"Wow, you two are really on the same page! But why the need to speak so loudly...I am so scared..." Leena scratched her ear gloomily, wondering why they were so excited.
"Because what you just said was a shattering blow to our pride." Patricia said with an expressive look telling Leena that she deserved it. What Leena didn't know was that nobody ever did dare to show her any negative facial expressions since she was publicly recognized as the little princess.
"Well, I didn't mean to! I was just telling the truth." Leena really didn't understand their situation. Because Luke had always been nice to her, she automatically thought that Luke was very easy to get along with! And when they said they were afraid of him, his cold eyes and his sharp tongue, she had no idea what they were talking about. Luke was never mean to her.
"The 'truth' you just told was actually torture for us," said Michelle, who this time agreed with Patricia and began to reproach Leena, as Luke's cold eyes often intimidated her and made her unable to say anything.
"Then fine, I will just shut my mouth from now on. Is that okay for the two of you?" Leena said, pursing her lips. Although she said that, her mind was racing wildly.
"Nope, that's not enough for us. Unless you treat us to something delicious... and expensive, we will not consider letting it go." Patricia thought of eating something delicious again. The three girls were around the same age, and anyone watching, who didn't know them would surely think that they were just young and immature millenials, instead of grown up women with children.
"You glutton! But fine, no problem. I will treat you," said Leena, then she turned around abruptly to scan the surrounding area. She felt that there was someone hiding somewhere close and watching her.
Annie, who was standing not far away and looking at Leena, was startled by Leena's actions. It was so unexpected that when she tried to avoid seeing her eye to eye, it was too late. Leena had already seen her. She could only pretend to look at the items on the counter.
"Annie..." After recognizing Annie, Leena muttered, and walked quickly towards her.
"Hey, Leena, why are you walking away so fast? You really should help me carry some of these bags." When Leena suddenly walked away, Patricia was again irritated as a lot of shopping bags were piled up at her feet. They would be too heavy for her and Michelle.
As if hearing nothing of what Patricia said, Leena hurried over to Annie.
"Annie, you're in S City! What a surprise to see you here!" Although she had heard that Annie was now the wife of someone else, not Rain, Leena was still delighted to see her.
"Excuse me. But do we know each other?" Annie genuinely asked. Although the woman in front of her had been spending a lot of time with Rain, Annie could not be sure that she's the Leena that Belinda had talked to her about.
"Of course, more than four years ago, I saw you at the Mu family house." Leena jokingly rolled her eyes. "but you were drunk at that time," She smiled sweetly, not embarrassed when she realized that Annie had second thoughts about their acquaintance.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! You are right. I was there that day." Annie was kind of embarrassed and reserved after hearing what Leena said.
"It's all right. Anyway, it's good to see you here. My name is Leena Leng. You can just call me Leena." She introduced herself happily. Although already a mother of one, she was still so sweet and beautiful that people did not want to take their eyes off her. She was just so pleasant to look at.
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