Chapter 318 He Didn’t Do It For Me
“I came to Harbor City on behalf of the Yorks, and have been so busy with work that I’ve had no chance to invite everyone to my house for a gathering. I’d like to take this chance to invite everyone here at Duke Wilhelm’s birthday celebration.”
Leo walked toward Duke Wilhelm and his children, and went o, “I will send my men to personally deliver your invitation cards to you. As for the duke’s family, I will take this chance to hand them their invitation cards in person.”
He took out the invitation cards and handed one to Duke Wilhelm first before giving out the rest of the cards to the Duke’s children. Grace was last in line of four children, and she waited expectantly for her turn.
Her shameless flattery just now must have moved Leo!
Leo was full of smiles as he gave out invitation cards in front of everyone, inviting their family to the Yorks’ residence for a gathering. That clearly meant that he was very pleased with her. That way, her father wouldn’t keep harping on her mistakes…
She had just felt relieved for a brief moment, when she saw Leo walk to her sister standing next to her and hand her an invitation card. He then glanced at Grace and immediately put away the last invitation card, handing it instead to his subordinate behind him.
Grace was stunned.
So was everyone below the stage.
What did Mr. York mean by that?
By right, he should treat all of the duke’s children equally! Yet, he chose to pick on Ms. Grace in front of everyone. Did Grace offend Mr. York at some point?
Everyone below the stage exchanged glances as they made a mental note to not be seen with Ms. Grace. It
wouldn’t be worth it if they end up incurring the wrath of Mr. York!
The fire in Duke Wilhelm, that had been momentarily appeased, burned brightly once again. He glared at Grace
and yelled, “Leave!”
Tears welled up in Grace’s eyes. She turned around and fled the scene, not daring to utter a single word.
The tail of her gown was too long, but she had no capacity to care about it as she fled. When she ran down the stairs, she accidentally stepped on the hem of her gown and crashed onto the floor.
Bam!
Grace collapsed on the floor in an unsightly heap, but she didn’t even dare to groan.
Dignity and pride were of utmost importance to her father. She was worried that if she embarrassed Duke Wilhelm even further, he might really kill her.
Grace wanted to hold herself up and stand up quickly before anyone noticed her, but she suddenly noticed a
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She looked up the pair of fair and svelte legs, and saw…
Melanie Jones!
Grace bit her lips, turning them white under the bright red lipstick she was wearing. Was Melanie mocking her?
Grace stood up and glared at Melanie with hostility. Melanie saw Grace’s hair in a mess, blood staining the bandage wrapped around her palm.
Melanie smiled coldly, “Ms. Grace, what are you staring at me like that for? Should I interpret that as you being upset with me? Didn’t you just praise me for being elegant and beautiful just a few seconds ago?”
“Hmph!”
Grace felt indignant, but could do nothing about it. Melanie was her father’s guest, and she wouldn’t dare to say anything nasty to her. All she could do was to lift the hem of her dress and run backstage.
Melanie looked up and saw Leo looking at her from the stage with a half-smile.
She smiled politely back at him.
As the celebration came to an end, Melanie bid goodbye to Leo and Duke Wilhelm before taking her leave. She had wanted to head outside to wait for her driver to drive the car over, but ended up seeing Jeffrey’s car instead.
There were many people milling around. She quickly opened the door and hopped into the car, wanting to keep a low profile. She settled down on the back seat, right next to him.
The engine of the car started up and drove off from the entrance of the banquet hall.
Jeffrey looked casually at her and asked, “I heard that Grace embarrassed herself in front of you just now? Did Leo do that on purpose?”
“What are you trying to say?” she asked as she turned to look at him.
Jeffrey tried to hide the emotions rolling in the depths of his eyes as he asked teasingly, “Did you thank him?”
“Leo deliberately embarrassed Grace, but he didn’t do it for me. There were many dubious incidents at today’s celebration, and Grace might have secretly plotted against me. But it seems like Leo is angrier about it than I am… Also, I didn’t want that crown anyway,” Melanie said warily.
She was quick-witted indeed.
The corner of Jeffrey’s lips lifted as he sneered.
“Oh yes, President Morgan. We have approved Morgan Group’s proposal after much deliberation. Next up, we want to hold a perfume exhibition at Willowfort. Is Morgan Group interested in being part of it?” Melanie asked.
“Of course.”
Jeffrey went on, “Since it’s a collaboration between our companies, we want to be involved in all promotional efforts for ‘Siberian Butterflies’.”
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“In that case, President Morgan, please put together a project team that I can work with,” Melanie requested.” I’ve already chosen an exhibition organizer and will send the details to William later.”
“No problem, Mrs. Morgan,” William responded swiftly from the front passenger seat.
Five minutes later, William received an email from Jones Enterprise’s perfume department. When he opened the document attached to it, he saw the name written on the ‘Exhibition Organizer’ field: Thousand Acre Exhibitions.
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