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“You!”
Jaden was infuriated, “I’ll ask you one last time. Are you coming back or not!”
“I’m not!”
“Alright, if you say so! Then don’t blame me if your grandma should punish you!”
Jaden felt hopeless talking to Zoe. He thought she was so cold to him all the time. Then he just hung up the phone.
Zoe did not mind, either. She just gave a cold sneer, put the phone away, and continued with the food she just ordered.
In the meanwhile, Ciara was sitting in the restaurant, and she knitted her brows seeing the angry Jaden coming from the outside.
“How is it going? Did you let her know? Is she coming back or not?”
Jaden snapped, “Will she even listen to me? She’s really a grown-up now, and she won’t ever come back again if you don’t beg her yourself.”
The face of Ciara suddenly darkened.
The plates on the table all bounced up slightly with a slap.
“Insolent!”
Everyone in the room was shocked. Ciara had been running the Gil family ever since the old Mr. Gil passed away and her position had been higher than ever in these years. Everyone in the family was somewhat afraid of her.
Helen signaled her daughter with her eyes, who was sitting just in front of her.
Annie hurriedly pick up the bowl of soup in
front of her and walked up to Ciara, and she said softly, “Grandma, don’t be angry. Your health matters the most.”
Helen also added, “That’s right, Mom. Let’s not force her if she does not want to come back. We can just find another way. Don’t be angry.”
Ciara sneered, “Funny! Is it ever up to her? Let me tell you, she would just have to come back this time. I’ll see how she dare go against me!”
At that, she raised her hand and asked for David, the butler of the family.
“David, go find the whereabout of Zoe, and send someone to tell her, if she’s not coming back tonight, I will just burn everything her mother has left her, and she will get nothing!”
David paled, and said hurriedly, “Yes, ma’am.”
…
In the afternoon, Zoe just finished the last
delivery order and was about to close the store.
However, just when she got out of the store, she saw David waiting there.
Since David had been with the family for over a decade, she sure knew him.
Actually, she got along quite well with him in the past, that is, before Helen and Annie were taken into the family by her father. While she would not think of him as good friend of hers, they respected each other much.
Now they met again, and thinking of the call of Jaden at noon, her face was cold.
“Miss Gil, I have been waiting for you.”
David walked to her, while she just cast a cold glance at him, with the key for the store in her hand.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
“It’s been a long time, Mr. David.”
“Yeah, it’s been a long time. Miss Gil is
getting more and more beautiful. If Mrs. Gil were still alive, she would certainly be very pleased.”
Zoe curled her lips, “If my mother were still here, which side would you take? Would you stand with my mother, or with Helen?”
It was obviously unexpected for David, since he stayed silent for a while.
But Zoe did not mean to make it difficult for him, either. She just gave a light smile, “Just kidding. Don’t worry.”
David felt a chill run down his spine just now and could only force a bitter smile.
“So what do you want?”
David hurriedly said, “Miss Gil, the old Mrs. Gio wants me to take you home.”
Zoe paused for a while, her eyes still cold, and she curled her lips, “I won’t go back. Didn’t
my father tell you?”
“He did. But the old Mrs. Gil said … that if you insist, she will take care of everything your mother has left for you.”
He only said it vaguely, but she understood him immediately.
Her face darkened, “What does she want to do?”
David looked vexed.
After a while, he said earnestly, “Miss Gil, you have suffered quite a lot these years fighting against them. It’s only a dinner. Mrs. Gil did not leave much behind. Don’t regret it when it’s too late.”
The face of Zoe looked terribly gloomy.
After quite a while, she released her clenching hands, “Fine.”
David felt so relieved now that she had agreed.
He bent down and opened the door of the car for her, “Let’s go then, Miss Gil.”
She did not say anything but got into the car directly.
Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the Gil Mansion.
The mansion was located in the richest part of the city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, giving beautiful scenery.
When she got off the car, she walked inside with a blank expression.
In the lounge, she saw Helen and Annie choosing the dress for the birthday party.
For Annie, who was waiting for the announcement of Steven, that day would be very important. It was just not her birthday party, but also her engagement with Steven.
Since there were just two days left for the day, certainly they did not have the time for bespoke dresses. Fortunately, they just told everyone it was a birthday party. As for their engagement, they kept it a secret for now, and they would simply make the announcement at the birthday party. Anyway, for the outsiders, she and Steven were long engaged, and there was really no need for her to pay too much attention to her dresses.
After the entire afternoon, they finally picked a few sets of dresses they could be satisfied with.
Now they could just wait for the delivery and then Annie could try them on and made the final decision.
When they were chatting happily, a sudden noise sounded from the doorway.
They looked up and saw Zoe walk in.
She was wearing a white shirt and a pair of black pencil pants, which showed her slender and straight legs. On the outside, there was a beige coat, and her wavy hair was swept over her shoulder, looking cool and airy.
Annie looked at her, and a faint jealousy emerged in her heart.
She hated how pretentious Zoe was.
In her eyes, Zoe was just selling adult products, and she was dressed like some elite businesswoman. And her aloofness and coldness made her all the more noble, which was something she could never bear.
Come to think of it, she felt somewhat happy from the bottom of her heart.
“Noble whore. You can just pretend as you like. Your little business is nothing in front of me,” chortled Annie inwardly.
She was the Miss Gil everyone knew about, and the most popular actress across the entertainment industry. What about Zoe?
Zoe was kicked out of the family long ago. What could she do even if she’s got some talent? She could not even keep her job.
At that time, she could only stay in her little shabby store, selling adult products.
Thinking of this, Annie felt somewhat proud. She straightened her back and her face split into a wide smile. She walked straight to Zoe.
“Zoe, here you are!”
Helen also came back to her senses, hurriedly walked to Zoe, her face full of smiles.
“Zoe is here. Please, have a seat. Mrs. Lyra, get Zoe some water.”
The Mrs. Lyra hurriedly fetched some water
for Zoe, only that there was obvious mockery in her eyes.
Zoe just ignored her and just said in a cold tone, “What do you want?”
Helen looked slightly embarrassed.
Seeing this, Annie hurriedly walked up to Zoe and wrapped her arms around Zoe’s, smiling, “Zoe, are you in a hurry? You don’t come back home often. We can wait until we finish the dinner. It’s been a long time since the last time we could have a good chat. There’s still time. Why don’t we just go to my room and have some talk?”
Looking at her with her cold eyes, Zoe sneered.
“Talk? What are we going to talk? Hooking up with men? Sorry, I am not interested in your nasty tricks. I don’t know how I can possibly learn them either.”