Chapter 184: Chapter 184

Henry Willow got slapped, and the girl next to him wanted to step forward to help.

But the man pushed her aside.

"Young Master Willow, are you alright?" Katherine Kaye looked at him with concern.

Henry waved his hand at her, but his gaze was fixed on the direction Sarah Grant was leaving.

Sarah Grant, wearing her carefully chosen high heels, intended to outshine everyone at the banquet.

Unexpectedly, she ended up fleeing in such a hurried and awkward manner, even spraining her ankle in the process.

The pampered noble lady insisted on not crying out in pain, kicked off her shoes, and continued running.

"You’ve had a lot to drink, let me take care of you." Katherine Kaye stepped forward again to support Henry. "Why not find a nearby hotel and let you rest?"

"No need, if you don’t want to lose this friend, go and check on her."

Henry shrugged off Katherine Kaye and got into his own car.

The girl looked disappointed as he didn’t invite her to accompany him.

At the Willow Residence—

Today’s party was truly splendid, much more exciting than Marilyn Ford’s birthday party Anna Thornton attended before.

Fortunately, it wasn’t broadcast live, and the Willow Family is the media industry’s giant, making the fiasco confined to a small area since news they don’t want out won’t get out.

However, it still takes a lot of effort to clean up this mess.

As the banquet ended, Miles Willow and his wife explained and apologized to the guests one by one.

It was also at this time that Finn Grant received a call, and his expression instantly turned grim. Orıginal content can be found at novel⚑fire.net

"What’s wrong?" Anna asked him.

"Jenny is in trouble, I need to go to her immediately."

Seeing Finn’s anxious face, Anna didn’t ask what happened.

"What about you?" Finn seemed a bit worried about her.

"I’ll go back with Mary and the others shortly."

"Then I’ll leave a car for you, don’t let them take you to squeeze into the subway!"

After Finn finished advising Anna, he hurriedly left.

Anna was also about to leave; she didn’t see Marilyn and Quinn Locke, so she planned to go look for them.

At this moment, Jean Zane suddenly appeared in front of her, holding champagne.

"Anna Thornton, is the dress you’re wearing tonight genuine too?"

"If Miss Zane doesn’t believe it, you can pour another one to try." Anna raised an eyebrow at her.

At this, Jean Zane was indignant: "Anna Thornton, don’t think that just because you’ve clung to Young Master Grant, you’re something special."

"I don’t know if I’m special; I just know you should secretly watch and have held it in for a long time. You dared to come to me only after Finn left to say these words, right?"

Jean Zane’s face changed as Anna called out her true intentions, but she quickly retorted stubbornly: "Yes, I fear Finn. But do you think everyone fears him for what reason? Just because he’s ill! Who in Aethelgard doesn’t know Finn is a madman? And spoiling his sycophant of a sister who clings to Henry, everyone views them as a joke."

"So, don’t think that being associated with the Grant Family makes you something special! Let me tell you a secret, the Grants have few members, and everyone says their family is cursed, which is why people have been dying one after another in recent years. Only a woman like you, willing to risk everything for money, would dare to get too close to the Grant siblings, but they won’t meet a good end!"

"... Is there such a rumor?"

Anna hadn’t heard of the curse saying.

"Unlike Young Master Sterling, that’s what being young and capable truly means. You don’t know, right? President Sterling and Marilyn’s engagement date will be announced on the day of Marilyn’s wrap party for her movie. Marilyn’s fate is far better than yours; after all, she’s a prestigious daughter, how could you compare with Marilyn? It’s simply overestimating oneself."

After Jean Zane finished her mocking words, Anna remained indifferent.

"Are you done? Once you’re done, I’ll be off."

Jean Zane was really just feeling unbalanced inside, deliberately trying to find a sense of presence in front of Anna.

Unexpectedly, Anna’s calmless reaction made Jean Zane lose even more sense of presence.

Unwilling to let Anna leave so easily, Jean Zane deliberately stuck out a foot as Anna passed her.

Anna’s gaze slightly shifted down, curled her lips, and stepped directly on it.

"Anna Thornton, you stepped on me! Ah ah ah!"

Jean’s Zane’s scream was pig-like, lasting over two minutes.

Only then did Anna seem to realize and lifted her floor-length skirt to check.

"Oh, sorry, I didn’t see it."

"You clearly did it on purpose!"

"Why would I do that? Miss Zane, I was circling around you, really didn’t expect your foot to suddenly find itself under mine."

Jean Zane was angry again and yet unable to get to Anna, unable to out-talk her, so she could only watch Anna leave.

She stomped in place before going to find Marilyn Ford to complain.

"Marilyn, look what Anna Thornton did to my foot!"

Marilyn glanced and asked: "Why did you go to provoke her?"

"It’s just that I can’t stand her constantly stealing the spotlight in front of you! First seducing President Sterling, now clinging to Young Master Grant. She’s clearly not from our class, yet she tries desperately to squeeze in and loiter around in front of us."

"Moreover, I’m worried she hasn’t given up on President Sterling, specially went to warn her not to pursue him. But she didn’t listen and provocatively stepped on my foot."

Hearing Jean mention Conrad Sterling, Marilyn’s eyes moved.

Marilyn looked around: "Have you seen Conrad?"

"No, wasn’t President Sterling with you all the time?"

"He was, but later he went to drink with Henry, Henry has left, but I haven’t seen him."

Anna was about to retouch her makeup in the bathroom, then call Mary to leave together.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Conrad Sterling coming out.

"President Sterling, do you think it’s me who’s destined with you, or you with the bathroom?"

"Both, so does that mean you equal to the bathroom?"

Conrad Sterling, having been bickered by Anna often, now knew how to retort her.

Alright, this time Anna was caught in her own game, she changed her tone: "Seems like we are both fated with the bathroom. By the way, do you know where Mary is? I’m looking for her to go home."

"Were you brought by Finn?" Conrad Sterling answered with a question, "He didn’t take you home?"

"It’s not like I’m handicapped and can’t drive, why rely on others to send me home."

Anna thought he probably hadn’t seen Mary, so she didn’t plan to waste more time with Conrad.

However, as Anna took a step forward to leave, the man suddenly also stepped back, blocking her.

This advancing and retreating action allowed Anna to smell the strong scent of alcohol on Conrad.

Drinking at this kind of party is just for socializing, what’s with him? Drinking so much!

Anna tried to step forward again to bypass him, but Conrad suddenly reached out and grabbed the bow decoration at her dress’s waist.

"Don’t pull it apart."

Anna turned her head and patted his hand away, but the man’s hand still gripped tightly, unmoved.

"President Sterling, could it be you’re imitating your good buddy, pretending to be drunk and causing a scene? He caused a ruckus in the first half, are you doing so in the second?"

The bathroom is where people could come by at any time, and today Marilyn is here too.

He’s about to get engaged, if caught by his fiancée, see how he explains.

"This dress... I sent it." Conrad started.

Hearing his aimless sentence, Anna nodded: "Yes!"

Anna realized why he was acting oddly today, it turned out he was sulking over such a trivial matter!

She couldn’t help but laugh: "Conrad Sterling, do you know what karma is?"

"That time with Ethan Hawthorne, Finn unknowingly took the blame for you. And today while I’m wearing a dress you gifted, everyone thinks it was sent by Finn, that’s called what goes around, comes around, very fair!"

"I sent it to you, not him!" Conrad seemed not to hear Anna’s words, stubbornly emphasizing this.

"Yes, yes, you sent it! So what do you intend to do... Ah!"

Anna did not anticipate while asking that, the man’s hand suddenly exerted force.

Conrad pulled the bow at Anna’s waist, directly drawing her into his arms.

This scene, passing through the corridor, was precisely seen by Marilyn Ford.