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“Tending to guests, my ass! More like ghosts!”
Though Sophia’s celebration had just begun, it was so quiet and boring that it felt like it was ending.
Sophia was so angry that not even her makeup could contain the rigid expression on her face anymore.
The guests present were all Javier’s friends, so they ignored her right after giving her their well wishes, chatting a storm up with Javier instead. Just like that, the supposed star of the night was kicked to the side
How could this… How could this happen?
“Mom! Betty hurried over, her face pale with worry. “Look what I found out! All the quests you invited to your party tonight are all at KS World Hotel right now! Alyssa’s gotten the better of us again!”
Sophia had guessed as much earlier, but the feeling was incomparable to actually hearing it as truth.
*Alyssa Taylor
Taylor… That selfish little demoness again?” She seethed, boiling with fury.
Beside them, Lauren turned to gaze at her sister and mother upon hearing the mention of Alyssa. Her eyes were clouded with complex emotions.
“Half of the guests are there for the Taylor family, and the rest are for the Schmidt familly. I heard most of the Schmidt family’s friends are at Lyla’s birthday party right now, too! They want to kiss both of those families’ asses while the iron’s hot, after all!” Betty exclaimed.
She added, “I even heard that some of the guests weren’t on the Taylor family’s list at first, but for some reason, they received an invitation from Alyssa yesterday.
“So they decided to attend that celebration at the very last minute! Alyssa was the one behind all this!”
“When will that bitch stop messing with me? Does she think she can best me just by ruining my birthday party? Who does she think I am?” Sophia shrieked, her face twisting into ugly hatred.
“Don’t call my sister-in-law that! She’s not a bitch!” Lauren finally cried angrily.
Sophia glared at her. “Shut the hell up! She’s not your sister-in-law!”
“Do you have any idea what you’re saying, Lauren?” Betty cried, taking advantage of the situation to storm.
up to Lauren and jab her in the cheek.
Her nail pierced Lauren’s skin, making Lauren wince and shrink back.
Just like that, a red crescent appeared on Lauren’s cheek.
“Mom is already so angry because of that bitch Alyssa’s meddling! Why must you still come to her defense? You’re already useless as it is!” Betty shrieked.
*Alyssa isn’t a bitch!” Lauren grew angrier, meeting Betty’s yells.
“Then who is?” Betty roared, making the guests shoot her inquisitive looks.
“Not her!” Lauren cried, standing up to glare right into Betty’s eyes, which were now shocked.
Lauren could tolerate Betty scolding her and hurting her, but she wouldn’t let her humiliation of Alyssa stand!
“How dare you conniving little beast yell at me? You think you’re so powerful now that Landon has your back, do you?” Betty yelled, reaching out to grab Lauren’s arm. She’d had enough of Lauren’s jabs tonight.
Just then, the ballroom doors opened.
All eyes turned as a man walked in steadily.
“L-Landon…” Lauren murmured, her eyes tearing up as she called out to him.
Landon met her gaze, his own fervent with passion and tenderness. He didn’t want to look away.
Even if she was dressed plainly or if she made herself smaller than everyone else, he would still be able to find her at first glance.
“Mr. H-Harper?” Sophia and Betty were shocked.
Javier, who had just been speaking to his friends, was just as surprised to find Landon striding into the ballroom clad in a wine-colored suit.
Betty quickly retracted her hand, her eyes complex as she gazed at Landon. Even if he had tortured her and pained her for so long, she still couldn’t help but get hopelessly infatuated with him whenever she saw him. All she wanted was to die in his arms.
Yet she knew Landon had no eyes for her whatsoever, not even if she stripped naked before him.
So what was he doing here?
Could it be because of
“I’m so glad you could come here tonight, Mr. Harper. We’ve been waiting for you!” Sophia exclaimed.
Then, she hurriedly called out, “Hurry up and get Mr. Harper some champagne!”
It didn’t matter that he was here for Lauren. What mattered was that his arrival would add some life to her celebration.
“No, thank you. I’m not here for the birthday celebration,” Landon said lightly, hands in his pockets.
“Then, what are you here f-
“I’m here to take my woman way.”
Landon’s words were filled with tender love and affection as they rang throughout the ballroom. Under everyone’s gaze, he slowly walked up to Lauren.
Both Sophia and Betty looked like they had just tasted bitter lemons.
Lauren blushed slightly, watching Landon walk up to her like she was a bride at the altar.
Landon even shoved Betty away when he came up close to Lauren.
“Ow!” Betty winced, nearly falling backward.
“Lauren.” Landon stood before Lauren, gazing lovingly at her as she blushed.
“You look beautiful tonight.”
“Huh?” Lauren mumbled, her heart pounding in her chest.
“It’s so boring here. Do you want to go somewhere with me?” Landon extended his hand to her.
“Go where?”
“Wherever you want. Just name it, and I’ll take you there.” Sincerity filled Landon’s eyes.
For some reason, Lauren wanted to cry.
She had always been the slowest yet most obedient child in her family. She never learned what it was like to be doted on or have what she wanted fulfilled. This was a first for her.
“I… I want to find Alyssa and my brother,” she mumbled, her voice small.
“Alright. I’ll take you to them.” Landon held her hand and turned to leave with her.
The hall was dead silent.
When the two reached the entrance, Landon stopped in his tracks suddenly, nearly making Lauren slam right into his back.
He turned around and nodded respectfully to Javier before leaving with Lauren.
This made Javier’s eyes widen.
He had been annoyed with how rude Landon was, taking his daughter away like that, yet Landon had just paid his due respects to him. With that, Javier couldn’t help but grow fonder of Landon.
“What do we do, Mom? What do we do?” Betty cried, holding onto her mother’s arm.
“How could Landon just take her away like that? Isn’t he intentionally provoking you now? You can’t let
Lauren leave with him! Get him to come back!”
“Get him to come back? Why would I do that?” Sophia flung her daughter’s hand away, her eyes laced with a disdain that used to only be meant for Lauren.
“My birthday party is already ruined. What does it matter whether your sister is here or not?
“Plus, why would I want her to come back? Can’t you see how devoted Landon is to her? He looks at her just the way your father used to look at me. So you better give up all those silly ideas of yours and stay out of your sister’s way!”