“Grandma!” shouted Bea—who had just arrived—as she ran over to her, the other presidents from Bea’s birthday party following closely behind.
“You! Where have you-”
Just as Lady Yaleman was about to unleash all her pent up rage, her gaze fell upon those standing behind Bea. It took what seemed like an eternity for her to finally realize who the people grouped behind Bea were.
When she finally snapped out of it, however, she—along with the two hundred people in the living room—instantly created a massive uproar.
“Isn’t that Chairman Jagger?! The richest person in Jacksonville?!”
“D*mn! That really is him! And that over there! That’s Chairman Yarbury, right? What’s a big shot like him even doing here?”
“Chairman Goldwell is here too! He’s the richest and most powerful man from the North!”
By now, several of the guests had already stood up, and they were shouting out the names of all the big shots present. Those who weren’t were simply too stupefied to even say a word.
Lady Yaleman herself already knew who everyone there was. After all, she had tried and failed to curry favor with each and every one of them before this.
‘Why…? Why have they all come here just to celebrate Bea’s birthday?’
“Chairman! Chairman Jagger and the rest have attended to celebrate Miss Bea’s birthday! I apologize for being gone for so long, but it was because I was worried that the ordinary servants wouldn’t know how to serve them properly! I’ve been serving them this entire time!” said Sheldon excitedly as he finally made his way back to Lady Yaleman’s side.
“What?” said Lady Yaleman as Rose, Yura, and a few other Yalemans widened their eyes in disbelief.
Though their arrival had definitely caught Lady Yaleman by surprise, she was quick to recover and quickly said, “Do take a seat, presidents! All of you!”
Her tone no longer sounded as dispirited as she had been just minutes ago.
“Haha! There’s no need to be that cordial, Lady Yaleman! We had honestly not planned to intrude on your party in the first place! However, since Miss Yaleman led us in, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to be part of the distinguished guests here! I do hope that the present guests respect us though!” said Elijah—one of the big shots—with a faint smile on his face.
“Since my cousin disliked the Longs, I found no reason not to hate them as well!” replied Bea, smiling.
“Huh? That was the reason why you ordered Mr. Long to leave? Speaking of him, what was it that both of you secretly talked about earlier?” asked Mae. She and the other girls were now finding Gerald to be much more mysterious than he ought to be.
Before Bea could even answer, however, Catherine immediately explained, “You see, mom, all these presidents came over today to celebrate Bea’s birthday since my nephew, Gerald, invited them! But that’s not all! That was apparently only the first present! Gerald said that he had prepared a total of three gifts for her! Isn’t that right, Gerald?”
Halfway through her explanation, Catherine was already holding on to Gerald’s arm in an intimate manner. After all, she had found herself liking her nephew a lot more that day.
Hearing what Catherine had to say, Lady Yaleman looked at Gerald in astonishment.
Though she was initially still rather doubtful of whether he truly was an extraordinary person, seeing him so powerful today made her feel like he was a completely different person.
Yura and Rose themselves were feeling extremely humiliated as they watched the scene play out from the side-lines.
“Indeed! There are two more gifts that I haven’t shown!”
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