Athena’s voice was very loud, and both Callix and Michael, as well as Serena, sitting on the sofa, heard it.
The two men didn’t plan to say anything, and Serena didn’t want to say anything either, but seeing the situation develop unfavorably, she got up and walked over to the three of them.
"Athena! Come sit with Mom."
Serena said to come sit with Mom, but she didn’t actually take any action. She stood beside them, seemingly watching her daughter Athena, but she was actually eyeing Valentina.
This woman coming to their home at this time surely had ill intentions. Serena’s way of intervening as an elder was limited, but her daughter was different — she could blatantly intervene without reservation.
Just like right now, while Serena couldn’t do such a thing, her daughter could.
Athena didn’t grasp her mom’s true intention. Seeing her approach, she genuinely thought she was there to pull her away, and vehemently shook her head, "I don’t want to sit over there; I need to keep an eye on this woman."
She looked at Valentina with a face full of disdain.
Valentina glanced at Serena, who approached, and saw that she was merely paying lip service and had no intention of pulling Athena away. Valentina understood immediately.
This woman wasn’t here to stop her daughter at all, but to back her daughter up.
Valentina was already filled with anger from Athena’s previous behavior, and now seeing this, her rage grew even more. Yet, to avoid angering Easton Holmes, she swallowed her anger.
"Athena! Let me handle this. You and Auntie go sit over there." Easton could see that Serena was secretly supporting Athena. Not only she was supporting Athena, but even his grandfather and uncle acquiesced to his sister’s actions.
In truth, he also quite supported his sister, not for other reasons, but for what she said to this woman earlier: "My brother belongs to the goddess sister!"
Athena didn’t expect Easton to tell her to leave. Quickly, she turned to look at Easton standing behind her, "The goddess sister isn’t home right now; I need to protect you for her."
As she spoke, she grabbed his arms with both hands, worried he might shake her off, she used a lot of strength.
"Listen, go sit with Auntie."
Though Athena’s grip was strong, it was nothing to Easton. He easily pried her hands off, "Auntie! Please take Athena over there to sit."
He directly pulled her over to Auntie, and after handing her to Auntie, he looked at the woman standing to the side, "Let’s talk outside."
With everyone at home, talking here would be inconvenient.
"Brother! You can’t go out with this woman; she harbors ill intentions towards you." Seeing that Easton was going to talk outside with Valentina, Athena became anxious, wanting to stop him. But Serena pulled her back. She looked at her mom discontentedly, "Mom! Why are you holding me? You should be helping me stop brother."
With that, she tugged her body towards Easton.
"Athena! Your brother knows what to do; don’t make a fuss anymore." Finally, Michael, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up. Athena was quite afraid of her father.
Seeing her dad speak to stop her, she ceased her actions, but her eyes were angrily fixed on Valentina.
Under Athena’s furious gaze, Valentina followed Easton out.