Rebirth Revenge Is Everything (Ariana) novel Chapter 193

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After Old Mr. Stone had finished speaking, he stormed off, but just as he reached the stairs, he turned back and added, "Dinner is also forbidden for her!"

Upon Old Mr. Stone's departure, Khloe finally dared to speak. She gazed at Ariana with a triumphant smile, scoffing, "What're you standing there for? Didn't you hear you've to kneel? Or do you need Dad to supervise you personally?"

Though Jolene wanted to help Ariana, she dared not say anything given Old Mr. Stone's words, "Ari…"

Aster chuckled, "You must admit your mistakes; mere apologies won't cut it. Kneeling is quite lenient already, especially considering the company could lose billions if your information leak is exploited."

Aster may have been exaggerating, but the projects that Ariana handled, several being key ones, could indeed significantly impact the company if manipulated by malicious individuals.

Ariana silently clenched her fists and knelt in the living room. She too felt the need to calm herself down as the incident had caught her off guard.

When Jolene saw Ariana kneel, she concerningly said, "The floor is cold. Do you want me to fetch you a blanket?"

Kneeling on the tiled floor all night could risk catching a cold, which won't be good if it leads to an illness.

Ariana smiled and said, "No need, I'm fine. You all go ahead and have dinner."

Khloe retorted, "She needs to learn her lesson the hard way. Leave her be," and strutted off with Aster.

Although Jolene was worried for Ariana, she still followed them.

Having been busy all day handling the incident, Lambert arrived home at midnight. When he pushed the front door open and was about to head upstairs, he suddenly saw a shadow in the living room.

"Ariana?" Recognizing the person, he instinctively approached her, "What are you doing here?"

Rubbing her knees, Ariana, numb from kneeling so long, responded, "Grandfather has ordered me to kneel here until tomorrow morning."

Hearing that Old Mr. Stone commanded that Ariana abide by, Lambert paused, but seeing her kneeling directly on the tile floor, his face immediately darkened.

Even if it was the old master's order, she didn't have to obey it so much! This is not anything like her character at all.

Besides, she would definitely catch a cold after kneeling all night.

Lambert put the files in his hand aside and walked straight to Ariana, picking her up by her waist, "Quit your nonsense!"

"But Grandfather..." Ariana didn't expect Lambert to do this even if he knew it was an order from Old Mr. Stone.

"I'll handle Grandfather!" Lambert, holding Ariana, stopped at where he had just put the files and glanced at her.

Ariana didn't understand what Lambert meant, "What's wrong?"

"Pick up the stuff." Lambert glanced at Ariana, she was usually quite sharp, but sometimes she would act so foolish.

"Oh." After Ariana picked up the file, Lambert took her to their room and threw her onto the bed.

Ariana rubbed her knee and suddenly couldn't help but laugh, "Lambert, are you covering for me?"