Her Precious Baby

Those utterances seemed to weigh heavily in the atmosphere around them.

The look on the pair’s faces told Delano Halls that something was not quite right. “Do you and Ms. Sorelle know each other, Mr. Golding?” he asked in concern.

“No, I don’t know her.” Speaking in his deep and low inflection, Evander sought to distance himself from her.

Unable to stomach that sight, Angeline managed a stiff smile. “Of course, he doesn’t. Not everyone can hope to be acquainted with someone as illustrious as Mr. Golding himself.”

Is she suggesting that I’m unapproachable?

Evander’s expression turned increasingly sullen. It was as though a terrible storm was brewing within him.

A secretary-like woman skirted around to Delano from behind. After she whispered something into his ear, the latter’s face turned constipated. It would seem that he just had found himself caught between a rock and a hard place.

So, Evander and Angeline actually can’t get along with each other? This is all because of my previous work trip. It’s no wonder I had no idea about what was going on despite how long the news has been out there!

“About that, Mr. Golding. I invited Ms. Sorelle to help me with the promotional work for the property a long time ago.” He only concluded that he might have misspoken after those words had escaped his lips, but alas, it was too late for him to retract them.

“Oh? Is that so?” Evander’s unblinking eyes remained fixated upon Angeline’s face when he asked that question.

Does that mean that it is a sheer coincidence that we have found ourselves in the same place here today? Was I wrong about her?

“Look, Mr. Golding…” Delano wiped a palmful of nervous sweat from his own face as he was unable to figure out what Evander actually meant to say.

Is he trying to tell me that he’s not going to step on that stage, or he wants me to kick Angeline out?

Should that be the case, he feared that his company would make the headline news the next day, except that it would be for all the wrong reasons.

An extended silence ensued.

finally peeled his eyes off Angeline. Though he offered that reminder in an icy tone, he had provided a way for all of them to

was able to breathe a sigh of relief. He then quickly instructed the female compere to hand out the

Delano even called out for Angeline to stand directly on the other side of Evander. On Angeline’s part, she was a little too self-conscious to

so much so that the scissors trembled in her grasp. It took her two solid tries to actually nail the

completion of the ribbon-cutting segment, Evander was

that imposing presence, Angeline was finally able to let her hair down. When

the evening’s

had one packet of meal replacement cookies very early in the day. By this time, the hunger pangs

over to the banquet hall’s dining area, taking care to avoid the crowd. Coupled with the fact that

of the long table were stacked with a wide assortment of food options. Grabbing a plate, she then went on to pick out a few small

all the food served that night was prepared by a Ferropenian pastry chef and that their taste was truly something to behold. Leaning back against the table, Angeline worked

quite irresistible, even as someone who did not have that much of a sweet

a lucky woman you are.” At that moment, a familiar voice rang

The latter had her

from the table in view of offering a toast to Colleen. Her smile, however,

I’ll be d*mned!

wanting to get into an argument in that sort of setting, she pretended not to know Joseline. Thus, she

unpleasant encounter at the cafe. As such, there was no way she was going to miss out on that opportunity to embarrass Angeline.

in the nick of time. Nevertheless, a couple of splotches of wine stains still managed to

how careless of you!” Purposefully feigning surprise, Joseline hurried to grab

a stern reminder, “If it’s not bad enough that you’ve terrible eyesight, Ms. Sorelle, do you now have a poor constitution to go along with it? How else could you have failed to hold on to your glass and splashed

her sharp nails dug

the side, reacted in astonishment.

Joseline appeared apologetic. “I’m sorry that you

an understanding person, Colleen scrutinized Angeline before she regarded her with some skepticism. “But why would

on reasonable terms with the rest of

dress. “Have you forgotten, Ms. Sorelle?

to her younger sister on her three-inch stilettos and placed a hand on the latter’s shoulder. “You should know that I’ll continue to do my best to convince Grandpa to allow you to go

by Joseline had she not been privy to the truth. It was a pity then that her sense of clarity