Spoiled by the President novel Chapter 20

The next day, during Celine’s birthday banquet.

At 8:00 pm at Dijue Hotel.

Although the banquet just started, most of the guests had already arrived.

Most of Jincheng’s powerful and famous people were gathered in the luxuriously decorated hall and mingled under gorgeous chandeliers. The atmosphere was lively with extravagantly dressed up guests.

Celine Jennings wore a lilac hand-embroidered long dress with a tube top design. The lining of the dress reached her ankles, and layer upon layer of sheer cotton pooled on the ground, making her look celestial and beautiful.

With a glass in hand, she moved among the crowd and greeted the guests one by one.

The way she spoke and acted was graceful and calm, and her manners were of a perfect lady from high society.

Low bursts of praise immediately rang out around her.

“Ms. Jennings is truly beautiful. She’s worthy of being an A-list flower in the entertainment industry.”

“Naturally. Not only is she pretty, she knows how to pick partners! Not just anyone can climb up to the level of the Morton family’s young master.”

“It’s only been a few years since her debut but she managed to climb to such a high position with just her abilities. Not everyone can do that.”

“The Jennings can be considered to be blessed for having such an outstanding daughter. Now that they’re working together with the Mortons, I’m afraid it’ll be even harder to stand up to the Jennings in the future.

The low buzz in the banquet hall made Celine’s mouth hook upwards in satisfaction.

After all, gaining the recognition of everyone was something anyone would be proud of.

Everyone from the Jennings family was smiling. Even Sylvia Walker could not help but feel proud.

She looked around the hall of guests and asked Shaun softly, “Has Nell arrived?”

Shaun whispered back, “Not yet.”

Sylvia frowned slightly.

Shaun muttered in a low voice. “Mother, she wouldn’t bail on us, right?”

“She won’t.” Sally also had a hint of concern on her face. “Nelly is a person of her word. Maybe she’s stuck in a traffic jam or something unexpected happened? Should we make a call to check up on her?”

Shaun scoffed. “What could have happened? We’ve already informed her two days in advance. What can’t be done ahead of time that she would have to put it off until now?

“Besides, it’s not rush hour now, so how could she be stuck in a jam? If you ask me, I’d say that she deliberately refused to show up so that she can embarrass the Jennings family!”

Sally forced a smile.

“Well, even if she doesn’t come, the other guests won’t notice anyway. It’s just Mrs. Jones…”

Mrs. Jones was Nell’s mother, Cathy Morrison's godmother. She was also the notary when Nell and Jason signed the marriage agreement back then.

The Jones family could be considered an old family in Jincheng. Although their power was not as strong as before, it was still not to be underestimated, especially in the business sector.

After all, Mrs. Jones’s maiden name was Garrett, and everyone in the country knew that the Garrett family from Kyoto was not one to be trifled with.

Although it had been many years since Mrs. Jones went off to get married in a faraway place, she had maintained contact with her ties in Kyoto, so the Jennings family could not afford to offend her.

Sylvia frowned deeply and said in a low voice, “Call her and ask her where she is. Tell her that if she doesn’t show up, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Shaun immediately brightened and quickly agreed before excusing himself to make the call.

At that moment, Mrs. Jones came over accompanied by her grandson, Blaine Jones.

“Hasn’t Nell arrived yet? You said that Nelly voluntarily abandoned the marriage, so I came to have a look, but it seems that I was lied to.”

The Jennings immediately paled.

Sylvia quickly put on a smile and said pleasantly, “How could that be? Even if we wanted to lie, we wouldn’t dare to lie to you. She just called us and said that there’s a traffic jam, so it’ll take a while for her to arrive. She’ll explain everything to you when she gets here.”