Chapter 690



.

“Cherry!”

“Princess Lucy!”

The two girls called out to each other and rushed toward each other. The adults standing between them stepped aside one after the other and made way for them.

Thus, in full view of all present, the two girls met at last.

At a distance of ten centimeters, the two stopped. They both lifted their skirts and greeted each other elegantly, Their movements were very graceful and beautiful!

Moreover, Cherry and Princess Lucy’s movements were practically identical!

When they were done, the two girls finally held hands and started skipping happily.

“Dear Lucy, why are you here?” asked Cherry.

Princess Lucy replied, “Because I’ve missed you, my best friend!”.

Cherry laughed out loud, her voice crisp and clear.

Princess Lucy smiled happily at her. Then, she said, “Looks like you’ve fallen pretty far behind in your etiquette lessons during the last six months we haven’t seen each other~! If Mistress Steve hears about this, I’m afraid she’ll spank your bottom so hard it’ll split in two.”

Cherry stuck out her tongue. “You’ve fallen behind in your etiquette lessons too.”

Princess Lucy burst out laughing. “After you left, I made up an excuse and stopped going to lessons. Besides, we passed the exam a while ago, so Mom said I don’t have to go anymore!”

“That’s awesome!”

Cherry clapped her hands.

Lisa, who could hear them, gasped. She unconsciously asked, “Cherry, do you and Princess Lucy share the same etiquette teacher?”

Cherry explained, “Yes, we go to class together! Mrs. Steve is the best etiquette teacher in the UK. My Great Aunt used to say that girls should learn to behave themselves, so she sent me to take the lessons! Then Princess Lucy begged Great-Aunt Lucy to have Mrs. Steve teach her too while she taught me. That’s how we met.”

Her words were like a bombshell that set everyone off with such force that they couldn’t recover. At first, when they overheard the girls’ conversation, they had all thought to themselves that Cherry, as expected, had indeed lived an extraordinary life abroad.

However, for most typical wealthy families, as long as they were willing to pay, they could hire teachers who taught exclusively to the Royal Family, and invite them into their homes to tutor their children.

Everyone had also assumed that it had been Nora or Great Aunt, whom Cherry had spoken of a moment ago, who had done it.

It was possible that her Great Aunt had also wanted Cherry and Princess Lucy to meet through the etiquette teacher so that it would be convenient for her to establish a connection with the Royal Family.

However, from what Cherry had said, why did it seem that it wasn’t her Great Aunt who wanted to curry favor with the Royal Family, but the other way around?

So what kind of social status did Cherry’s Great Aunt have?

Lisa didn’t think so much about the future. She only remembered Mrs. Livingstone lecturing Cherry about her education and criticizing her for having bad etiquette. So, she turned to Mrs. Livingstone and teased, “Mrs. Livingstone, what do you think of Cherry’s etiquette? Do you think she has learned well? Is there anything else in her education that you think she needs to improve on?”

Mrs. Livingstone’s jaw dropped. She stared at Cherry in disbelief, feeling that her face had already gone numb from all the slaps she had received.

How could this be?

How did Cherry know the Princess of the royal family!

Moreover, she seemed to know the Princess very well?

In that instant, in the eyes of everyone present, Cherry and Nora suddenly became towering giants. Their image had become tall and lofty in an instant, making them feel like people beyond their reach.

In fact, they both felt even more impressive than Yvette Smith had felt then!

Everyone gulped. This time, they offered their heartfelt congratulations.

“Mr. Hunt, Miss Smith is so amazing! She’s even able to get her daughter to become good friends with a Princess…”

“Mr. Smith, even though Miss Smith wasn’t by your side all these years, she seems to have been living very well!”

“Huh? Where’s Miss Smith, why isn’t she here? I wanted to talk to her about parenthood and ask her how she’s raised Cherry so well.”

As everyone offered their congratulations, Justin smiled slightly. Then, he looked directly at Mrs. Livingstone and said, “Mrs. Livingstone, you’ve had enough fun. I’m sure you have nothing more to say now, do you?”

Mrs. Livingstone bit her lip. “I didn’t expect Miss Smith to have such a superior standard of living? Well, you may consider that she was worried about nothing! I had only her interests in mind when I said all that. I was worried about him marrying an unsuitable woman, but that’s all right now. I’m not worried about it anymore, so I have nothing more to say.”

With that, he turned to leave.

But as soon as she turned, Justin’s cold voice caught up with her. “Wait a moment, Mrs. Livingstone. You may not have anything more to say, but I do.”

Surprised, Mrs. Livingstone looked at him.

They all fell silent as well and looked.

Justin looked at the butler and said, “It seems that people at home don’t have the ability to distinguish who is family and who is not. People over three generations are no longer considered kin. Hunt Manor is not a place for just anyone to enter.”

The butler understood immediately. He immediately straightened his back and replied, “Yes, sir.”

The butler then approached Mrs. Livingstone. With a smile, he asked, “Mrs. Livingstone, may I ask if you have an invitation to the party?”

Mrs. Livingstone: “???”.

How could she possibly have one?

All the guests at the party were invited by Justin. However, whenever he came, he always addressed Elder Mrs. Hunt directly instead.

Stupefied, she shook her head. “No, I don’t.”

The butler let out an immediate sigh. “Sir, this is an oversight on my part. I will forgo three months’ salary as punishment.”

Then he waved his hand. “Guards, there is a lady here uninvited. Please take her outside.”

Mrs. Livingstone: “!!!”

Her eyes widened and she looked at the butler in disbelief. “How dare you!”

However, the security officers had already rushed to restrain her. They subdued Mrs. Livingstone immediately and led her out the door. She struggled fiercely, forming an extremely unpleasant sight.

At the same time, the security officers also located Thomas where the young men were and chased him away as well.

No matter how big the dispute was, in general, no one would kick a guest directly out of their home. That would simply make the other party look very bad.

Justin’s actions sent a clear message to everyone present: ‘Justin Hunt hates the Livingstones!’

The guests at the party were all wealthy. They all immediately took the hint.

The president of a certain bank immediately stepped forward. “The Livingstones owe the bank $30 million. I’ll have to press them for it tomorrow.”

“Gee, they don’t even have any liquidity left. I think we’d better call off our project with them.”

As the saying went, everybody kicked the men when they were down. The Livingstones could declare bankruptcy the next day.

Justin turned his head back, satisfied, and looked at Ian.

A moment ago, he had sensed Ian’s murderous intent. He wondered what the Smiths’ dark forces would do to the Livingstones.

He wanted to ask Ian about it. If his father-in-law was not going to take action, then he would make the arrangements himself.

But unexpectedly, when he looked over, he found Ian, who was surrounded by people, looking somewhat distracted.

He was staring at the two Ocean Hearts with an agitated look.

When Cherry ran over to Lucy, she had placed the jewels in his hands.

The two jewels…

He had bought the first Heart of the Ocean and had given it to ‘her’ then….

The trembling Ian raised his head and looked at John, who was standing in front of him. His fingers clenched tightly into a fist and then he asked in a hoarse voice, “The lady you serve…. Who is she!”

.

.

.