Chapter 640



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Nora raised her eyebrows. Helen clenched her fists and asked sullenly, “What are you doing here?”

Cecelia stepped closer and sighed. “I’m here to give you a present, of course.”

She handed him the gift box in her hand. “Thomas bought me this bag. I think it looks good on you, so I’m going to give it to you…”

The purse Thomas had bought her? Thomas had never bought her a single gift during their three years of marriage!

Helen got even angrier and felt her heart ache a little.

After all, what exactly did their three years of marriage consist of? She squeezed her chest and took a step back.

Jessica stepped in front of her and said, “I’m sorry, you’re not welcome here.”

Cecelia sighed. “Jessica, you could say we were close friends back then. There are only so many people in the circle. They may be divorced, but do the Stewarts really want to have an acrimonious relationship with the Livingstones? I’m sure those attending today’s birthday party wouldn’t like the two families feuding either.”

The people around them were immediately quite uncomfortable.

For the Stewarts’ sake, they were willing to attend the party, but if they were going to fall out with the Livingstones, they wouldn’t want that to happen.

Cecilia’s words seemed to force those present to take sides, that is, to antagonize the Livingstones.

To be honest, the Livingstones were not scary. It was the Hunts who were.

Everyone looked at Nora and then at Cecelia.

Nora was the future Mrs. Hunt, but Cecelia was part of the Livingstones, and the Livingstones were Elder Mrs. Hunt’s family.

Would Elder Mrs. Hunt stand by and watch the Livingstones be bullied?

For a moment, they all went into an internal struggle. If they had known this was going to happen, they would have made an excuse and skipped the party.

Jessica understood what they were thinking. They were only here as a favor to her so the divorce wouldn’t seem so horrible on their part. They meant well, so she couldn’t let the people who had come leave the place unhappy.

So Jessica said promptly and decisively, “You make it sound more serious than it is. What do you mean, an acrimonious relationship or something? Are the Stewarts and the Livingstones going to become enemies just because the two of them got divorced? We’re still friends. Besides, I even sent an invitation to the Livingstons for Helen’s birthday party today!”

Cecelia went with the flow and said, “That’s right. Since we’re friends, won’t you welcome your friend here?”.

Jessica: “!!!”

The grumpy woman could only say in an aggravated manner, “I was just worried about your health. After all, you are pregnant, aren’t you?”.

She looked at Cecelia’s belly.

Cecelia’s belly was already starting to show a little. Jessica immediately said, “I hear you’re a month pregnant? But why does it look like your belly is three months?”.

As soon as she said that, Cecelia’s eyes flickered.

She was so scared that she looked directly at Jessica. However, the other party had a sincere look on her face as if she didn’t mean anything else by what she said.

Cecelia breathed a sigh of relief.

She must have been thinking too much. At that moment, there was activity at the door again. Everyone turned their heads to see Thomas enter.

He was even carrying a bouquet of flowers in his hand when he entered.

At the sight of him, they all looked at each other.

To tell the truth, in a divorce between two wealthy families, it was impossible for the two families to break all ties with each other, because the businesses of the two families had already become entangled with each other’s at the time of the marriage. This was the reason why many people preferred to keep their own relationships private rather than divorce.

Driven by interests, to be honest, even Jessica didn’t really want to antagonize the Livingstones.

The reason for today’s birthday party, as well as the reason she had invited Thomas to the party, was really so she could give Thomas the evidence of Cecelia’s cheating behind closed doors. By choosing to tell them the truth before Cecelia and Thomas were married, it could be said that he was showing the Livingstones’ goodwill.

Later, they would publicly announce that Thomas and Helen’s divorce was not due to Helen’s infertility.

Jessica knew that this way of doing things was really very frustrating indeed.

But she had no choice.

That was the way things were in the adult world. Jessica’s plans were very well thought out.

Seeing that Thomas was also supportive and had even brought flowers, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He walked over and said, “There you are.”

Thomas had always had a good reputation among outsiders. That was also why Mrs. Livingstone was sure that the Livingstones’ reputation would not suffer even if they divorced.

She looked directly at Helen and handed her the bouquet. She said, “One night of love is worth a hundred days of friendship, after all. Even though we are no longer husband and wife, we are still friends. If you ever need my help, you can come to me.”

During the divorce the day before, the bastard had said such nasty things in private, causing Helen to storm off.

But when he said those words today… Although she knew very well that the man’s words were untrustworthy and untrue, in that instant, Helen still felt like crying.

As she held back the tears, she lowered her head, took the flowers from him and nodded.

Then, he said, “Excuse me, I have to go change my clothes.”

After speaking, she turned around and went upstairs.

Jessica wanted to follow her, but at that moment more guests arrived at the door. As hostess, Jessica had to greet them.

A bored Nora was about to follow Helen when Thomas stopped her. He said, “Miss Smith…”.

The man’s smile made him look very simple.

Nora raised her eyebrows.

Elsewhere, Helen had reached the staircase to the third floor. She was about to turn the corner when she heard a voice come from behind her, “Helen.”

Startled, she looked back to see that Cecelia had followed her at some point and was standing on the bottom step.

As Cecelia approached, she took her hand and said, “I have something to tell you.”

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