Judy returned with a warm glass of water.

"Don't worry, madam," she said.

Then, she told Lilith, "Ever since the madam took the pills Ms. Hera gave her, she started feeling much better than before."

"Speaking of which, I feel much better after taking the pills you gave me, too," said Lilith, changing the topic.

"James' stomach problem seems to have improved a lot too. He didn't complain to me about any discomfort for the past few days."

"That's great," said Hera.

Just then, they heard a ruckus from the yard. It was most likely James and Gideon returning home.

Judy headed outside to check if the two men were back. A moment later, Gideon and his assistant walked through the door.

The two of them supported James as he stumbled into the house in his drunken stupor.

"Why did he drink so much? Quick, bring him upstairs. We don't want him to catch a cold," Mildred said.

"Judy, go and prepare something for his hangover."

Then, Gideon and his assistant took James back to his bedroom. Lilith hurriedly followed them from behind.

When Gideon came downstairs sometime later, he asked his assistant to return home before sinking into the couch.

He reeked of alcohol. Although Mildred pestered him about what happened before he and James returned, Gideon wouldn't say a single word.

After all, he didn't want to bring work-related problems home. He just didn't want anyone in the family to worry.

Meanwhile, Hera followed the assistant out of the house.

"What's wrong?" she asked him.

Since she was a part of the Everett family, and the assistant was still pissed off about what happened earlier, he told her everything about it.

Apparently, Gideon was about to sign a contract with a public limited company, but Queenie found the company's general manager before the contract was set in stone.