Chapter 429: Chapter 429

Originally, Jessica, who was in the corner, was about to step forward when she unexpectedly saw Joel Thatcher appear here.

She panicked instantly and quickly hid away.

Jessica knew that Joel wouldn’t come, which is why she had been recklessly using the Thatcher Family’s name to act. Now that Joel appeared, she didn’t even have time to hide and certainly didn’t dare to show her face again.

When Heidi Leighton saw Joel’s appearance, her face showed surprise. Upon hearing the people around remind of his identity, she was even more shocked, unable to recover her senses.

Joel Thatcher? Is he the head of the Thatcher Family?

At this time, Justin Leighton couldn’t help but walk to Heidi’s side, lowering his voice to ask quietly, "Heidi, what exactly is going on? Did you invite Joel? Didn’t you say you invited someone else from the Thatcher Family? Someone named Jessa something?"

Heidi lightly shook her head and said, "Dad, it’s Jessica! I don’t know what’s going on either. Jessica said Joel is extremely busy and indifferent, that whoever wants to see him has to wait in line, so I thought I should invite Jessica."

"Then what on earth is happening? I had previously hinted to Elder Lancaster that the Thatcher Family declined the birthday invitation, so I thought if you could get someone from the Thatcher Family to come, you would surely leave a good impression on Elder Lancaster." Googlᴇ search NovᴇlFɪre.nᴇt

Justin’s eyes darkened as he asserted, "It shouldn’t be the Lancaster Family who invited him."

Heidi’s gaze turned toward Nina Sinclair.

Could it be that Joel was invited by Nina Sinclair?

Heidi immediately dismissed this speculation.

How could a woman like Nina Sinclair, without any background, have the ability to invite Joel?

Since neither the Lancaster Family nor Nina Sinclair invited him, who could it possibly be?

Suddenly, Heidi had a bold guess. Could it be...

Could it be that Jessica invited Joel to make herself look more impressive?

Once this assumption surfaced, it gradually convinced her to believe it. After thinking it through, she was no longer flustered and stood there with a composed smile on her face, watching Joel and Old Master Lancaster exchange pleasantries.

Sharon was already stunned in place when she saw Joel.

After hearing his identity, she was completely speechless!

Joel? That neighbor of Nina Sinclair’s is actually Joel?

The good news is her brother doesn’t have an extra rival; the bad news is he now has a formidable competitor!

Joel is currently Crestfall’s most rapidly rising figure, and his reputation is almost on par with her brother and Louis Quinn. It seems this rival won’t be easy to deal with.

Sharon glanced around, hoping to see where Julian had hidden himself.

After searching a round without spotting Julian, seeing everyone’s attention was on Joel, and even Nina Sinclair was looking at Joel, Sharon finally took out her phone to text Julian.

"Brother! Where did you hide? Something major has happened! Joel is actually Nina Sinclair’s true childhood friend!"

After the message was sent, there was no reply, but Sharon knew Julian would definitely receive it.

At this moment, inside the villa’s monitoring room.

Julian was watching all the scenes outside through the surveillance when his phone rang. It was Sharon’s message.

After opening it, Julian’s expression turned cold!

He had just learned that Joel came to the birthday banquet and had invited him for a talk, requesting to make an exception to help his grandfather’s health. Joel had turned down his request.

Who would have thought that Joel and Nina Sinclair had such a connection!

It seems that Marcus’s investigation was incomplete, missing such an important detail, leaving him utterly unprepared!