Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 344

Jessica greeted everyone at once in gentle tones and a sweet smile.

She was in a white tuxedo dress tonight, with engraved diamonds at her chest, looking elegant and delicate. The fishtail dress design emphasized her slender figure. With her neck straight, she seemed like a proud, pure princess.

If they hadn’t known her early on, they might really have been fooled by her appearance.

Louis nodded at her slightly. Victoria scoffed and looked away, not bothering with her.

Seeing that, Jessica didn’t find it awkward as she continued to smile faintly. “This is my Grandpa’s birthday feast. Thank you all for attending. I would raise a toast, in his name.”

Victoria sneered. “I’ve seen a lot of ignorant people in this world, but I’ve never seen someone so ignorant as to actually try to speak for a giant while on their shoulders. Don’t think that you’re a giant yourself just because you’ve found yourself a perch. Everyone can see that ladder of yours, and they’re all laughing!”

Max couldn’t help but snicker.

If it came to a tongue-lashing, Victoria really was the most vicious.

Of course, if they were to really mock someone, Natalia and Archie wouldn’t lose by too much, but the two of them were too carefree to bother trading barbs with this sort of person.

Jessica’s smile stiffened a little, but she had years of training, and her composure was completely different from before.

She calmed down soon and recovered her wits, saying lightly, “I know that Miss Kaur has always misunderstood me, but don’t worry. True colors always show themselves. I believe that as time passes, you’ll come to see that I’m not the kind of person you think I am. Besides, if we’re talking about standing on the shoulders of giants, compared to me, it seems that someone else would fit that phrase better. After all, I’m Grandpa’s granddaughter. Everything I have now can be called returning to my roots. Not like some people, clinging their way to the top just with tactics and a pretty face. So if we really were to talk, it seems like I should be the one saying that!”

Victoria flew into a rage.

“What did you say?”

Archie and Charlie’s faces hardened too.

Jessica kept her smile on her lips as she said gently, “Why so angry, Miss Kaur? You wanted to talk about the shoulders of giants, and I only discussed it with you. Are you so angry because I chanced upon the truth by accident? Oh, if I did, I’m so sorry. I was only saying it, so please don’t take it too seriously. It’d be a shame to cause any misunderstandings, wouldn’t you say?”

Victoria was fuming, but this was in full view of the public and a birthday banquet. She still had to be considerate of Wilhelm and hold her temper in.

Natalia tugged her sleeve secretly.

She looked up at Jessica, lips curving pleasantly as she said in soft tones, “Since Miss Dawson was capable of explaining that idiom with such crisp conciseness, it seems like you haven’t lacked for studying the idea. If that’s the case, here’s something else to chew on. The wages of sin must come back to bite! Jessica Dawson, we know full well who you really are. No one’s willing to burst Wilhelm’s bubble, but you understand that this is out of the kindness of everyone’s heart. They’re unwilling to ruin the wish that the old man finally accomplished, and they most certainly aren’t hiding the truth for you. Smart people would know to keep their head down in a situation like this, but you’re provoking us over and over again. Why? Is it uncomfortable up their on the seat of the Kawn granddaughter, so you want to slum it down here?”

Jessica’s expression shifted.

She glared with deathly intensity at Natalia, her gaze almost venomous, as if she wanted to poison her right there.

Natalia didn’t mind. She was tired of fighting with Jessica for all those years.

Her glare dealt no damage to her at all.

To the side, Archie chimed in. “If I were you, Miss Dawson, I wouldn’t be here trying to poke fun at people. Instead, I’d be sticking by the old man’s side and praying every day that he lives long and prospers. After all, what’s fake is always fake at the end. If anything happens to the old man, it wouldn’t be us who’d want to drag you down, but the people around you. Wouldn’t you say so, Miss Dawson?”

Jessica’s face shifted again.

This time, though, she didn’t say anything. Matthew had gotten someone to call her over, so she scoffed, turned around, and left.

Looking at her receding back, Victoria scowled disdainfully. “Bottom-feeding trash!”

Natalia couldn’t hold in her laugh as she turned to look at her. “What are you getting mad at her for? It’s not the first day you knew what she really was. No need to let it affect your mood.”

Victoria was still steaming.

She crossed her arms, puffing up.

“I just can’t get a load of the way she’s acting. What, she really thinks she’s the mistress of the Kawn family when she got chased out of Julio like a mongrel in the gutter!”

Natalia’s smile dimmed.

She looked at the direction Jessica had left, thoughtful.

“A mongrel in the gutter crawling back up to such a position in a few short months really shows that she’s something.”

Victoria sneered.

“A persistent pest!”

Natalia chuckled.

“Anyway, that pest can’t hurt us. The Kawn family got her here, so they can deal with it in the end.”

The group stopped caring about the matter and switched topics.

On the other end, Matthew brought Jessica over to a corner, his expression dark. “What did you say to them?”

Jessica lowered her head, acting timid. “Nothing. I just saw some familiar faces and went to greet them.”

Matthew spat, “Greet them? You don’t know who you are? Who Natalia and Archie are? You know they don’t like you and you still ran over; are you really having it so easy you’re trying to make trouble for yourself?”

Jessica pursed her lips.

She raised her head and looked up at Matthew, a bit of distress in her eyes.

“I didn’t want to go over on my own, Uncle, but everyone knows that a lot had happened between my sister and me. I might be back with the Kawn family now, but the past still affects me. The Dawsons really did her wrong in the beginning, but that doesn’t have anything to do with me. So I was wondering if I could repair our relationship. That way, if she’d forgive me, they’d see how well things are going between us, so they won’t say anything about it anymore. It benefits us both, wouldn’t you say?”