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A glint flashed across Cate’s eyes. She smiled faintly and dodged aside. The servant was the one who fell into the pool instead.
Due to the huge splash of water, everyone turned their eyes to the pool.
“Help! Someone has fallen into the pool, ” Cate screamed while feigning fear.
Someone immediately saved the servant, who was in a sorry state.
Upon hearing Cate’s scream, Shaun ran out from a dark spot and fixed his eyes on her nervously. “Are you okay?”
“What do you think would’ve happened to me?” Cate rolled her eyes and snorted. “Because of you, I almost became the one who fell into the pool. Luckily, I was clever enough.”
Shaun froze for a moment before he glanced sideways at the servant’s silhouette. His handsome face darkened. Given that he was not a fool, he had more or less guessed what was going on.
“What’s the matter?” Hannah hurried over. She had been looking forward to watching Cate fall into the pool in her gown, yet what she ended up seeing was the servant, whom she gave her order to, being saved out of the pool. It infuriated her so much that she almost vomited blood.
When Hannah noticed how Shaun was protecting Cate with a concerned look, her hatred for Cate reached its peak.
Hannah had not been able to find Shaun when she looked everywhere for him just now. With Cate’s scream, however, he showed up straight away.
She had underestimated Shaun’s love for Cate.
“Miss… ” The servant was shocked to see Hannah’s eyes that were full of displeasure. She shuddered and quickly said, “I don’t know how I offended Miss Cox. She suddenly pushed me into the pool.”
Upon hearing the remark, everyone shifted their gaze to Cate.
Hannah asked furiously, “Madam Sanderson, why did you do that?”
Her best friend, Camilla, teased, “Madam Sanderson, you’ve divorced President Lyons. It’s not right to ruin Hannah’s birthday party just because she’s into him.” After hearing what Camilla said, the guests began whispering to each other.
“In the end, it’s all because Shaun is in a relationship with Miss Mead.”
“But Cate has married Wesley, hasn’t she? “
“You won’t understand. A lot of women have a roving eye. What’s more, she might be dissatisfied that Shaun managed to play up to the Mead family.”
“She looks pretty, but I didn’t expect her to be so disgusting.”
When those disparaging comments reached Shaun’s ears, his bright eyes revealed a sense of grimness. Just as he was about to lose his temper, he heard Cate snort.
“Are you sure I pushed you?” Cate fixed her sharp eyes on that servant. “I came here with you just because you told me that Miss Lynch called me over. When we walked by the pool, you claimed that your shoelaces were loose, so I stopped to wait for you. But you tried to push me and ended up falling into the pool yourself.”
“You’re bullsh*tting.” The servant, who had come u p with a lie on the spot, panicked upon hearing Cate’s clear explanation. “I didn’t say that Miss Lynch was looking for you. You were the one who asked me to bring you over here.”
Cate bit her lip. “I can see that you’re rushing to make up a story. You probably haven’t thought it through, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have forgotten that there are surveillance cameras around the pool. We can just check the surveillance footage to find out whether I was the one who pushed you.”
The servant’s mind went blank. In a state of panic, she had no other choice but to look at Hannah for help.
Hannah wished she could kick the servant away. At this point, she could not help but say, “I didn’t expect such an issue to happen today, so the surveillance cameras aren’t turned on.”
“What a coincidence. It’s always at crucial moments that the surveillance cameras are off or some important footage is missing.”
Cate sighed faintly. “Well, there’s nothing I can do. It’s up to you, Miss Mead. If you want me to say sorry, I’ll do it since this is your home and she’s your servant. Anyway, you won’t be at ease unless I apologize, right?”
The guests were not dumb. From Cate’s words, they understood that Hannah was deliberately bullying and framing Cate just because this was her house. She even intentionally said that the surveillance cameras were off.
Hannah’s face flushed with anger. She knew that if she taught Cate a lesson today, people would call her a bully.
She clenched her teeth. A moment later, she smiled and said, “I just thought that everyone would feel uncomfortable if the surveillance cameras were on. Apparently, turning them off was unnecessary.
Let’s forget it. It wasn’t anyone’s intention to make this happen.”
“Yeah, forget it.” Someone smoothed things over. ” It must just be a misunderstanding.”
“I think Miss Cox got a fright. Just give her a slice of cake to calm her down later, Miss Mead.”
“Yup. Let’s get ready and cut the cake now,” Hannah said with a grin.
“Wait a minute.”
All of a sudden, Shaun said nonchalantly, “I heard you guys discussing something just now. I’d like to clarify that I’m not in a relationship with Miss Mead. As everyone knows, I’m already interested in someone else.”
As soon as he was done speaking, his eyes were fixed on Cate. The glint in the depths of his eyes said it all.
Hannah’s pretty face turned ghastly. Everyone had seen her holding Shaun’s hand of her own accord previously. She did not expect such a slap in the face from Shaun in public.
It was all Cate’s doing!
Hannah’s eyes flashed with deep hatred.
Cate was overwhelmed with unease while a blush crept up her face.
She wished she could kick Shaun into the pool as he kept getting her more enemies.
What did she owe him?
The awkward atmosphere lasted until the cake- cutting session.
Originally, Hannah planned to ask Shaun to cut the cake with her. At this point, she had to change her mind.
After the cake was cut, Hannah gave the first slice of cake to Cate. “Madam Sanderson, our family servant was quite thoughtless just now. Please don’t be offended.”
She deliberately said ¡®Madam Sanderson’ loudly and used polite words, which made Cate sound very old.
Everyone could sense it.
However, Cate accepted the cake while smiling without any care. “I never took it to heart in the first place. Thank you, Miss Mead. You and your friend are so polite. Your friend even called me ¡®Aunty’ just now.”
Camilla, who was brought up all of a sudden, was stunned.
A trace of glee flashed across Shaun’s eyes. He raised his eyebrows and continued where Cate left off. “You’re my ex-wife and we’re of the same seniority. Won’t Miss Mead and Miss Cross have to call me ¡®Uncle’ then?”
Cate looked at Shaun approvingly. He was doing a decent job of cooperating with her.
Shaun saw Cate’s dark eyes sweeping across him charmingly, which was rare. He was in such a good mood that he smiled with delight.
Hannah almost threw the cake seeing them agreeing with each other. However, she held back and behaved in a spoiled manner with Shaun. “Okay then, I’ll call you ¡®Uncle’ from now on. Speaking of this, aren’t there many romance dramas from Country H about younger women having sweet relationships with older men?”
Shaun said indifferently, “Unfortunately, I’m not a citizen of Country H.”
“It’s alright. We still have plenty of time.”
Some things had already been exposed, so Hannah did not bother hiding anymore.
She grew particularly attentive to Shaun afterward. That made many young masters throw jealous looks at Shaun.
“Uncle, let me give you a toast.” Hannah came over bringing a glass of red wine. “Thank you for joining my birthday party today. This is the happiest birthday of my life.”
Everyone was looking at them both.
It was not good for Shaun to reject her, so he clinked glasses with Hannah lightly and took a sip.
When he put down his glass, he saw that Cate, who had turned around at some point, was leaving. Her slice of cake was left aside. It was untouched.
He wanted to go after her, but a bunch of Hannah’s friends stopped him. When he finally managed to squeeze through those people, Cate was already gone.
When Cate returned to the banquet hall, she could not find Wesley even after looking around. She saw Mireya first.
“Are you looking for Wesley? He went to play poker with Senator Mead and a few other politicians.”
Mireya said with mixed feelings, “Things don’t look so simple. Look, quite a few big shots in the business world are here tonight, but only Wesley is playing on the same table as Senator Mead and the politicians.”
“Mm,” Cate replied to Mireya half-heartedly. “What are you thinking about? ” Mireya gave her a sidelong glance. She chuckled and said, “Are you jealous of Shaun and Hannah?”
