Oliver saw Jessica looking at him in a daze and said with a smile, "What's wrong?"
"Thank you." Jessica smiled and said, "I'll bring you a night meal."
Jessica walked down the stairs lightly. She felt like a weight had been suddenly lifted off her shoulders. She was so relieved that even if she went up and down the stairs twice, she didn't feel tired at all. She regarded it as exercise.
That night, Jessica slept soundly without having a dream.
In the morning, Winnie received a call from the Old Residence of the Williams family.
Jessica happened to be sitting in the living room.
She heard that they were probably talking about going to the Old Residence for a family banquet on New Year's Eve.
In the end, Winnie said, "Do you want Mrs. Williams to answer the phone?"
However, before Jessica could hear what was said on the other end, Winnie hang up.
"Who was it? What was the matter?" Jessica asked.
"Mrs., it was the housekeeper of the Old Residence. He asked me to tell Mr. Oliver that the whole Williams family would go back to the Old Residence for the family banquet on New Year's Eve," Winnie told her frankly.
Jessica knew that the housekeeper only asked Oliver to attend the family banquet and did not mention her.
She was the mistress of the house, but the housekeeper of the Old Residence called and didn't even mention her name.
Normally, Winnie would ask her to answer the call from the Old Residence.
She wondered whether it was because Oliver and his grandpa couldn't get along again.
Anyway, she couldn't figure it out and didn't want to bother herself, so she went to the study to draw.
In addition to Oliver in GrandVille Apartments, Tina also received a call and was invited to the family dinner at the Old Residence.
After Tina hung up the phone, she was so happy that she almost jumped up. Her efforts paid off.
Oliver had isolated her backyard, even threatened her, and forbidden her to go out. Even if she said she was pregnant with Oliver's baby, it couldn't stop Simon from giving her a stern warning.
It seemed that it was really difficult to separate Oliver and Jessica this time.
Tina asked Marina to think of a way, and in the end, she used her last trump card, Jeff.
Anyway, Jeff was the head of the Williams family.
Jessica was dispensable to all the others of the Williams family, except to Oliver, who would defend her.
Moreover, Lambert had the same goal as her.
Toby and Marina hit it off and they let Jeff know the matter. With Toby fanning the flames, Tina was now invited to the family dinner, which would make things even worse.
Jessica thought for a while. Whether she went to the family banquet or not, Oliver would go. Last time, Jeff came to see her and brought her a gift.
If Oliver went there, he had to bring a gift.
In the afternoon, Jessica planned to go shopping and chose some gifts. Oliver would inevitably meet his relatives in the Old Residence.
She really didn't know what the Williams family liked. When she arrived at the shops on both sides of the street, she stopped outside a tea shop.
She bought some Pu'er tea cakes. He could then give them to his relatives and friends.
Oliver came back in the evening and he noticed that Jessica was packing things in the study.
"What are these?" He asked.
Jessica smiled and said, "There was a call from the Old Residence today. You're invited to attend a family banquet on New Year's Eve. I went to buy some Pu'er tea in the afternoon. But the wrappers were so ordinary, so I wrapped them with extra beautiful wrappers so that everyone would be happy to open the presents."
Oliver said, "Just let others do these things."
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