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However, Robert’s voice carried through the microphone to every corner of the banquet hall: “Honored guests, friends, good evening. I am Gabriel Rossi…”
That single sentence shocked everyone around Cedrick.
“How is that possible… How could it be… Isn’t he Lucille’s good–for–nothing, nouveau riche brother?
How could he be Leo…” Maricela looked as if she was about to collapse. She suddenly remembered the man in the basement that day, the man who was like a viper. Fear, like a net, fell over her, trapping her tightly, so tight she could barely breathe…
The women beside her who had been flattering her earlier also exclaimed, “Maricela!
How is he Leo?”
“Yeah!
Didn’t you say you were college classmates with Leo, and that he was your upperclassman?”
“Didn’t you say he liked you?
That he came to Seaston for you?”
“Maricela, how could you not know him?”
Maricela felt utterly humiliated, as if her face was being ground into the floor. But embarrassment wasn’t the worst part. The important thing was, she knew how terrifying this man could be. After making such a scene, would he really throw her into the sea to feed the fish?
Shock was one thing, but after the initial surprise, Zoe and Nicole just felt gleeful.
“Hah, all that bragging, trying to make herself look good. Now she’s got shit all over her face. Serves her right!”
Zoe gloated.
Nicole also had a smirk on her face.
Cedrick’s head was just buzzing, with only one word echoing in his ears: Over.
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This time, it was over again.
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Looking at her in the distance, Harlan’s words rang in his cars: Every deal fell through because of Lucille. This is the third time. She’s not here this time, so it’s guaranteed to work.
Someone else was saying: Hey, isn’t that Cedrick’s wife on stage?
Cedrick’s wife rarely goes out. Why is she with Leo this time?
Robert paused for just a moment, but the crowd below was already buzzing with speculation.
So he continued, “I also have a Chinese name, not many friends know it. I took my mother’s surname, Jian. My name is Jian Lan. And this, next to me, is my sister, Lucille.”
Lucille smiled and nodded to the crowd from the stage.
She had great posture and an elegant air, and that one small gesture earned her thunderous applause.
Whether the applause was for her, or for Leo’s sister, she was destined to be the most dazzling person tonight.
Robert held his sister’s hand and continued his enthusiastic welcome speech, but Cedrick could no longer hear what he was saying, his mind a complete mess.
The girls who were discussing the necklace earlier screamed, “Wow, the necklace she’s wearing, that’s the one from yesterday’s auction, the one–of–a–kind piece worth 300 million!”
“Oh my god, they must have flown it back overnight!
Leo must have given it to his sister. He spoils her so much!”
Maricela stared at the enormous ruby hanging around Lucille’s neck, her eyes filled with hostility.
Zoc laughed, “A moment ago, wasn’t someone making a big scene, saying her necklace was glass and rusty metal? Your face must be swollen from getting slapped now, huh?”
Nicole laughed out loud along with her.
But David, clueless as ever, asked, “Who?
Who said it was glass?”
Maricela’s face was too twisted with rage to look at.
Harlan knew what was going on right away. He pulled David back and hissed, “Shut up!”
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Cedrick gave a bitter smile. He was also one of the people who had called it glass…
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The followers who had been laughing with Maricela about Lucille wearing a cheap online knock- off were now freaking out: What?
That necklace is actually worth 300 million?
Thinking about everything they had just done to Lucille, each of them wished they could get as far away from Maricela as possible.
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