Stuffing Patricia’s present for her into the backpack, Annabelle stuck her tongue out at Adeline.
Everyone at the table laughed and pointed at Annabelle’s response. “Look at her. She’s still a child!”
After dinner, Annabelle wanted to go to a karaoke center, but her mother forbade her to do so, saying that if her grandfather caught wind of it, she would be in for a scolding.
The feast ended, and everyone left.
Holding onto Patricia’s arm, Annabelle seemed to be in an excellent mood as she kept chatting with Patricia.
At the back, Adeline was holding her parents’ hands, thinking that she finally stood up for herself, since this was the first time she was so domineering in front of her relatives.
Treating herself as Mrs. Arnold, she thought that these people would have to obey her from now on. Otherwise, one grunt from me, and Isaac will end them all.
Gwen purposefully asked the man beside her, “Sweetheart, since Tricia is already here, how about you accept her back into the family? If not, those people will say mean things again.”
The good image of a stepmother should be maintained, she thought.
Andy replied, as he snorted, “She’s no longer one of us, so why should I welcome her back? Even if she doesn’t think so, I believe it’s disgraceful with those three youngsters in tow!”
Adeline smiled at this. “Don’t need to get agitated, Dad. You still have me, remember? I’m with Isaac now, so after we get married, I’ll have him help out the Aniston Corporation to make us even stronger.”
He laughed upon hearing his daughter’s words. “Thank god we still have a competent daughter!”
Everybody stopped at the entrance of the restaurant as Cersei asked, “Did you drive here, Tricia? If not, I can let our chauffeur send you back. We’ll be riding with Tobias.”
As it was her daughter’s birthday today, she had learned through Gwen that Patricia’s current situation was not good. She appeared to be living in the older part of the city, in some of the alley houses scheduled to be torn down soon.
Those kinds of places are filled with wild dogs and trash. It’s smelly and dirty. Her life has changed in every way possible compared to how it was before. Despite the fact that she grew up without a mother, the Old Mr. Aniston doted on her a lot. The eldest daughter of the Anistons was given the greatest possible care; every detail of her life was impeccable and everyone had to bend to her will. Sigh. But, what about now? How sad it is!
Pulling her hand, Annabelle said, “Patricia, let my chauffeur send you home.”
Yet, Patricia only looked at her phone and said, “No need for that. I already called an Uber. It should be arriving soon.”
Adeline continued the conversation, saying, “It’s already quite late, so it might not be safe to take a Uber. How about I send you back instead?”
It was just then a Maybach Exelero parked beside Patricia.
Knowing that the car belonged to Isaac, Patricia frowned upon seeing it. Why did he drive such a high-profile car today?
The car was valued 80 million since it was the only one of its kind in the world.
Patricia, who knew a bit about cars, looked it up online when she saw it. That’s how she knew what the price was.
She had just said that she had called an Uber, so she was very dumbfounded upon seeing this scene.
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