Mr. Conrad Proposes to His Ex-wife Again novel Chapter 123

The charity banquet.

Since Clarence and Phoebe showed up, the whole banquet was blanked with a weird silence.

All of the attendees had known that the Jason family only had an empty shell left. This charity banquet was held because the Jason family wanted to help Dempsey connect to their network.

Although the Jason family was declining, they still had accumulated lots of contacts and got a certain reputation.

Besides, a lot of people wanted to get in touch with the Conrad family. They also knew that on the surface, Dempsey was the master of the Conrad family, but Clarence had the final say.

However, since the Conrad family had decided the marriage for convenience for the Jason family, the situation was changed a bit.

They also couldn’t understand why Clarence went out of town for a hotel resort project at the critical moment. He presented Conrad Group to the covetous Dempsey without any guard.

The situation was changed, but nobody dared to look down upon Clarence’s competence and means. Hence, the attendees aimed to know the exact situation in the name of attending this charity banquet.

Much to their surprise, Clarence attended the banquet with the daughter from the Steward family.

Hence, the situation was quite obvious.

After all, no matter how many contacts Jason Group had, it only had an empty shell left. It could never compare to Steward Group that was wealthy and powerful.

After a moment of silence, the attendees started to discuss in low voices.

Everyone had their thoughts. The only one who was happy for Phoebe was Rebecca.

Watching the scene, George looked quite annoyed, but he couldn’t blow up.

When Phoebe came over with Clarence arm-in-arm to greet him, Clarence only slightly nodded at him. George had been used to Clarence’s arrogance and pride, so he didn’t care much about it.

He said, “Mr. Conrad, it’s a great honor for you to attend the banquet held by your Jason Group.”

Clarence said indifferently, “Mr. Jason, let’s not beat around the bush. You should know why I came here.”

George had experienced ups and downs, so he wasn’t troubled at all. He just avoided the key point and answered calmly, “Mr. Conrad, what are you talking about? It’s a charity banquet tonight, so everyone came here for charity certainly. Besides that, I don’t think there’s any other reason for you to come here, Mr. Conrad.”

Clarence curled his thin lips and didn’t speak.

Right then, Phoebe said with a smile, “Uncle Jason, I agree with you. We are all here for the charity auction tonight.”

Right then, some other guests came over to greet George.

Phoebe added, “Uncle Jason, we’ll not hold up you for so long then.”

After leaving George, Clarence withdrew his hand from Phoebe’s arms. Then he grabbed a glass of champagne and commented flatly, “You are pretty good at acting.”

Phoebe didn’t answer. She picked up a glass of champagne as well and clinked with his glass. Then she approached him and whispered in his ears, “The show has just begun. Look. All of them were gazing at us. It proves that our plan tonight is quite successful.”

Clarence tilted his head to avoid her, curling up his lips into a sneer.

As soon as Phoebe finished speaking, Rebecca came over with her big belly. She called, “Hey, Phoebe.”

“Hi, Rebecca.”

Rebecca looked over at Clarence and slightly curled her lips. Immediately, she withdrew her gaze and chatted with Phoebe.

Rebecca didn’t know what exactly the Conrad and the Jason families were planning. She was only considerate to her friend.

Although she didn’t like Clarence, she had to admit that he was a capable man and also he had an influential position in Conrad Group that couldn’t be shaken at all.

Besides, he was the man that Phoebe had been having a crush on.

Rebecca said, “Phoebe, I like the necklace sent over from SG Jewelry Magazine a lot. But...”

Phoebe certainly knew what she hesitated about. Rebecca didn’t have much money to afford it.

With a smile, Phoebe said, “Rebecca, if you like it, I can give it as a gift for you.”

“No, thank you, Phoebe. I just want to tell you that I like it. Anyway, the charity banquet tonight is held by our Jason family. I can’t be so willful to get anything I like. The necklace is quite well-designed. If you like it as well, just go ahead and get it.”

Right then, the lights were dimmed. The host stood on the stage and officially started the charity auction.

...

Downstairs of the hotel, Stella sneezed in the wind. When she was fumbling for the tissue in her bag, she saw a jewelry box.

She realized that she had forgotten one thing.

Although she couldn’t attend the charity banquet, she had promised the client to deliver the jewelry, so she must keep her words.

Stella folded her clothes, walking towards the hotel.

After walking out of the elevator, Stella asked a waiter, “Excuse me. Could you please call Miss Phoebe Steward out for me? I have something to give to her.”

The waiter took a glance at the door behind him, knowing that all attendees today were either wealthy or noble, so he didn’t dare to delay, “Okay, Miss. A moment please.”

The auction was half done. The waiter found Phoebe in the dimmed hall and informed her about Stella.

Upon hearing it, Phoebe cast a glance at the man next to her. He was looking at the stage indifferently and didn’t pay attention to her.

Phoebe whispered to the waiter. Then she said to Clarence softly, “Clarence, someone wants to see me outside. Please excuse me for a moment.”

Clarence didn’t look back and hummed.

Outside the banquet hall.

Stella didn’t wait for a long time. She saw Phoebe come over.

“Good evening, Miss Steward.”

Phoebe smiled, walking to her, “Stella, you’ve come here. Why didn’t you go in?”

Stella said, “Miss Steward, I’m sorry but I have something urgent to deal with.”

As she spoke, she pulled out the jewelry box from her bag, “Sorry for keeping you wait for so long.”

Phoebe reached out and took it over, “It’s alright.”

Stella said, “Okay, Miss Steward. I’ll...”

“It’s soon the turn of the jewelry of SG Jewelry Magazine for the auction. Ms. Radomil, I heard that you also have a piece of designed jewelry participated. Don’t you go in and watch?”

Stella was silent for a moment. With a faint smile, she said, “No, thanks.”

She turned around and walked for a few steps. Then she heard crick-cracks of the high-heels.

Annie’s voice rang out, “Phoebe, I’ve been looking for you for a long time. Why did you come out?”

Phoebe smiled at her, “I came out to get the wedding gift for you.”

Upon hearing it, Stella paused her pace.

It turned out Annie was the close friend that Phoebe mentioned, wasn’t she?

Annie stood in front of Phoebe, “What is it?”

“I went to SG Jewelry Magazine and find a designer to make you a necklace particularly.” Phoebe opened the box, “Do you like it? It’s designed by Ms. Radomil, the designer for the ‘Puppy Love’ Series. I recalled that you like...”

While Phoebe was speaking, Annie happened to raise her head and look over at the figure not far away from them. She recognized Stella.

Before Phoebe finished her words, Annie immediately grabbed the jewelry box and smashed it to Stella’s feet, “Stella Radomil, how shameless you are! How dare you come here and pester him!”