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So Edward could not let Alfred know about this existence.
However, Bethany pretended not to understand Edward's hint and shook the red wine in her hand. "Mr. Medina, you made a mistake, your big daughter is Mr. Meyer's fiancee”
Edward suddenly froze with a smile on his face.
A faint light flickered in Alfred's eyes. "Oh? Does Mr. Medina have an older daughter? But I heard that you only have one daughter who was given birth to by your wife. So..”
"Mr. Tennessee, you are right. This daughter of his was born outside. Seven
years ago, when things went the other way he brought her back," Bethany said with
a fake smile.
Edward looked at her ruthlessly, wanting so much to kill her.
How did she come to know of this matter?
He has hidden this matter from everyone for the last couple of years and no one else has ever come to know of this. But suddenly, a stranger from nowhere is using this against him?
Bethany mocked him in her heart .Alfred heard their conversation from the beginning to the end. He's got cold eyes and he saidbdistantly, "Mr. Medina, I am sorry. I ambafraid that it's impossible for me tonfinance your company. As you know, I am a man who loves my family very much. don't think very highly of people who have illegitimate children outside. So you should ask someone else for help."
After saying that, he turned his gaze to Bethany. The coldness in his eyes disappeared and he became gentle again. Ms. Quest, I have to go meet some other friends. So we will talk next time."
"Okay. Bethany nodded with a smile After Alfred left, she did not want to stay here and was ready to go back to the rest area. But Edward pulled her by the hand and questioned reproachfully,“Why did you just say that?”
She blinked innocently. "Did I say it wrong? I just don't want to deceive Mr. Tennessee with you. Mr.. Medina, do you think that you can keep deceiving Mr. Tennessee? Even if you pull in Mr. Tennessee's financing now, won't he withdraw the funds once he knows that you cheated him?"
“Well... ” Edward's face twitched and he was speechless.
After a few seconds, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and sized up her with a strange look. “By the way, I wonder how you and Mr. Tennessee knew each other."
"Does this have anything to do with you, Mr. Medina?" She pulled her hand back.
Edward suddenly smiled amicably.
“I can see that the relationship between you and Mr. Tennessee is good. Bethany,
why don't you go and talk to him..."
“No way!” Not waiting for him to finish his sentence, she directly refused him.
He changed his face. “Bethany, did you dare to say no to me?. So you dare not listen to me?"
She smiled faintly.“Since you have nothing above me, then why should I listen to you?”
Zayn snorted and walked over with long legs. He looked at Edward and said mockingly, "It's the first time that has seen a person threatening another without reasons!"
Edward was a bit embarrassed.
"Zayn, you heard the wrong thing. I did not threaten her. I just discussed
with her..."
"All right. I know it by heart whether you said it or not. There is no need to explain. You can go now!" Zayn raised his hand to drive him away.
Edward did not dare to confront him, even if he was his nominal future son-in law. So Edward smiled awkwardly and left unhappily.
Her heart warmed up and she nodded seriously. . “Thank you, Mr. Meyer. You helped me out once again. If it wasn't for you, I am afraid I would have to argue with him for a long time."
"It's nothing. Zayn took a sip of wine from his glass. But why are you here?”
"Mr. Bent invited me.” She did not hide it from him. She took out the invitation in her handbag and showed it to him.
He instantly understood everything and changed his face.
So she bought jewelry a few days ago just to attend the banquet tonight.
Thinking of this, he pursed his thin lips tightly.
When he looked at the firefox around her neck, he did not find it stunning. He only felt it was an eyesore. He even wanted to rip it off and take it away.
But in the end, he still resisted the idea but the wine glass in his hand to the tray of the passing waiter, and turned to leave gloomily.
She was confused and did not understand how he suddenly left. And judging from his look, he seemed to be very unhappy. Why?
Was it because she said something wrong and pissed him off?
Without waiting for Bethany to figure out the reason, the banquet began.
Bent came down from the second floor wearing a white suit. took the microphone brought by the waiter, and stood on the high platform to give a speech of thanks.
After the speech, it was time for the Val.l As the birthday boy and the host of the party, he naturally had to dance the first dance.Just when all the celebrities were expecting that he would ask one of them to dance, he put down the microphone and walked towards Bethany with a smile on his face.
"Beautiful lady,can I invite you to dance?” He made an inviting gesture to Bethany.
She felt the envious eyes from all around and was under quite a lot of
pressure. She did not want to dance with him, but thinking that today was his birthday, she could not afford to make he lose face, so she agreed.
"It's an honor!" She returned a princess saluted and gently placed her hand on his palm.
He squeezed her fingers and led her towards the open space in front. When they reached the center of the clearing, music started to play and the two danced.
The crowd at the party then formed a circle and watched them dance.
Zayn and Danica were among the crowd in the first row.Danica pulled Zayn's arm with a look of awe. "Zayn, Bent let Ms. Quest come to the birthday party and also invited her to dance the first dance. So do you think they are together?”.
Zayn expressionlessly drew back his arm, ignoring her. He stared at the dancing couple and narrowed his eyes obscurely.
Bent noticed his sight and took advantage of the gap in the rotation to look over towards him.
Seeing the anger in Zayn's eyes,Bent provocatively smiled. He tightened his grip on Bethany's waist, bringing her body even closer to his.
This scene made Zayn change his face immediately.
Afterward, Zayn grabbed Danica's wrist and walked towards the dancing venue.
The other guests were shocked by his move.
Guests who knew Zayn and Bent didn't get along, shook their heads with a faint smile.
They were always fighting, and now they even competed for dancing “Do you want to dance with me, Zayn?" Danica took a deep breath, then asked Zayn next to her. Her voice was filled with excitement.
Zayn indifferently replied "Okay."
Reaching out his hand to her, but his gaze stayed focused on Bethany and Bent.
Danica was completely unaware of that. With her excitement that he was going to dance with her, she quickly put her hand on his, in case he changed his mind later.
She followed after Zayn's dance steps, approaching nearer toward Bent and Bethany.
"Mr. Zayn, Miss Danica.” After noticing them, Bethany smiled and said hello to them.
Bent smirked unpleasantly as he saw Zayn and Danica.
As expected, zayn was losing his coolness when it came to Bethany. It seemed that Zayn's affections for Bethany went deeper than he had expected.
As he was thinking, Bent's gaze swept across Bethany.
The dance was halfway over at that time. Coming up to the most exciting part, which was the dance partner exchange.
There was no need to exchange if the venue had only a couple of men and
Women dancing. However, with the presence of Zayn and Danica, It was necessary to adhere to the dance's etiquette rules.
As the music became more intense Bethany and Danica spun up.
Zayn released Danica's hand and gently pushed her towards Bent, his dark brown eyes flashed with a brilliant aura.
Bent also had to let go of Bethany when he noticed Danica was approaching. Hence, he pushed her towards Zayn.
After Zayn grabbed Bethany within his grasp, he dragged her away from the spot immediately. They were dancing on the other side.
There was nothing amiss in the public's eyes.However, Bent and Danica were not so happy.
“You seem to have been taken advantage of.” Bent lowered his voice to tease Danica.
Danica stared angrily in the the direction of Zayn who was now dancing with Bethany.
“There's no need for you to remind me!”
She was well aware that she had been taken for a ride. However, she felt ridiculous since she didn't realize it in the first place. She even believed that Zayn wanted to dance with her.
Unexpectedly, everything done was for Bethany. Zayn didn't want Bethany and Bent to dance together. Hence, he dragged her into the field and used her in exchange for Bethany.
Thinking of this, Danica was furious. Her chest was heaving violently, and her eyes were full of hatred towards Bethany.
Bent saw it. With his glasses reflected, he said, “You are upset, right?” Danica pursed her lips in acquiescence.
Bent smiled wickedly,“ If you're not satisfied with this outcome, do something!"
"Hmm?" Danica immediately looked at him, "You want me to..”
Then Bent just shrugged his shoulders and went back to silence.
Danica dropped her eyelids to hide her true emotions.
Yes, he was right. She had gotten an incredible opportunity to dance with
Zayn, but that bitch Bethany stole it away from her.
Since this was the case, she demanded that Bethany, the bitch, pay for it!
The hem of Bethany's long skirt was dragging on the ground. Upon seeing this, Danica's eyes lit up as she got an idea instantly.
She patted Bent and asked him to take her to where Bethany was standing.
After that, she pretended to stagger and tripped on the hem of Bethany's gown.
Since Bethany's back was turned to Danica. she was completely unaware of her actions.
Despite seeing Danica stumble, Zayn chose to ignore it as he didn't see Danica was stepping on Bethany's skirt. He took Bethany with one last spin before the curtain call.
But just then, a crisp tearing sound rang out.Immediately, Bethany felt the gown over her body split from her breast and slip down.
"Ah!" In her frightened scream, she quickly covered her body with her hands and crouched on the ground. Her entire body was shaking with fear.
Zayn was also shocked. He hastily took off his jacket to drape over her, blocking her body. Meanwhile, he yelled to the control room on the the second floor, "Turn off the lights!"