Chapter 179 Ms. Brown is Here!
"Bianca is so lucky. I heard Zachary is deeply in love with her. Even after finding out she's not the real daughter of the Taylor family, he still wants to marry her."
"The Baker family has been rising rapidly these past few years. If Bianca marries into the Baker family and becomes their young mistress, that would be amazing!"
"They're a perfect match - both talented and beautiful!"
"..."
Under everyone's envious and admiring gazes, Bianca looked down at Isabella in the distance with a victor's smile on her lips.
Isabella, do you see this?
So what if you're beautiful? An excellent man like Zachary won't give you a second glance just because you're pretty.
If a woman's beauty can't attract excellent men, then it's all for nothing.
"What's there to be so proud of?" Violet also came to celebrate Isabella's birthday. Seeing Bianca's smug face, she rolled her eyes. "It's just a man. Look how happy she is."
Isabella held her wine glass with a calm expression on her face.
Just then, Abigail suddenly exclaimed: "I just remembered today isn't just Bianca's birthday!"
"Today is also Isabella's birthday!"
Abigail's voice was loud, and everyone immediately turned to look at Isabella.
That's right, there were two birthday girls today.
Seeing everyone's attention shift to Isabella, Abigail deliberately put on a curious expression. "Isabella, Bianca's boyfriend came to celebrate her birthday. Why didn't your boyfriend come?"
"On such an important day, he's not here to celebrate with you?"
Abigail's words were like a thunderbolt, instantly causing a stir in the crowd.
"What? Isabella has a boyfriend?"
Most people were surprised. After all, Isabella had only recently returned to the Taylor family, and they didn't expect her to have a boyfriend so soon.
This kind of gossip was the most attractive, and everyone became curious.
"Who is Isabella's boyfriend? How come no one's ever mentioned him?"
"Ms. Taylor is so beautiful, I'm really curious what kind of man she'd choose."
Some people even started making noise: "If she has a boyfriend, she should introduce him at the birthday party so everyone knows who he is, right?"
...
Isabella frowned.
Should she introduce William to them here?
That would probably... scare them, wouldn't it?
The key question was, would they even believe it?
Even she felt her relationship with William had developed somewhat inexplicably. How much more so for these observers? She wouldn't even know where to begin explaining.
While Isabella was hesitating, Bianca said softly: "Don't tease her. Sister's boyfriend is just an ordinary person. You all definitely don't know him."
"An ordinary person? That means he's not from our circle."
Everyone present was from wealthy noble families. Someone not from their circle meant their family background was very ordinary.
A cold smile flashed in Abigail's eyes. "He didn't even come to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday on such an important day. How rude and ill-mannered. He's probably some poor person with no class."
"Isabella, why are you so foolish? Why would you date someone who has no status and doesn't even love you? Were you tricked?"
As soon as Abigail said this, everyone's gazes toward Isabella became contemptuous.
"Is Isabella stupid or something? As the real daughter of the Taylor family, she's actually dating a poor person."
"No wonder she grew up in the countryside - she has no sense at all. She was easily tricked by some poor person. How foolish."
"If you ask me, the reason Isabella's boyfriend didn't come is because he's not presentable!"
"Isabella's taste in men really isn't as good as Bianca's. Even though Bianca isn't the real daughter, she found Zachary as her boyfriend. But Isabella is like a joke."
"If word of this gets out..."
Sighs and discussions rose one after another. Even though everyone kept their voices down since this was the Taylor family's event, the sounds still kept drilling into Isabella's ears.
Hayden noticed the commotion and walked over. Hearing these words, his face immediately darkened.
He didn't even know Isabella had a boyfriend.
And a poor person who wasn't presentable at that!
Had he given Bruce permission for them to be together?
Hayden quickly walked over. "Everyone, please don't joke around. Our Isabella doesn't have a boyfriend. She just came home and hasn't even had time to make many friends. How could she possibly have a boyfriend?"
"I don't know where these rumors came from. It's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding..."
After Hayden's explanations, the crowd finally dispersed.
Hayden breathed a long sigh of relief.
He pulled Isabella to a corner. "Are you crazy? Who gave Bruce permission to go out and associate with those shady people? You almost made our entire Taylor family lose face because of you!"
Hayden's gentle mask from recent days was instantly torn off, and he became the person Isabella was familiar with again.
But this actually made Isabella feel more natural. She sneered and retorted: "What do you mean by shady people? Why do you believe whatever they say..."
"Enough! I'm warning you, break up with that poor man immediately!" Hayden said with a dark expression.
He thought perhaps he had been too lenient with Isabella these past few days.
Even if Isabella had good grades and good calligraphy, her social skills still weren't as good as Bianca's.
"Look at your sister!"
Hayden pointed in Bianca's direction.
Bianca was surrounded by a group of rich kids like a star surrounded by the moon.
People kept coming in, bringing her gifts and congratulations.
"I won't say much about Bianca's best friend Abigail. Abigail's sister is about to marry into the Martinez family. Bianca is close to the Rodriguez family, and having connections with the Rodriguez family only benefits our Taylor family!"
"And that one in the checkered suit is the eldest son of the Howard family. His father is the deputy mayor's secretary. Bianca has a very good relationship with him, and he came specially to celebrate with Bianca today!"
"And that one in the blue dress is the second daughter of the Armstrong family who runs a warehouse business. Our family business often works with the Armstrong family, and every year the Armstrong family gives us the best prices."
"Look at how well Bianca handles relationships, and then look at you!"
Hayden glanced at the two girls in the distance who clearly came from ordinary backgrounds.
They were Violet and Scarlett.
Standing among the lavishly dressed rich girls, even though they were trying hard to overcome their nervousness, they still seemed somewhat out of place.
Hayden didn't even want to look. "Those are the people you know?"
"You can only know these worthless people?"
"What a waste!"
Just as Hayden's angry rebuke landed, suddenly Yves hurried over, looking panicked.
"Mr. Taylor! Ms. Brown is here!"
Hayden was stunned.
"Which Ms. Brown?"
As far as he could remember, there was no Brown family that had a good relationship with the Taylor family.
"It's Ms. Brown from the Brown family, one of the four great families!" the butler said urgently.
"What?" Hayden was completely shocked.
The daughter of the Brown family?
Why did she come?
Without time to think, he quickly said: "Quick, have Bianca come with me to greet her!"
The daughter of the Brown family came in person - she couldn't possibly be here to celebrate Isabella's birthday. She must be here to celebrate Bianca's.
Hayden didn't dare slight anyone from the Brown family at all. He left Isabella behind and strode toward the door with hurried steps.