Chapter 373 The Old Hag's Arrival

"I love you. And I will make sure that I protect what we have," She mumbled and pecked him on his lips.

At first, he thought she would pull away like she did previously but she didn't.

She kissed him slowly and in between the kiss she slid her wet tongue inside his mouth.

Joanna initiated the kiss but not long after it was Kayden who was dominating her lips.

He kissed and explored all the sensitive spots he discovered.

Joanna melted under his burning touches. He had to put an end to their intimacy when he realised that it was graduating into something else.

As Joanna had the best time of her life with the man she loves she wasn't aware that an enemy she has been looking forward to seeing has arrived.

At Anderson's mansion, an elderly woman who resembled a woman in her late forties was seen led into the sitting room with two ladies by her side.

The woman after sitting down let her eyes wander the entire room. The way she scrutinized the house was as if she was looking for someone or something.

"Grandma, I have missed you so much," Laura expressed. She hugged the elderly woman's right hand and refused to let go.

"And I have missed you more my Sweetie," Grandma Cora replied, beaming. She lifted her hand and stroked Laura's silk hair.

"If you missed her so much then why didn't you go visit her on holiday when I asked you to?" Adhara scolded.

"Why do you have to always wait for her to visit on your birthday? Does your love only last for…,"

"I love celebrating her birthday so there is no need to scold my Sweetie. If anyone should be blamed for this it should be you for failing to take my grandchildren to visit me," Grandma Cora chided.

She pulled Laura closer.

"But Mum it's her fault for not wanting to visit you and not mine so why are you scolding me instead?" Adhara complained. She pretended to be unhappy.

"That is because I love my granddaughter most, do you even need to ask?" Grandma Cora said with her head held high.

"Mum…,"

"Stop making that face or you are gonna age faster," Grandma Cora reprimanded Adhara.

Seeing them joke and laugh, anyone would mistake them to be kind and loving not knowing that they are the reincarnation of the devil.

They continued to talk and play in the sitting room. Because they haven't met for a year there was a lot to talk about.

Madam Cora resumed gazing at the house after an hour of her arrival.

"Why is that daughter of a slut not here to greet me like she normally does?" Grandma Cora inquired.

She gazes at the kitchen and then the direction of the laundry. She expected to see Joanna rush into the sitting room after she inquire of her.

But to her big surprise, none showed up.

"Or don't tell me you have finally gotten rid of that piece of trash?".

"If you have killed her then I will not hesitate to toast to you for doing something right for the first time in a long while," Grandma Cora said without any sense of guilt.

Laura let go of her Grandma Cora's hand and pulled away from the elderly woman's embrace.

"She didn't sleep here last night," Laura said, her gaze focused on Grandma Cora's face.

She grinned inwardly when she saw her grandmother's expression turn dark following her revelation.

"She slept out!" Grandma Cora shouted. She tilted her head and glared at Adhara but Adhara refused to make any comment.

"Actually, Granny, she rarely comes home these days so staying out for a night…,"

"You even let that wench stay the night out," Grandma Cora yelled. She shot Adhara a murderous glare.

"If she does whatever she wants now then tell me, what have you been up to huh? Where have you buried that ruthless side of yours that I groomed you with?" She growled.

"Mum, it's not like you think…,"

"I don't want to hear anything from you," Grandma Cora shunned her. She sprang to her feet.

"Sweetie," she called. And Laura jumped to her feet like she was waiting for this call for a long time.

"I want you to go out there and drag her here. Tell her that I will break her legs if she returns a minute late," Grandma Cora commanded.

[Mum doesn't know the entire story. I am certain the evil girl might end up harming her if she annoys her]

Adhara stared at her mother. She knew her mother's temperament better than anyone else. Nothing she says will make the furious woman calm down.

"There is no need to do that Granny. I will call her line right now," Laura grinned. She bent and picked up her cell phone from the centre table.

"You even got her a cellphone?" Grandma Cora demanded. She shook her head, "I am so disappointed in you!".

She stomped away afterwards.

As Laura punched in numbers into the phone, she peeped at her mother to make sure she wasn't peeping at her phone.

She placed her cell phone on her right ear while she focused her gaze on the stairs.

"Granny," Laura shouted loud enough for the woman at the stairs to hear her.

"I called her line but she ignored my call. I will relay your instructions to her through a text message," Laura said. She grinned as she watched her grandma scale the stairs without glancing back at her.

Adhara reached out her hand and yanked Laura to her side. She kept her eyes on the guest room her mother was staying in.

"Laura, I warned you to be careful of what you told your grandma so why did you do that…,"

"She asked a question and I just answered. I did nothing wrong because Granny wouldn't have let it go if we didn't respond to her question," Laura chose to play innocent.

No matter how innocent she looked, Adhara, who knew her daughter better than anyone else, didn't fall for her tricks.

"Don't give me that look because I know what you are up to…,"

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