She headed to the South Block and realized that Lucas had left home, so she went to the back kitchen of the Main Block.
When Mrs. Flores saw her, she smiled and said, "Mr. Lucas isn't home today so you could have rested at home!"
"He asked me to come over at noon, so I came," Irene helped to prepare the food and said, "but he's not home."
"He went to the Bennett lady's birthday party! I think he just left!" Mrs. Flores said. "Mr. Woods went with him and they brought a lot of gifts with them."
Irene was stunned for a moment when she realized that the 'thing' he had to do was attend Kasey's birthday party.
"What a coincidence!" she thought. "Ms. Bennett's birthday is on the same day as mine."
"I heard that they invited a lot of powerful people to the party today! It takes place at Bennett's mansion, and Mrs. Woods can't even go if she wanted to because the Bennetts only invited Mr. Lucas. Even Mr. Woods will have to come home later!" Mrs. Flores blurted out. "How lucky Mr. Lucas is to catch Ms. Bennett's eyes! Her parents didn't try to stop this which means that Mr. Lucas has a chance with Ms. Bennett."
"Mr. Lucas is handsome, and it's normal for girls to like him!" Irene agreed.
"Haha! Do you like him, too?" Mrs. Flores glanced at Irene and said, "There's no one else here, so you don't have to be shy. If I were twenty years younger, I would be enticed by his looks as well. He doesn't look like Mr. Woods at all. I heard that he looks like his mom, who I imagine is a woman of great beauty."
"Yeah. Mr. Noah and Mr. Sam look like Mr. Woods, especially Mr. Sam," Irene said.
"Right. Mrs. Woods keeps accusing Mr. Woods of favoring Mr. Sam, probably because Mr. Sam looks more like Mr. Woods. Mr. Sam's tuition overseas costs a fortune! I heard that it was way more money than Mr. Woods had paid for Mr. Noah. I also heard that he would slip Mr. Sam an extra allowance as well. It's all under the table though," Mrs. Flores whispered.
Irene recalled Sam's offer to pay her debt and realized that he indeed had the ability to do so.
"No matter what, all three of them are Mr. Woods' sons, so he must care for all of them, but I think he favors Mr. Lucas most at the moment. If Mr. Lucas gets to marry Ms. Bennett, Mrs. Woods will never dare bully him again," Mrs. Flores said before glancing at Irene. "Don't be too upset, Irene. Mr. Lucas was bound to marry someone of equal status. Ordinary people should never dream of being with him."
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