Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 355

Chapter 355

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Oops, my bad! The carpet was uneven, and I tripped. Let me buy you a new dress,” Sandra quickly apologized, her tone genuinely sincere.

But her faint smile was impossible to suppress.

Joycelyn turned her head slightly, glancing at Ellison, who was casually holding a glass of champagne. The pleased look in his eyes said it all.

She immediately knew who let Sandra do that.

Bellina had never been so humiliated in her life. Enraged; she grabbed her wine glass and hurled it straight at Sandra.

Sandra swiftly dodged, causing the glass to fly past her and smash onto a woman standing behind her.

The woman shrieked, clutching her head.

Though the glass itself didn’t cause a serious injury, the wine splattered down her face, making for a horrifying sight.

By her side, Payton immediately pulled out a handkerchief from his suit pocket and started dabbing at her face. His expression was filled with displeasure. But when he turned and saw Bellina, his gaze softened.

“Belle, are you alright?” Payton asked with concern, still holding onto his girlfriend.

His girlfriend’s face turned stormy. “Payton, she’s the one who hit me, and you’re worried about her?”

Payton reassured her, “It’s an important occasion. I’m sure she didn’t do it on purpose. Calm down, go clean up. Everyone’s watching. You don’t want to lose your composure.”

“She did it on purpose! She needs to apologize!” The woman fumed. She had just been humiliated in front of all these high- society guests. Her hair was soaked, her dress ruined, and her dignity crushed. She could not let it slide.

“She’s still a kid. Getting too angry over this will just make you seem petty,” Payton said patiently as if he were scolding her instead of Bellina.

“What?” The woman was furious. She shoved him away and stormed off to the restroom.

“Belle, go change your dress. More guests will be arriving soon. You don’t want to embarrass yourself any further,” Lily whispered, lowering her voice to console the fuming Bellina.

As Lily turned to Sandra, her tone dripped with sarcasm.

purpose, didn’t you? You just can’t stand to see Belle doing well. Some people sure are sneaky. Staying in the background while getting others to do

it around Bellina’s waist to cover the stain before leading her upstairs to

walked away, Lily shot Sandra one

later, Jerome and Timothy arrived, just in time to see Bellina

as he

for Joycelyn. I accidentally spilled some wine on her dress,” Sandra

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dress and noticed it was the same

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signaled for the staff to clean up

to Jerome and warned, “Today is Joycelyn’s birthday. Everyone values this occasion. If

icy sharpness in his gaze carried an unmistakable

of melancholy. He nodded seriously. “I understand.”

successfully executing her wine–spilling mission. Lucy

handle one,” Sandra said smugly, placing her empty wine glass onto a passing server’s tray and crossing her

arms.

are too many people outside. We’re not that close with most of them anyway. Why don’t we go cat?” Joycelyn suggested. Being socially anxious, she had no interest in standing in the front hall

drinking, and

to.

was already displayed outside. So

people had already swarmed over to wish her happy birthday and

the Schultz family’s cherished daughter,

Let’s eat first,” Ellison said, putting an arm around her and leading her toward the grand dining table at the center of the

and Leon also made

chatting with Sandra about Bellina’s humiliating moment when she suddenly caught sight of Haddy. He was

just a second. Yet in that single second, Haddy immediately caught her gaze

He was distinguished and graceful, as if carrying his halo of light. His natural poise and aristocratic charm were especially

blinked and averted her gaze.

was long, adorned with a breathtakingly elegant floral arrangement.

at the head of

as she gracefully

completely unrestrained.

spots. Boys were on one side, and

sat beside Joycelyn. She glanced across the table at Ellison, then nudged Sandra, signaling her