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Nora raised her eyebrows.Helen clenched her fists and asked hostilely, “What are you doing here?”
Cecelia walked over and sighed.
“I am here to give you a gift, of course.”
She handed over the gift box in her hand.
“Thomas bought this handbag for me.I think it suits you well, so I’ll just give it to you…”
The handbag that Thomas had bought for her…
Thomas had never bought her even a single gift during their three years of marriage! Helen became
even angrier, and she felt like her heart hurt a little.
In the end, what exactly was her three-year-long marriage?! She clutched her chest and took a step
back.
Jessica stepped in front of her and said, “Sorry, you are not welcome here.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCecelia sighed.
“Jessica, you can say that we were close friends back then.There are only so many people in the
circle.They may be divorced, but do the Stewarts really want to have a sour relationship with the
Livingstones? I’m sure the people attending the birthday party today wouldn’t want to see the two
families fall out with each other, either!”
The people around them felt rather awkward at once.
For the sake of the Scotts, they were willing to attend the party, but if they were going to fall out with
the Livingstones, then they would be unwilling to see that happen.
Cecelia’s words seemed to force the people present into taking sides—in other words, forcing them
to become enemies with the Livingstones.
To be honest, the Livingstones weren’t scary.
It was the Hunts who were! Everyone glanced at Nora and then at Cecelia.
Nora was the Hunts’ future mistress, but Cecelia was part of the Livingstones, and the Livingstones
were the elderly Mrs.Hunt’s family.
He even had a bouquet of flowers in his hand when he entered.
At the sight of him, everyone looked at one another.
To be honest, in a divorce between two wealthy families, it was impossible for the two families to
break off all ties with each other— because the two families’ businesses had already become
entangled with each other’s at the point of marriage.
This was the reason why so many people would rather have their own relationships in private than
divorce.
Driven by interests, to be honest, even Jessica didn’t actually want to fall out with the Livingstones,
either.
The reason for the birthday party today, as well as why she had even invited Thomas to the party,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwas actually so that she could give Thomas the evidence of Cecelia’s cheating behind closed
doors.
By choosing to tell them the truth before Cecelia and Thomas got married, one could say that she
was showing the Livingstones goodwill.
After that, they would publicly announce that Thomas and Helen’s divorce was not because of
Helen’s infertility.
Jessica knew that this way of doing things was actually very frustrating.But she had no other choice.
This was the way it was in the world of grown-ups.
Jessica’s plans were very beautifully thought-out.
Seeing that Thomas was also being very supportive and had even brought flowers, she breathed a
sigh of relief at once.
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