Chapter 396
“Kiley, what’s wrong with you? Why do you look so awful?”
Kiley forced out a smile, “I’m fine, just been working a lot recently, a bit tired.”
With a look of concern, Ruby said, “Work is never–ending, your health is the most important thing. Don’t wear yourself out.”
Kiley nodded, her tone somewhat perfunctory, “Hmm, I’m going back first.”
“Good.”
After Kiley left, Ruby slowly walked into the bathroom. After touching up her makeup, she slowly raised a smile in the mirror.
Whether it was Kiley or Briana, they were just stepping stones in her life.
A few minutes later, Ruby returned to the venue. After sitting down next to Valerie, a faint smile curled up at the corner of her mouth.
Everyone around was praising Valerie.
“Ruby was truly outstanding. I heard that the graduate program she applied for only accepted two students, and she was the first one to be admitted!”
“Ah, if only I had a wonderful daughter like Ruby!”
“Valerie, what do you think of my son? How about we become in- laws?”
Ruby kept her head down the whole time, looking shy.
Valerie glanced at the silent Mallory and Kiley beside her, feeling smug. In the past, Kiley always overshadowed Ruby. Now that Kiley had caused such a big scandal, there was no chance she could be compared to Ruby anymore.
Her face was full of smiles as she said, “Ruby is still young, and young people nowadays are not the same as in our time. They all like free love. We are old now, we can’t control it anymore.”
“Haha, true, but we can arrange for an introduction another day.”
Several people were engaged in a heated discussion when the large screen that had been displaying Ruby’s experiences over the years suddenly went black. It lit up again shortly after, but this time it wasn’t showing Ruby’s experiences, but a dimly lit video.
Everyone was initially stunned, then someone with sharp eyes recognized that the video featured a man and a woman, and the woman was unmistakably Kiley.
The two seemed to be in a private room, with Kiley discussing business with the man. However, the man kept taking every
opportunity to make advances on her. In order to secure the contract, Kiley put up with it.
The moment she saw that video, Kiley’s face turned deathly pale, and she stood frozen in place as if rooted to the spot.
Lacey’s face turned ashen, she gritted her teeth and said, “Who put this on! Turn it off immediately!”
The staff member nearby reacted and quickly unplugged the power
source.
The big screen suddenly went black, but the crowd had already started
to buzz with discussion.
The Schneider family all had unpleasant expressions on their faces, feeling as if they had lost all their dignity.
“Why do you think he didn’t come today? He’s busy spending time with his mistress!”
Mallory’s words dropped like a bomb into deep water, instantly exploding.
Everyone wore a face of shock and disbelief, then began to whisper among themselves.
Lacey’s blood pressure skyrocketed in anger, and she fainted with a roll of her eyes.
“Grandma!”
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