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Despite there being lots of women chasing them, Anthony and Matthew were only nice to Caroline. Who in London’s upper- class society had no idea about that woman? The young woman who initially came from a very poor background had been supported by these two young men. She had become very arrogant and domineering as she shamelessly spent her
money.
Nobody dared to offend Caroline. After all, the arrogant young woman had two people who supported her. Both Anthony and. Matthew were willing to help Caroline vent her anger to anyone who dared to offend her.
But that wasn’t for long.
As soon as I stood on the stage, everyone’s eyes were focused on me. I wore a beautiful red silk dress, which attracted their attention. Then, I humored
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all the guests at this party as I toasted with all of them. All of them acted very politely, but I knew that they expected me to come to them.
It was at this moment Caroline bumped into me as she held a wine glass, trying to ruin my dress.
When the woman met my eyes, she seemed to get shocked as she quietly called me,
“Elizabeth?”
Meanwhile, the wine had seeped into the corner of my skirt, which made the color darker than the rest of the dress. After that, she quickly crouched to wipe the stain as quickly as she could. When she did that, it attracted everyone’s attention.
Obviously, both Anthony and Matthew still hadn’t changed her jealous nature. After that, I just waved my hand calmly, asking her to get up. Meanwhile, the woman just looked at me as if she looked down at me.
She definitely planned to humiliate me as
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met both Anthony and Matthew who were shocked to see me.
Without further ado, Anthony grabbed my shoulders and shook them slightly as if he was in disbelief.
The man asked me, “You‘ re … Elizabeth. Where have you been all these years?”
I quickly stroked his hands away and let out a subtle smirk as I told him, “Excuse me, Mr. Morrow, you‘ re holding Adrian Dupont’s wife now. Are you sure you want to get close to me here, where everyone can see us?”
Anthony quickly let his hands off me like they had been stabbed. The man just hung his hands awkwardly in the air as if he were in a dilemma. But it was a testament to how powerful Adrian’s name was. In fact, that really helped me.
Besides, Adrian Dupont was the top rich man in London‘ s upper–class society. The man was known for being very cold and
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ruthless. Yet, Anthony seemed to be undeterred. Instead, he looked at me
intensely as if he wanted to make me fall in
love with him.
Caroline, who had been hiding behind both Anthony and Matthew, seemed to hesitate for a while, but she then mockingly remarked, “Didn’t the rumors say that Mr. Dupont has no interest in women? Instead, you shouldn’t get close to unmarried men just because your man doesn’t love you.”
Immediately, Matthew glared at that woman as he walked towards me sincerely.
The man then said. “Elizabeth, we thought that you could still afford a decent life despite your family being bankrupt. But we didn’t expect that you would be homeless at all. We’ve been looking for you all these years. So, why are you in London?”
I just looked at these two men. However, my eyes betrayed me as they gradually
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balance for a while, so Anthony helped her. But you’re making her fall to the ground.”
After that, Matthew helped me to stand up. I just waved my hand, refusing his help. Instead, I forced myself to walk away while I endured the pain.
When I left, I looked back at those three people. I actually wanted to tell them something, but I stopped. But it surely caught their attention. After all, both Anthony and Matthew never stopped looking at me throughout the dinner party.
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