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Alyssa gnawed on her lip, her heart skipping a beat.
“Or I could call you. You know I wouldn’t pass up any chance to do so.” Jeremy’s eagerness was in stark contrast to how cold Alyssa knew him to be.
“There’s no need. I’m not your primary care doctor, and I don’t have the time to keep an eye on your condition 24/7.”
Alyssa made her voice was cold. “I’m glad you’re fine. Let’s hope this doesn’t happen again so we can stay out of one another’s hair.”
“Thank you for taking care of me before. My fever wouldn’t have gone away that fast if you hadn’t,” Jeremy said gratefully.
Then, he said, “You’re much better than any other cure I’ve tried.”
“Do you want me to cut your tongue out, Jeremy Walsh?” Alyssa’s cheeks flushed as she punched the window beside her, recalling how he had pressed her into the bed and kissed her days ago.
“If you try anything funny again, I swear I’ll make you regret it!”
“I don’t think I have anymore regrets to have, Lyse. Jeremy chuckled bitterly.
“I don’t think I could ever move on from how much I regret divorcing you.”
“Good. Now hang up. I’m busy.”
“Wait, Lyse.”
“What?” Alyssa cried, irritated to no end.
“Can I … attend Ms. Lyla’s birthday party tomorrow night? Please?” Jeremy asked cautiously, his voice filled with hope. Hope that he would be able to see her again.
Alyssa scowled. “Lyla’s birthday celebration will only be open to close friends and family, Mr. Walsh.
Aren’t you being a little too presumptuous?”
“I understand that; I do. But they do say it’s best to pay your in-laws a visit every now and then,” Jeremy replied in a serious tone.
“Did you get that stick pulled out of your ass recently or what?” Alyssa groaned, punching the window again, imagining it was Jeremy’s head.
“Please, Lyse?” he asked again.
Alyssa recalled how Javier had beaten Jeremy to shit the other night and how much blood the latter had lost from it. Biting her lip, she grumbled, “Remember to bring a present.”
Jeremy’s voice was immediately colored with joy. “Of course! It makes no sense to visit your in-laws empty
-handed.”
“Screw off!” Alyssa cussed.
Both Lyla and Sophia’s birthdays happened to be on the same weekend.
Sophia was so excited the night before that she barely got any sleep. All she could think of was how stunning she would be during her birthday celebration, with all eyes on her.
She had even had photo reels of her from her glory days as an actress made, which would be played on loop onstage during the celebration for everyone to admire.
Sophia ended up looking like the undead the next morning, with sunken hair, bloodshot eyes, and eyebags so dark and heavy that it looked like she had prosthetics on. Makeup was sorely needed, lest she looked like some ravenous ghoul.
She was nearly 50 years old, after all. Unlike in her youth, when she would spend days shooting continuously, one sleepless night was enough to make all her wrinkles stand out in the spotlight.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get my makeup artist!” she roared, pacing back and forth in her room. She even shattered an expensive crystal glass out of sheer anger, like someone having a manic episode.
Naturally, Javier was oblivious to all this. Meanwhile, all the maids had run off to get the makeup artist.
Sophia stared at herself in the mirror, anger boiling in her gut like a witch’s cauldron.
She was celebrating her birthday tonight, right on Lyla’s birthday.
It had been years since Sophia had seen Lyla in person. She was proud, thinking she was in a far better position than Lyla, being Javier Walsh’s wife and all that. But she still felt terrified whenever she recalled how Lyla had been the star of TS Network in their youth.
Sophia was deeply afraid she wouldn’t be able to best Lyla.
“Mom!” Betty ran into the room, yelling, “Mom!”
However, Betty was left stunned by how horrifying Sophia looked.
“What are you yelling for?” Sophia huffed.
“I-I just called Grandpa earlier to ask him, and… he still said he won’t be attending your birthday celebration tonight…
“What’s so alarming about that? I never expected that old buffoon to show up in the first place. My night.
just might have turned for the worse if he did!’ Sophia snorted, not hiding her disdain for Newton in front
“But… but Grandpa also wanted me to tell you…” Betty stammered over her words.
“He’ll be attending the celebration at the Taylor family’s, like Jeremy…”
“What?” Sophia shrieked, her eyes bugging out in rage.
“He said Mr. Taylor and Alyssa had both called him last night and that they had a really enjoyable conversation. So he decided to go spend some time with Mr. Taylor at the very last minute.”
“Damn that old fool!” Sophia fumed, steam nearly blowing out of her ears. With one mighty sweep of her arm, she sent everything on the makeup table clattering onto the floor.
“How can this stand, Mom? Jeremy and Grandpa are clearly humiliating you by attending an outsider’s party instead of yours. It would be terrible if the public got word of this!” Betty cried.
She used this as an opportunity to get back at Sophia after the latter had supported Lauren getting together with Landon.
“They never respected you as the matriarch of this family and think it’s embarrassing to attend your party!”
“That’s enough from you!” Sophia shouted, her blood pressure rising dramatically.
“What do we do now?” Although Betty sounded concerned, she was secretly cackling with glee.
“Leave it be! That old fool is clearly angering me on purpose! If I get upset now and ruin my own birthday celebration, they would laugh their heads off!”
Sophia fumed and sat down on the couch. “No matter what, that old man’s already retired. Everything that belongs to him will go to Javier in the end, so I don’t give a damn what happens to him now.
“It’s not like he’ll outlive me!”
At 6:00 pm sharp, several sleek, black cars lined up outside the house. Javier, Sophia, and their two daughters sat in the middle car while bodyguards filled the rest, protecting them as the cars drove to
Berenike Hotel, (2)
Javier gazed outside the window during the ride, his attitude toward Sophia as warm as usual, given that it was her birthday.
Still, one couldn’t help but find him to be much less enthusiastic than before.
Lauren and Betty sat in front of their parents, with Lauren hunched tight around the teddy bear Alyssa had given her so as to comfort herself.
Betty wore a cocktail dress that had just been released to the market recently, looking quite the model big sister beside Lauren.
“Tonight is Mom’s big day, Lauren. Why didn’t you put on any makeup?” Betty asked, a faux grin on her face as she gently caressed Lauren’s long, sleek hair.
“Do you not know how to? You should have told me earlier. I would have loved to help.”
Lauren tensed up instantly, her lips pressing tightly together.
“That perm I gave you before was such a good look on you. I could have given you one today, too,” Betty snickered.
All of a sudden, Lauren slapped Betty’s hand away.
Both Sophia and Javier were shocked by this. They had never seen their youngest daughter behave like.
this.
“Ow! What was that for, Lauren? It hurts!” Betty cried, acting like she was the victim.
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… never wanted you to do my makeovers. You were the one who forced me every time!” Lauren tv bear exclaimed, glaring at Betty as she held tightly onto her teddy