Once Sherah saw the video on Celena's phone, she mocked, "I figured. How could it possibly be the loser Liam? He doesn't even have the right to attend the dinner with us, much less let Mr. Reath and the others welcome him personally."The rest of the Stone family nodded and agreed.Qemal glanced at the photo he took, and then he glanced at the video on Celena's phone. It was already confirmed that Liam was not the mysterious big shot, but Qemal still could not help but exclaim, "I can't believe two people would look so much alike. How surprising!"As soon as Qemal said that, Sherah slapped him on the head. She looked upset as she barked, "How could you just shout when you didn't even get a good look? Think about it. Liam is just a loser. Even if he has a special relationship with Mr. Reath, he's still not important enough for the other two big bosses to come and give him a personal welcome."Qemal felt a little helpless and rubbed his head after he received the slap. He looked at t
Kolten nodded to his assistant, who immediately understood what he was supposed to do. He turned around and brought out a tray, atop which perched a few sets of masks.Kolten explained, smiling, "Mr. Cole, I know you want to keep your identity a secret, so I prepared all these masks in advance for you to wear. That way no one will be able to recognize you."Liam glanced at the masks. Considering the fact that Kolten had served him well over the time they had known each other, he decided to let this slide. He smiled and replied, "Very well then. You can get up. This is not to happen again, do you understand?"Kolten quickly got to his feet, wiping the nervous sweat from his forehead, and replied obediently, "Yes, sir…"The entire room was pindrop silent, and Kolten was the first one to break the silence by smiling and greeting everyone who had arrived. The guests, among the city's most successful and elite, were startled to see how Kolten treated Liam. Although they did not know who
However, there was nothing they could do about it. The dinner was about to start soon, and all of the guests had already seen them enter. There was no way they could toss Celena out without anyone noticing. If anything, it would be more embarrassing to cast Celena out at a time like this!The Stones knew this, so they tried their best to stifle their anger and forced out sheepish smiles as they greeted the other guests. Yankel was sitting on a plush sofa in a corner of the hall when the Stones showed up. He gazed in amusement at Celena, who was trailing at the end of the group, trying her best to blend into the crowd so no one would notice her. "So this is the legendary Celena Stone? Well, she's certainly gorgeous, I must admit! It's no wonder people deem her as the most beautiful woman in Drunham City! She has a daughter, right? Well, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it myself. Look at that body! How can she still look so smoking hot after giving birth?" he remarked, t
A lecherous smile spread across his face, and he gave Celena such a blatantly lewd once-over that Celena could not help drawing her hand back in horror. "Mr. Bristow…"Yankel suddenly realized how crude he must have come off and immediately regained his composure. He smiled meekly and said, "Ms. Stone, I'm so sorry. I was just too taken aback by your beauty. I didn't mean to offend you. I'm so sorry!"Celena smiled back at him but did not respond. Linda, who had been hovering a few feet behind them all this while, was absolutely outraged by this. She could not stand the innocuous look on Celena's face; that sl*t! How could she act like she was an innocent, naive little girl when everyone knew her true colors? She was even more horrified to see the look on Yankel's face, his lust blatant in his chiseled features. She had been with Yankel for so many years that she could read him like the back of her hand. Although Yankel had never outrightly admitted it, she always thought of hers
"We've literally only been in here for a few minutes, and she's already glued herself to the manager of Bristow Group. Do you know who he is, Grandpa? He's Ynakel Bristow, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the capital. How can he possibly fall for someone like her? It's not going to look good for us if she inadvertently offends Mr. Bristow because of this!" Celena feigned concern when she said this, but she kept shooting meaningful glances at her father, trying to get him to back her up.Yafe understood immediately and added in feigned outrage, "Father, you can't let Celena humiliate us like that! I no longer think of her as my daughter, but that's not what the public thinks. You can't let her get away with bringing us down once again!"The rest of the Stones were already beginning to receive strange looks from the people around them, and they all leaped at the first chance to agree with Yafe's statement. "Grandpa, we should exile Celena from the family as soon as po
Despite it being only a momentary flicker of annoyance, Linda noticed it immediately and felt another surge of jealousy and rage course through her. She turned to Yankel and whispered, "Mr. Bristow, I know I had acted too rashly, but I was simply looking out for you. Didn't you say your objective of showing up here in the first place is to get back at Liam?"Yankel's fury dissipated the moment she said this, and Linda quickly caught on and added, "Just think about it. If we assert our dominance over Celena tonight, she'll learn that you're not someone to be messed with. That way, she won't even dare to fight back against you in the future."A mischievous glint flashed through Yankel's eyes, and he marveled at what a perfect plan this was. He turned to Celena with a look of disgust and said, "Ms. Stone, I hope that you can show yourself some respect. How could I possibly have come to speak to you of my own accord? Do you have any idea who I am? Who do you think you are? Besides, eve
Linda tossed the now empty glass aside and turned to Celena. When she laid eyes on Celena's smooth, rosy skin, however, another twinge of jealousy surged through her, and she slapped her once more. "You b*tch! How delusional must you be to think Mr. Bristow, of all people, would approach you first? Who do you think you are? Besides, why would Mr. Bristow want to lie and frame you instead? You're of no importance to him, and he would not even bother to do such a thing! I'm not an idiot, I know you're just angry because you failed to seduce him, and you're now trying to get back at him!"Linda deliberately raised her voice when she said this so that her message would get across loud and clear to everyone watching. Indeed, her plan worked because the guests all began to cast Celena looks of disgust. Some of the rich socialites who had been overshadowed by Celena in the past all stepped forward in indignation just to exact their revenge. "Celena, you are absolutely shameless! Do you hon
After a few minutes but what felt like a century, the guests finally stopped throwing their cakes at Celena. A look of triumph crossed Linda's face, who was watching in amusement as this unfolded. She picked up a glass of wine, then sauntered toward Celena. She let out a sneer, her triumphant glee evident on her face, and said, "Celena, it must be humiliating to be insulted and mocked by so many people, huh? Well, I had done all of this on purpose. Do you want to know why? Because Mr. Bristow belongs to me, and I can't sit by and allow a wh*re like you to take away what's mine! Who do you think you are? You're just a sl*t, and yet you go around trying to seduce people by pretending to be an innocent young woman. I want to throw up just looking at you."Celena lifted her head to stare at Linda, seething with hatred. She snarled, "W… Why would you do something like this? I don't even know you or Mr. Bristow, so why would you do something like this to me?"A glimmer of malice flashe