"Mr. Wilson, how have you been?""Very well. Zachary, You finally found the time to come."Both sides exchanged pleasantries as if there had never been any friction between them. Sarah stood gracefully beside Zachary, appearing completely non-threatening.James stared from the side, having never seen Sarah look so stunning. He couldn't help but take two steps forward, but before he could speak, someone beside him pulled him back.Charlotte nervously watched James, gripping his hand tighter and tighter.Zachary seemed completely oblivious as he continued chatting and laughing with Mr. Wilson, while Sarah couldn't help but glance back a few times.The other guests had already started gossiping. After all, everyone knew about the awkward situation between Zachary, Sarah, and Vivian.Now that Zachary had cancelled his engagement to Vivian, after days of no response, he had actually come to Vivian's birthday party. What was even more puzzling was that he had brought Sarah with him.
Vivian took the rose. "Mr. Spencer, you came to see me before the party even started. Won't that spoil the surprise later?""It's the same seeing you now. The Reynolds family will come tonight, right?" Leon’s expression was complex.She set the rose aside and took out a pair of earrings from her jewelry box, putting them on unhurriedly. "Probably. We sent the invitation, and Grandfather personally invited him. If he doesn't come, he'd really be disrespecting the Wilson family.""Has Zachary ever shown the Wilson family any respect?" Leon laughed.He slowly moved closer to Vivian and brushed a strand of her hair, creating an intimate atmosphere. "I'm looking forward to this dance, especially in front of him.""What's to look forward to? I'm not the one he likes," Vivian said with unspeakable resentment in her voice.Leon raised an eyebrow. "He likes that Sanders woman? I've seen her on TV.""She's quite a remarkable person—the treasured one of the Sanders family, someone Zachary
Steven immediately put on a bitter expression. "Come on, boss, I was just joking. You're the most handsome! I need to save my vacation to go out with Scarlett."In the short half-hour since getting in the car, he had mentioned Scarlett several times, his face full of sweetness.On West Forest Avenue, a luxury car was moving forward. Charlotte sat in the back seat wearing an extravagant haute couture dress, the shapewear she had squeezed into before leaving nearly suffocating her.To fit into this gown, she had almost tortured herself to death."What's wrong?" James noticed something was off. Charlotte had hidden from him while putting on the shapewear, so he hadn't witnessed her self-inflicted torment."I'm fine, just feeling a bit uncomfortable."The shapewear constricted her waist so tightly that even breathing was difficult. And that wasn't all—she secretly loosened a gap in the shapewear just to be able to breathe.As they neared the hotel, Charlotte felt a discomfort in her
"Is it expensive?""Expensive?" Melvin smiled lightly. "It goes beyond expensive. You can't measure this gown's value with money. To provoke Vivian, Zachary is really going all out."What he didn't say out loud was that Zachary's motives probably weren't just about provoking Vivian—he wanted to see Sarah in this dress.Sarah stopped looking at the dress and curiously asked Melvin, “You're home from work quite early today?"Melvin shook his head and placed a box in front of Sarah. "Just picked this up. I couldn't wait to bring it to you.""What is it?""Open it and see."Before opening it, Sarah had already guessed what it was. Such exquisite packaging could only contain jewelry.Blue diamonds had always been precious and luxurious jewelry. The most famous blue diamond was the Heart of the Ocean.And this one, though only a replica of the Heart of the Ocean, was already dazzling enough."I had this custom-made a month ago and just got it today," Melvin said, taking out the dia
Mia waved her phone and frowned. "Her birthday is all over the internet. Everyone's posting about the party invitations, saying this Wilson family party will definitely be exciting. Even if I didn't want to know about it, there's so much news I couldn't help but learn about it."Zachary looked at Mia with interest. "Do you want to attend?""No!" Mia waved her hands in rejection. "I don't want to go to that kind of event. Those people just fake smile, and besides, I don't believe Vivian is really being kind by inviting us. Who knows what nasty tricks she's planning behind the scenes? Plus, I don't want to wish her happy birthday. I'd rather see her cry every day for bullying Sarah!""But this time, Sasa is going too—with me," he raised an eyebrow.Mia jumped up. "What? Sarah is going? That won't do! Zachary, you have to stop Sister Sarah. That Vivian will definitely try to hurt her somehow."Zachary pressed her shoulders to make her sit down and whispered a few words in her ear. "D
She couldn't wait to rush back to her room and carefully laid them out on the bed like treasures.Feelings could be cultivated gradually. If she could make James look good in front of everyone, she refused to believe he wouldn't soften.Charlotte acted on impulse and hurriedly tried on the gowns.She had to try them all to see which one looked best.However, when she stood in front of the full-length mirror and saw her figure up close, she froze completely.Charlotte's eyes widened in disbelief at the person in the mirror.She stepped back until she tripped and fell onto the bed, finally accepting that the woman with the distorted figure in the mirror was herself.How could this be?Charlotte's hands trembled as she stripped off all her clothes. The soft flesh around her waist had formed two layers, covered with dense fine lines that looked particularly hideous.She gently touched the marks, then frantically rubbed her skin as if possessed, not stopping even when it became red