"Belle, let's go over there." Rhys said to Belle gently until Calvin took Lexie and the others past her.
Belle nodded. Only then did she realize that she had been clasping Rhys's hand tightly and sweat dripped from her palm. She was flustered, then she hurriedly let go of his hand and panicked. When her eyes met the gentle and encouraging smile in Rhys’ eyes, she felt so warm, then she smiled embarrassedly.
Suddenly, she felt someone glaring at her.
A cold light shot straight at her. When she looked up, the cold eyes disappeared again. When she looked again, she saw Calvin and Lexie standing on the high platform of the central island, a very eye-catching place.
Was the cold light just now his?
Belle wasn't sure, but Calvin could see them there. For a while, Belle thought that the possibility was very small. After all, it seemed that such indifference between them should not exist.
"Miss Morris, please come to this address at eight o'clock tonight." While Belle was thinking about it, she heard a gentle and polite voice beside her. When she looked up in shock, she saw a man in a black suit with a white shirt and a black tie. He was standing beside her, holding an invitation in both hands, bowed his head, and handed it to her respectfully.
"You are..." Belle looked at him in surprise. The young man in front of her had a dignified and serious face, a humble and polite demeanor. He kept a certain distance from others, but he was so courteous. Such a man was by no means an ordinary servant. It reminded Belle of those bodyguards in black suits beside the president.
His behavior seemed well-trained, which was modest and courteous. He was not that kind of person who worked for ordinary people, but his face was very unfamiliar. Belle confirmed that she had never seen him before.
"Miss, please come to the appointment on time. Everything will be understood by then. I have to go first." The young man bowed his head again and said. After he said and bowed his head, he turned and left.
Belle watched his figure disappear on the road of Harvey Mansion, and then came back to her senses. She looked at the invitation in her hand, and put it into the pocket of her clothes after thinking about it.
It would be eight o'clock in the evening. But now it was only morning, so there was still time. Let her think carefully before deciding whether to go or not.
On the central island, there were all kinds of pastries and champagne in the rectangular dining table, which smelt good.
Belle looked around. Rhys was gone. Then she glanced at the crowd. It turned out that someone pulled him over to chat. Only then did she remember that when he walked away, he seemed to say to her, “Belle, wait for me here. I'll come back soon.”
Belle shook her head and smiled. She was restless all morning. What was she thinking about!
In fact, this New Year's banquet had nothing to do with her anymore. Thinking that she would leave tomorrow and maybe she would never come back, she felt so sad.
"Come on, drive all these beggars away." There was a loud screaming over there. Belle was startled, and looked over, only to see Pola and Esme. A few of them had probably never seen so many delicious things before, so they wolfed down and were disgusted by Lexie. She was instructing the security guards to drive them out.
"No, we were invited by Mrs. Harvey." Pola and Esme said timidly when they saw Lexie.
"Mrs. Harvey? I'm standing here, but I've never invited you nasty beggars. Tell you guys, everything here is of great value. If you break one, you won’t afford it at all. Be wise and get out." When Lexie heard what they said Mrs. Harvey, she couldn't help but be wicked. Of course she knew who it was. She was so mad. After speaking viciously, she instructed the security guards to get them all out.
"Don't drive us away. Mrs. Harvey said that she would donate money to our welfare house, and she would also donate money to let us go to school next year. Please!" Esme was a little older than other little children. She widened her eyes, clasped her hands together and begged Lexie.
Lexie glanced at her with disgust, and turned her face away coldly, as if she didn't even bother to say a word.
"Go away! If Mrs. Harvey is unhappy, we’ll demolish your welfare house." Several security guards rushed over and chased them fiercely.
"Stop." Belle rushed up and yelled at the security guards.
When the security guards looked up and saw it was her, they stopped immediately, but said embarrassedly, "Mrs. Harvey, that Mrs. Harvey has spoken to drive them away. We can't disobey the order."
"Hmph." Belle sneered, "I invited them here. There will be a charity donation event soon. How can you drive them away? You guys go away and leave it to me."
When the security guards saw Belle protecting those children, they didn't know what to do for a while.
"Someone is really from the countryside, and even the people she invited are vulgar beggars." Lexie saw the situation here. Then she walked over and laughed disdainfully.
Belle didn't even look at her, just said coldly, "This New Year's banquet is hosted by me when I was in charge of the family. I got the consent of Grandma, so the guests I invite can't be driven away at will. The scheduled activities I set should also be held as usual and cannot be cancelled at will.”
After she finished speaking, she turned to Pola and Esme, then she said, "Come on, I will take you guys to the side to eat."
After speaking, she led them to the side.
"Stop, Belle." Lexie was annoyed by Belle's attitude of not taking her seriously, and immediately shouted angrily, forcing a step forward.
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