‘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
Alden walked out slowly from behind the curtain. He saw Duke and quietly followed him. Melody acted really strangely when she saw this man, and the only reason Alden could think of was that he was their father. Hence, he had to get samples to perform a paternity test. ‘A person’s hair, saliva, blood, and nails contain their DNA…’Alden pursed his lips and trailed after the man. Duke took a sip from his wine glass and walked into the banquet hall, but before he could even take two steps inside, he sensed someone following him. ‘There’s someone who actually has the gall to follow me here?’Duke scoffed. He put his wine glass casually on the table and continued forward. After taking just a few steps, he suddenly turned his head around, and Alden was so shocked that his heart nearly stopped. He quickly turned around and pretended to just be passing by. When Duke saw his back, the sneer on his lips turned even colder. ‘Harold… He actually snuck into the party! Can’t
Adina ruffled his hair. “Come, let’s find Mel together.”She had already shown her face at the banquet, so there was no need for her to continue wasting time talking to people who had ulterior motives for talking to her. It was better to spend more time with her children. Adina took Alden’s hand and went to the waiting room upstairs. Mdm. Xavier was old and did not like attending banquets. Instead of going downstairs, she spent the evening looking after Melody in the waiting room. Morganna and Maple did not want to watch Adina shine under the spotlight, so they stayed in the waiting room and spoke with Mdm. Xavier. Melody sat on the balcony and read a book. She was fair, and her milky-white skin captured everyone’s attention. Her long lashes were like a thick fan that cast a faint shadow on her porcelain-like skin. When she sat by herself, she shone as brilliantly as the child stars in the movies. Once she grew up, she would definitely become a beautiful woman who captur
When Harold was about to go to the banquet hall and look for Adina, he heard the sound of children playing. “Haha! The mute has become an ugly girl!”“Bring her here so that we can take a photo. We’ll use the photo to laugh at her and see if she still dares to bite others!”The kids yanked Melody from the flowerbed, but to their surprise, Melody opened her mouth and bit them.The back of a boy’s hand was bitten so hard that he instantly started bleeding.“Get her! Kill her now!”Leo gritted his teeth in hatred. His mother always flew into a rage whenever she saw that b*stard. If he killed her, his mother would definitely compliment him.When Leo thought of it, he found a big stone and threw it at Melody.As Harold turned around, he saw Melody’s beautiful, emotionless gaze.He suddenly felt his heart tighten, and he shouted, “Stop them, somebody!”From the hidden area behind him, a bodyguard instantly rushed over and blocked the big stone from Leo.Harold ran over, pulled Me