“Maybe they think you're beautiful, so they want to keep looking at you," Luca comforted her with a joke.

"Don't joke around. I know they're staring because of that news headline." Nina was well aware that even if the news was kept under wraps, everyone else still knew of her dark past.

Not to mention that she was still together with Percy. This banquet was the perfect time for everyone to gossip about her.

"That didn't affect your relationship with Mr. Mallory, so why does it matter what other people think?" Luca consoled.

"Thank you." Nina smiled at Luca gratefully. It was thanks to Luca's comforting words that she managed to recover from that incident so quickly.

She wanted to live for her own sake and not care about what other people thought.

Luca looked around. More people have arrived since she sat down, and most of the seats in the banquet hall were filled.

It should be another half an hour before the banquet began.

"What a splendid banquet," Nina exclaimed beside her.

"Mhmm. It's Young Master Louis' mother, after all. It's only right to have grander decorations," Luca replied.

"Did you see the necklace she was wearing?" Nina's eyes lit up as she started to gossip.

"I did. It's a very pretty set." Luca thought back to the necklace she saw Susan wear. The light reflected off it beautifully. It must have cost a fortune.

"The set was only released last month. It's limited, and there are only three sets worldwide," Nina told her. To improve herself and better match Percy, Nina fostered the habit of reading fashion magazines frequently.

Among the magazines was an article introducing the set of jewelry, and it reported how two duchesses had physically fought each other over it. She was shocked to read such a thing, so she kept in mind the design of the jewelry set.

"Only three worldwide?" Luca frowned.

Corporation. He also had his own company. However, his own company was more of a workshop than

not his family's, the money he earned from his own company was about the same as the dividends he earned from

hands on so much money to buy this set

lot of effort just to get her hands on this set of jewelry," Nina said. She saw a lot of wealthy housewives surrounding

allowed so many people to take a closer look meant Susan was wearing the real

exclaim how wealthy Susan must be to spend

Luke say anything about the jewelry, so it must have been

Luke's mother isn't here, or she might faint from anger." Nina knew a

the one who ended up suffering the most. As Bianca's good friend, it was only normal

nodded. She was not interested in Susan's

Luca felt uncomfortable.

happily while Allison was undergoing treatment for her face outside the country. It was certain that any treatment was just a stopgap measure and no amount

Luke was alone

to the man

fill the banquet hall, including the other members

not when Percy

someone at the adjacent table brought it

Percy, "What's going on? This is an important event. How could you bring her here?

looked up cooly and irony flashed in his eyes.

family invite her? Who does she think she is?" Madam Mallory

be in the banquet hall. She believed that Luca was only invited

to invite Nina, so she assumed that Nina was here because

Master Crawford's god-granddaughter,"

had admitted Nina as his god-granddaughter on a video call.

initially believed that the news was fake and something Luca had asked for from Luke, so she did not pay

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