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A sore loser
Cecilia looked at the beautiful set of emerald jewelry with fondness and joy written all over her face.She then removed the diamond necklace, bracelets, and earrings she was wearing before excitedly putting on the emerald jewelry William had given her.But it wasn’t very convenient for her to put on the necklace herself, so she looked at William with great anticipation and asked, “William, can you help me put this necklace on?”Slightly stunned to hear this, William smiled and said, “Of course.”He picked up the exquisite emerald necklace, placed it across Cecilia’s slender and fair neck, and quickly fastened both ends of the necklace.Cecilia turned around and smiled at William radiantly.Upon seeing this scene, Joel gritted his teeth, filled with jealousy.Donning the full set of emerald jewelry and the ombré-colored starry dress that already made her look like a fairy in the first place, Cecilia exuded an ethereal aura.As green light glimmered with every movement of hers, she loo
Making a bet
Amid the uproar and commotion, Kobe looked at William sneeringly and said condescendingly, “Based on how shabby you look, I bet you can’t afford any decent gift, let alone one comparable to Joel’s! If you can present a gift more expensive than Joel’s diamond ring, I’ll kneel on the ground and lick your shoes!“Likewise, if you can’t, then you will kneel on the ground to lick my, no, Joel’s shoes. How about that? Hahaha!” Kobe guffawed arrogantly.“What did you say?!” Cecilia flew into a rage and was just about to lose her temper when William suddenly reached out to stop her.He looked at Kobe and drawled, “That’s what you said. If my gift is more expensive than Joel’s, you’ll get on your knees and lick my shoes, huh?”With a contemptuous smile on his face, Kobe said, “That’s right. That’s what I said! But if your gift is worse than Joel’s, you will kneel in front of Joel and lick his shoes!”They didn’t keep their volumes down, and the people around them could hear their conversation
Seeking to compare gifts
Kobe couldn’t afford to offend Cecilia, but he didn’t take a penniless man seriously at all.“Brat, you sounded really impressive when you were speaking to Joel just now. You even said that you’re someone whom even Joel can’t afford to provoke. You sounded really confident, but you should see if you have the grounds to do so!“It happens that everyone here has prepared gifts for Cecilia since it’s her birthday today. In that case, why don’t you show us the gift you brought and let us see if you have what it takes to be Miss Lancaster’s boyfriend.“If you say that you’ve forgotten to bring the gift or try to brush us off with a gift that costs a couple of hundred dollars, you’d better drop the act in front of us now!”For a moment, countless gazes were on William.Indeed, although Kobe was Joel’s loyal lapdog, and what he said was rather unpleasant, his idea wasn’t too bad.If William was unwilling to reveal his identity and was deliberately pretending to be a low-key penniless man, th
Under scrutiny
Trying his best to hold his anger back, Joel asked resentfully, “Kid, who exactly are you?”He had previously asked William about his identity because of his uneasiness due to Oscar’s and Lucas’s overly respectful attitude toward William.Unfortunately, William had merely said that he was an orphan who didn’t have a family to support him. He didn’t reveal any other information.But now, even Cecilia, whom Joel had been longing for a long time but hadn’t been able to conquer, actually said that she liked William, making him feel extremely indignant.If… if William was really the scion of some big family, Joel would be willing to bow down and admit defeat.But if William was really just a penniless man, Joel would never be willing to accept defeat!Seeing Joel glowering at William as though he was about to devour him, Cecilia frowned in displeasure, stood in front of William with her chest puffed up, and chastised, “What are you doing? It’s my freedom to date who I want. What else do yo
Playing along
Cecilia’s flabbergasting statement just now and the fact that she was now clearly walking toward someone sparked a huge uproar in the hall as countless people exclaimed in unison.“Could… the person Cecilia likes really be here?”“Wow, this is so exciting! I thought Cecilia just said that casually to reject Joel, but now it seems she really does like someone, and she’s planning to announce it now.”“Look in the direction Cecilia is walking! That’s Oscar Storm and Lucas Clemen! Could the person Cecilia likes be one of these two?”“But didn’t someone just say that Oscar Storm is already married and even has a child? In that case, it seems the only person left is Lucas Clement? Is the person Cecilia likes actually Lucas?”“Ah, right, now that you’ve said it, I remember now. Didn’t Cecilia happen to go to Westbrook with Mr. Lancaster Sr. some time ago? Maybe Cecilia and Lucas fell in love at that time!”“Wow! It’s true! This is definitely huge news!”The gossipy eyes and topics spread thr
Someone else
If Joel really fancied Cecilia, he could have confessed to her at any other time, but he chose her 20th birthday party.Clearly, he had an ulterior motive.But it was true that not everyone present could be so insightful.Many young women in their twenties were impressed by Joel’s behavior and were rather bewildered by Cecilia’s decision to reject him on the spot.“Seriously, isn’t Cecilia being a little too heartless? Joel has already said all of that, and he even specially chose to confess to her on her twentieth birthday. Isn’t it really romantic!?! Why did she turn him down?”“Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Joel is from a top-tier family! If he proposed to me, I would definitely say yes to him without a second thought!”“Hey, Miss Lancaster is just too condescending, and her standards are too high. If even a man like Joel can’t impress her, what kind of man does she want? She really doesn’t know how lucky she is.”Most of them were young women who were hopeless romantics who cared onl
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