Chapter 120

Chapter 120

"Zander, my jade pendant is missing!"

Zander suddenly looked up, and in that instant, his eyes seemed to soften quite a bit. "Mr. Weston, Miss, this is my sister, Cressida Schmidt."

Cressida, like a little rabbit, rushed straight to Zander's side and grabbed his arm. "Zander, who is this?"

Cressida looked at Blake and suddenly blushed.

"This is Mr. Weston, and the lady beside him is his companion."

"I'm Ophelia Hayes," Ophelia said.

"Ms. Hayes."

When Cressida looked at Ophelia, there was a hint of wariness in her eyes.

With just one glance, Ophelia understood—this Cressida had fallen for Blake.

"Oh, right, Zander, my jade pendant is missing."

"The jade pendant is missing?" Zander's expression immediately became serious. He looked at the security guard nearby.

The security guard quickly came over and pressed down his cap. "Sorry, Mr. Schmidt, it was our oversight. We didn't notice anyone coming in or out."

When the security guard saw Ophelia, he suddenly froze.

His gaze gradually shifted from confusion to certainty. "You, I think I've seen you somewhere before."

"You've seen her?" Cressida seemed to have caught onto something important.

The security guard tensed up and suddenly remembered—he seemed to have seen a suspicious person near the fence earlier.

It appeared to be this woman at the time.

After realizing this, the security guard pointed at Ophelia.

"Yes, it's you!"

"I saw you outside the fence earlier."

Ophelia's lips twitched slightly. "Are you sure? I came in with an invitation."

The security guard became uncertain again, and Cressida frowned. "Since you say you came in with an invitation, then show everyone your invitation."

Meeting Ophelia's gaze, Cressida was slightly startled.

This woman's look was terrifying.

Ophelia took out her invitation. After the security guard checked it, Cressida had nothing more to say.

She turned to Zander.

"Zander, my jade pendant—it can prove my identity. You need to hurry up and find it for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zander looked at Ophelia and Blake with great apology. "I'm really sorry, but I may need to excuse myself for a while."

Someone specially escorted Ophelia and Blake back to their seats.

Blake didn't look at Ophelia but asked, "Where did you get your invitation?"

Ophelia's movements paused. She took a bite of a small cake. "I just found someone and..."

Meeting Blake's very speechless look, Ophelia smiled.

The next second, the doors to the venue suddenly closed. "Everyone, I'm really sorry, but I need to search all the items you're carrying to make sure my sister's jade pendant doesn't leave the venue."

Zander walked up to the podium with an apologetic expression.

But the bodyguards below had already started searching.

Ophelia nervously glanced around and turned back just in time to meet Blake's gaze.

Almost instantly, Blake understood—the jade pendant was with Ophelia.

He lowered his voice. "What do you want with the jade pendant?"

Ophelia looked around, her eyes very calm. "I didn't take it. The box wanted to come with me on its own. I only just found out that it contained my jade pendant."

"Yours?"

"That's right. I can now confirm that what's in the box is exactly the jade pendant that the Schmidtstook from Bronte's shop."

This statement contained a lot of information, and Blake was momentarily dazed.

If that jade pendant belonged to Ophelia, and the jade pendant was a symbol of the Schmidt family's daughter's identity.

Then, that would mean Ophelia was...

Blake looked at Ophelia and noticed that at the same time, Zander was also looking at her.

At the same time, the security guard also walked over. "Ms. Hayes, please come with me."

The searches for male and female guests were separate, which meant that all clothing items were included in the search.

After realizing this, Ophelia looked at Zander. "What if I don't cooperate?"

Zander was slightly startled and gave the security guard a look.

The security guard immediately stopped.

This scene sparked dissatisfaction among many people. "Who is this person? How can she escape the search? So many of us have been searched. Maybe she's the one who took the jade pendant!"

Cressida also came over, holding up her dress. "That's right, Zander. Hurry up and have someone search her. My jade pendant must be with her..."

"Enough."

Everyone was shocked by Zander's words.

People were very surprised that he would yell at Cressida.

Cressida had been missing for many years. Finnegan Schmidt had searched for her for a long time before finally finding her.

Now Cressida was someone whose word was law throughout the entire Schmidt family.

For Zander to yell at Cressida—if Finnegan found out about this, he would definitely punish him.

"Zander, how can you treat me like this?"

Zander shook off Cressida's hand and looked at Ophelia with gentle eyes.

"It's simple—because Ms. Hayes is my real sister, and you are just someone I found to make up the numbers for my father."

Cressida's expression immediately changed, turning deathly pale. "Zander, what are you saying? I don't understand."

Zander didn't continue to pay attention to Cressida and walked to Ophelia's side. "I know the jade pendant has returned to its rightful owner. When my people saw the jade pendant at Bronte's shop, they took it directly. I'm really sorry about that."

Ophelia was somewhat confused and looked at Blake.

She saw that Blake was also frowning.

"It's okay?" Zander smiled and affectionately ruffled Ophelia's hair, as if he had already decided that Ophelia was his real sister.

"After the banquet ends, come with me. I'll take you to meet Dad."

Ophelia was very surprised. "Are you really sure I'm your sister?"

"I could never mistake the butterfly birthmark on your shoulder."

Ophelia was startled, only then remembering that Zander had been particularly excited earlier because he had seen the birthmark on her back.

Blake watched the interaction between the two, very displeased.

He didn't care whose daughter Ophelia was or whose sister she was. He only cared that Ophelia was his woman.

Anyone else who wanted to take Ophelia away had to die.

Blake's breathing became somewhat heavy.

Ophelia noticed this, and obviously, Zander noticed it too.

"Mr. Weston, are you alright?"

Blake looked up at Zander. The emotions in those eyes made Zander very shocked.

"Mr. Weston..."

Blake pulled Ophelia and left directly, not giving Zander a chance to react.

"Mr. Weston, please wait! I need to take Ms. Hayes to meet my father."

"What does that have to do with me?" Blake glared at Zander. The anger between the two men was very obvious.

The people around them all had a mindset of watching the drama unfold. 

They didn't expect the Schmidt family and the Weston family to argue, and over a woman no less.

Now there was a good show to watch.