In a garden hotel in the city center, a party was on going. The hotel hall was quite busy. People who were mostly young gentlemen and elegant women were walking and talking around. Some of them were in pairs, some of them were in groups. The event gave the hotel an atmosphere of a great palace.
Ivy, in her limited edition white dress that was just launched in a Milan fashion show and 10-cm high heels, walked towards Lawrence. She casually took his arms as if they were close friends.
Then Ivy whispered to his ear, "Mr. Lawrence, are we going to wait for Mr. Mike?" She looked at the entrance and thought to herself, 'I don't have an invitation to this party but if Lawrence is with me, I can easily get in. I can finally get a chance to see how the upper society is.'
"No. Let's go inside," Lawrence simply said. Then he directly walked to the door.
Ivy followed Lawrence swiftly. Good thing she was already used to wearing a 10-cm high heels. After attending so many parties with Lawrence, she had already learned how to look and act elegantly. When she stood beside Lawrence, she felt prouder because she could easily get close to him. Millions of women admired him and were dying to be with him, but they couldn't even get a chance. Lawrence was not a casual type of person. Moreover, when she was with him, she didn't allow other women to get near him. However, there was only one exception - Aria.
Inside the hall, Tim and Alice were holding goblets and chatting with their two friends. When they saw Lawrence coming in, Alice hastily said goodbye to her friends and walked to him with Tim.
"Lawrence!" Alice greeted him happily. She then took a glance at Ivy but didn't say anything.
"Hello, Lawrence," Tim also greeted.
Lawrence nodded his head as a response to their greetings and asked, "Are your parents not coming?"
"No, they aren't," Alice replied. "My Mom has a cold and my Dad has to be home to take care of her."
Lawrence got worried so he asked, "Is she fine?" "Yes, she is. Don't worry about her," Alice replied.
Lawrence just nodded his head and didn't say anything more.
It was Ivy's turn to open her mouth.
She greeted the couple in front of her, "Hello, Miss Alice, Mr. Tim."
"Hello," Alice replied shortly. She scanned Ivy from head to toe then commented, "The dress you are wearing costs at least a million." "You're just an assistant. How can you afford to buy this kind of dress by yourself?" Alice added in an unfriendly tone.
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