The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 144 The Watson Family Jewelry

Despite the awkward misunderstanding, Sophia shamelessly went along with it, "Hey, Mrs. Watson, I'm Sophia, Michael's..."

Michael whipped his head around at the sound of her voice. Sophia was trailing behind him, looking all shy and nodding eagerly at Mabel.

What the hell? How did he end up pulling the wrong person?

Sure enough, Michael glanced over at Emily. She was standing there, looking all distressed, her eyes getting redder the longer they locked eyes. She quickly turned her head away. "Michael, don't you think you're being a bit much?" Bryan spoke up for the first time, breaking the silence between them.

This was the first thing they'd said to each other since they met again after three long years.

Earlier that morning at the Watson Mansion, Mabel had given Bryan a pep talk. She told him that when Michael showed up, they needed to get along and let go of past grudges. Holding onto them wouldn't do anyone any good. Bryan had taken her words to heart. But seeing Michael now, both of them were still too young and proud to be the first to break the ice.

And now, Bryan was standing up for Emily. Michael felt a pang of jealousy hearing this.

If anyone else had said it, Michael might've reacted differently. But it was Bryan, his best friend, sticking up for Emily.

Meanwhile, Jessica noticed the whole scene. Girls always had each other's backs. Before Michael could even react, she walked over to Emily, said a few comforting words, and led her to Mabel.

In front of everyone, Jessica smoothed things over for Emily. "Michael, seriously? I only made you drink three glasses of wine, and you're already drunk? You can't even recognize your own wife?"

and her fingers are

placed Emily's hand in Michael's, and smiled

in, "No need for introductions,

Mabel, who had been quiet, had

lived abroad, Mabel and Mason were well-versed in

crowd, and looked at Emily with a gentle gaze. "This is Michael's wife,

always speaks so highly of you. Michael has good taste! Bryan

the Brown family, right? So Emily brought her? Well, it's my birthday, the more

soon as Mabel finished

decided not to argue with Michael

the banquet

day, took the stage to give a speech, marking the start of the

realized that Mabel had organized this grand event not just for her birthday. Business people were

on the stage, decked out in all kinds

birthday bash by Hayden. It was bad enough that she

She kept her eyes glued to Emily, ready to follow her every move. If she couldn't outdo Emily, she'd at least try to mess things up for her. If Sophia wasn't happy, no one

was completely hammered and insisted on

Michael's hand, whispering something to

the jewelry on stage. She knew

folks around, selling these pricey pieces would just