After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire novel Chapter 31

In the banquet hall, after Loretta had presented her gift, she thought that this would be over now.

In such a birthday banquet, one wouldn’t prepare a present especially if they didn’t share a special relationship with the birthday person.

At that moment, she heard Robert’s wife, Venus, speak, “I prepared a present for Michelle as well.”

Michelle appeared to be touched by their gesture and said, “You’re very kind.”

“It’s just a token of appreciation on my part.” As she replied, Venus fished out a gift box from her exquisite-looking pouch, and as she unveiled it she continued, “I noticed that you never wear anything on your wrist, so like Loretta, I have chosen a bracelet special for you. Take a look and see do you fancy it?”

Venus presented the bracelet.

It was a sapphire bracelet, which immediately became the centre of attention here.

At one glance, they could see that this bracelet would cost a fortune, which was a different league compared to the one Loretta had prepared.

Even Loretta was fascinated by this particular bracelet.

“Won’t you try it on now?” Venus urged.

“This is too expensive.” Michelle hastily rejected the suggestion.

“Not at all. You are so magnificent today, even I think that this bracelet is not enough to complement you.” Venus said this with intention.

It sounded like a normal remark, but it made Loretta fidget around nervously, as if her face was lost at that moment.

Venus sounded like she was giving out a snarky comment on Loretta’s bracelet, implying that it did not suit Michelle at all.

Loretta’s face was blushing fervently.

“You are embarrassing me with words like that.” Michelle immediately felt shy.

“Come, let me wear it for you.”

“Thank you.” In front of the guests, she couldn’t just straight off refuse her.

After the bracelet wrapped itself around her wrist, although both of her hands had a bracelet at the moment, when they were compared side by side, it appeared that Loretta’s bracelet was too ordinary and not as presentable.

Loretta felt extremely awkward at that moment.

“You know what? It complements your crown very well.” Venus continued to shower Michelle with praises, “I can’t believe that my precious son has such a good eye for things.”

“Is this picked by Oscar?”

At this moment, Oscar was not present for the occasion. He was dabbling in some business matters with his two brothers.

On the other hand, Hannah happened to shoot a glance in that direction.

The man who was just sipping wine and engaging in conversation a moment ago happened to meet her glance at that moment.

It was as if he was secretly watching her, and it made sense because he immediately met her eyes the moment she turned her gaze towards him.

Hannah immediately retrieved her gaze.

She continued her conversation with the elders like nothing was happening.

“I didn’t expect Oscar to be so caring that he even accompanies you on your shopping trips. I heard that most boys who are at his age would stop hanging out with their parents.” Michelle took the initiative to begin a banter.

“It happens only when the kid is immature and insensitive. My Charles would always accompany me as long as he’s free.” Loretta didn’t forget to praise her son.

“So does that mean he is the one who chose the present for mummy?” Venus asked with an innocent expression.

She looked harmless at the moment, but immediately both Loretta and Charles felt an awkwardness permeating in between them.

Those who had good eyes could see that the bracelet that they had chosen was too ordinary to the point that it was even incompatible with Michelle’s aura.

“Charles has been busy recently. He participated in ‘the selection of Outstanding and Influential Youths’ yesterday, so he didn’t have much time.” Loretta immediately cut in in an attempt to bring this topic about the bracelets to a close.

“Oscar was there too.” Hannah replied curtly, immediately raining on Loretta’s parade, despite the fact that she was showing an innocent face.

“That guy is just lucky. He is never serious, and me and his dad never hold too much hope for him.” Venus spoke very nonchalantly, “I never imagine he would be selected together with Charles.”

Her tone showed that she was being humble, but in reality she was giving a hard slap on Charles’s face.

After all, Loretta made it sound like it was hard work for Charles to get selected while Venus had commented that Oscar was just messing around.

Someone who was messing around was able to achieve the same height of success as the other who had poured in a lot of hard work.

Venus’s hidden meaning implied that Oscar was a notch better than Charles!

Hannah almost couldn’t conceal the smile forming on her lips.

If this was just a harmless whim on Venus’s part, then it would mean nothing. But if that conversation that happened just now was a meticulous scheme being hidden under an innocent façade, then it would make her a formidable and scheming person!

Luckily, Loretta was proficient in the way or words as she didn’t say anything more about a topic that was disadvantageous towards her. She pulled her daughter aside and said, “Oh, right, Martina. Didn’t you say that you have something to say to Hannah?”

Martina wasn’t intending to appear at this part in the first place, and although her make-up artist had covered up the colors on her face, she was still reluctant to apologize to Hannah!

In the end, she couldn’t put up any resistance to her parents and her brother’s persuading, which culminated in her presence now.

She planned to see how her mother would embarrass Hannah publicly, but now the opposite had happened and they had been belittled so much. They were on the receiving end of sarcastic remarks all night long.

She was frustrated deep within, and she still needed to apologize.

She was obviously opposing to the idea as she fidgeted her body around reluctantly.

Loretta pinched Martina’s back from behind, out of everyone’s sight.

Martina had no choice but to endure the pain as she reckoned that as a young lady in the upper scales of society, her face would not be lost completely.

She maintained a smile on her face as her mother spoke, “Yesterday, Martina is simply being naughty. It’s just an envious showing between kids as she thinks that her brother was snatched away by Hannah, thus her reckless words. It is obvious Hannah is unhappy about that, so my kid here who was feeling sorry and regretful whole day at home decided that she must apologize in front of Hannah.”

Hannah felt a growing amazement at Loretta.

There were a few meaning in between her superficial words. On one hand, she had made it look like Martina was just feeling jealous because Charles and Hannah’s relationship was close;on the other hand, she had made her daughter a saint, who was hell-bent on apologizing out of kindness no matter the righteousness of their altercation.

Hannah continued to watch Loretta putting on her show without a word.

At that moment, Martina couldn’t help but putting on an innocent and pitiful face as she spoke to Hannah, “Hannah, I am sorry, I was just afraid that my brother would be taken away by you, which caused me to say those nasty words. I have known my mistake and known that although you’re going to marry my brother, it doesn’t mean that you will take him away, and instead there would be one more person who would love me in addition to brother. I should feel happy instead.”

Hannah almost felt like clasping her ears in front of such ridiculous words. She couldn’t imagine how Martina was able to speak those words with a straight face.

In the past, she was deceived by Martina in the same way. She used to think that Martina was just childish but she had no ill intentions.

Only now did she learn fully that this woman had nothing but evilness in her soul.

Hannah pretended to be genial and said, “I know you didn’t mean that.”

A sarcastic glint appeared in Martina’s eyes.

Although she felt upset for apologizing to this woman, but she was still feeling a bout of disdain, seeing that Hannah had believed her so easily.

By the time Hannah was part of the Sawyer family, she would have much more in store for her!

“It’s just that… Martina has smashed Susan’s phone, which makes it your fault.” Hannah revealed what had happened yesterday without warning.

Martina’s face immediately stiffened.

Was Hannah crazy?

She couldn’t believe that she would say that so outright in front of the elders of the four wealthiest families.

“What?” Edward who suddenly heard his daughter’s name appearing in conversation sounded a little perplexed.

“Mr Phillips, it’s just a tiny misunderstanding. It wasn’t something to be fretted about in the first place since Martina is way younger than us. We didn’t want to pursue this further too. Since Martina has apologized of her own accord, then she should really apologize to Susan too.” Hannah explained with a righteous expression on her face.