When Sophia saw the disappointment in Mdm. Xavier’s eyes, her heart ran cold. She was the granddaughter who bore the same last name as her grandmother. She was a true Xavier, but her grandmother was intent on protecting an outsider!Why was she the one getting chased out when she was a Xavier?!Sophia hissed in exasperation. “Grandmother, if you insist on protecting Adina, then you might as well disown me!”“You’re already married to the Gardners. You’re Mrs. Gardner now, so you shouldn’t visit this family so often anymore,” Mdm. Xavier said mercilessly. “Send Mrs. Gardner and Young Master Gardner back,” she told the servants.Sophia was so angry that her face turned red. She had given an ultimatum in order to gain her grandmother’s favor, but her grandmother did not fall for it. She felt as if she had been slapped in the face. At that moment, Richard parked his car before the porch. As if she had seen her savior, Sophia grabbed Leo and ran to him. “Dad, Grandmother wants
Adina stared at the necklace in her hands. The crystal seemed to be shining with a brilliant light coming from within it. She could tell at first glance that it was a priceless family heirloom that was passed down through generations. The necklace was worth cities, and perhaps could not even be bought with money. Yet, her grandmother had given it to her just like that. Adina felt touched. “Thank you, Grandmother.”She put the necklace away. After a moment, she asked, “Grandmother, will the Daugherties come to tomorrow’s banquet?”“The Daugherties are just a bunch of ungrateful wolves! If I had invited them, it’d be the same as bringing mud to decorate our mansion.” Mdm. Xavier’s eyes lit up with ice-cold fury. “They did everything they could to kill you in the past, so the best way to humiliate them is to ensure that you live a much better life now away from them!”Adina took Mdm. Xavier’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She felt calm at that moment. ......Night fell, and th
Adina lifted the skirt a bit, and the champagne rolled off the gown. Not a single stain could be found on the dark green dress. “There are so many people who are jealous of me, so I could only use brocade for my dress. That way, no wine could possibly stain it.” Adina smirked. “But you couldn’t possibly be jealous of me. It was just a careless mistake, wasn’t it?”Sophia was furious. ‘What’s this stupid dress?! Why won’t alcohol seep through it?!’“If you want to cause a ruckus, you should just go back to the Gardner family, Sophia.”Ethan was also in the dressing room, and he had seen the whole thing with his own eyes. Besides, anyone with brains could tell that Sophia had spilled her champagne intentionally. He simply could not understand why his sister would do something so stupid. Unlike him, Sophia could not understand why her own brother would protect an outsider. She wanted to throw a tantrum, but there were other people in the room, so she could only suppress her
‘Tonight’s banquet must be an engagement banquet for Richard Xavier’s eldest son.’The Xavier family was among the top ten families in Sea City, so Ethan was a desirable bachelor that the rich ladies of Sea City had been trying to win over for a long time. Everyone wanted to know which socialite was fortunate enough to become the fiancee of Richard Xavier’s eldest son, and hundreds of gazes shifted to the woman beside Ethan.A series of sharp intakes of breath echoed through the banquet hall. ‘She’s gorgeous!’‘Where did she come from? How could she be so ridiculously beautiful?’The moment the woman came closer, the socialites in the banquet hall felt as if they could not compare to her.“My goodness, where did Ethan Xavier find his fiancee? She’s so beautiful! Her looks are out of this world!”“She’s so fair, and she has a great figure, too. Even I am attracted to her, and I’m a woman! Oh my goodness!”“Don’t you think Ethan Xavier’s fiancee looks like the eldest daughter of
The mention of scandals from five years ago caused a huge stir. The Daugherty family was also an important and dignified family in Sea City. It had held a grand banquet for Adina on her eighteenth birthday, which had made countless people envious. However, the very next day, Adina had been caught sleeping with some man by the reporters. From then on, the image of the most beautiful woman in Sea City was destroyed, and she ended up becoming a target of scorn. After that, she disappeared from sight for almost a year, and when everyone nearly forgot about the scandal, the Daugherty family’s mansion went up in flames. Adina’s crimes were then exposed. She had slept with a man when she turned eighteen, got pregnant out of wedlock, gave birth to b*stards, went through a difficult labor that led to her children’s deaths, set the mansion on fire, and jumped into the river to commit suicide.Each of these things could send the internet into an uproar, so when all of the events were
“Miss Adina, you did a lot of shameful things in the past, so how could you show up in front of us again?”Each question was harsher than the last. However, Adina had already predicted that she would be asked these questions when she agreed to attend the party. She did not appear troubled, but her voice became as cold as ice. “I’d like to use this chance to announce that I might be a Daugherty, but I no longer have anything to do with the Daugherty family.“As for the nude photos from five years ago…” A brutal glare shone in her eyes. “I believe that most of you have boyfriends and fiances, my dear socialites, but if I spent some money to hire detectives to investigate you, in half a year, the headlines of Sea City would be filled with your nude photos, too.”The socialites’ expressions changed after her words. Since they were daughters of rich families, they had nothing to do and often entered into relationships with men. It was not unusual for them to sleep with various lo
Pamela’s face turned red. She had a good family background and above average looks, but her body was just a little too much on the heavy side. Her stomach was the biggest problem. She had a lot of extra flesh there. Even if she wore a loose gown, she could not hide her body’s shape. That was why she was jealous of Adina. She could not stand that Adina looked so beautiful and had a good figure. But before she could humiliate Adina, she was embarrassed instead. Pamela gritted her teeth and said, “I’m not married yet, so how could I possibly be pregnant? Mister Trent, your words may cause a misunderstanding.”“Oh… So you know that words can cause a misunderstanding, huh, Miss Pamela? Then, why did you ask Miss Adina that question?” Trent mocked her. “If you haven’t given birth to children before despite your figure, then it’s even less likely that Miss Adina has.”His words humiliated Pamela once again, and she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into a hole and hid
The second lady of the Larson family walked past them while they were chatting. Trent’s eyes stuck to her like glue, and he went after her. “Miss Lydia, you’re really beautiful today…”Eilam did not know what to say. His pity was wasted on this guy…Adina followed Duke to the balcony. One of them was breathtakingly beautiful, and the other astonishingly handsome. When they walked together to the balcony, they immediately attracted countless people’s attention. “My god, did Adina charm Duke the moment she came back to Sea City?”“I thought Duke doesn’t indulge in sexual pleasures. Why is he going off to talk alone to Adina?”“It’s over. Now that she’s back, we won’t get to date the top bachelors anymore.”The socialites sighed and whined, as if all of their energy had been sucked out of their bodies. They still remembered how Adina had attracted the men’s attention whenever she attended parties five years ago. Even if she did not put on makeup, extravagant clothes, and