In an instant, their gazes t mid-air.
Seeing Cecilia Vaughn, dressed in an ordinary white dress, yet still exquisitely beautiful and ethereal, Fiona Vaughn dug her manicured nails deeply into her palm.
After being tornted in prison for three years, Fiona had thought Cecilia would have beco completely unrecognizable, but surprisingly, she remained as cold and graceful as ever!
In fact, she even exuded a sense of solitary resilience that surpassed her from three years ago!
...
Chloe Alden was even more impatient than Fiona. Earlier, upon hearing what Mona Sumrs had said, she was almost boiling with anger!
Being the mayor’s daughter, Chloe Alden was used to arrogance, and she stord angrily towards Cecilia Vaughn and Mona Sumrs!
"Mona, you better make it clear to , who exactly is the jinx?"
Mona Sumrs looked down on those who relied on so family power to act lawlessly, and she sneered directly at Chloe Alden.
"Whoever asks must be the one."
Chloe Alden was choked for half a second, and anger imdiately flashed across her face.
She glanced at Mona Sumrs, then condescendingly glared at Cecilia Vaughn with disdain.
"Mona, I certainly can’t compare to this Eldest Miss Vaughn beside you, who went to prison for three years at just eighteen. Looking at her makes feel unlucky!"
"Look how stunning Eldest Miss Vaughn is. Back then she went to jail for seducing n. I wonder how many n fulfilled her in those three years in prison?"
"Fiona, don’t you agree?"
Hearing Chloe Alden sarcastically insinuate that Cecilia Vaughn was impure, Fiona Vaughn nearly burst into laughter!
But she forced herself to hold back.
Fiona Vaughn bit her rosy lips, as if embarrassed, and tugged a little at Chloe Alden’s sleeve.
"Chloe, don’t say that. No matter what, Cecilia is still my sister. She just made a mistake..."
Fiona Vaughn spoke hesitatingly, as if tacitly admitting that Cecilia Vaughn indeed had affairs with nurous n.
...
What a way to say "made a mistake"!
Being slandered by Chloe Alden about her past imprisonnt, and seeing Fiona Vaughn’s white lotus-like act of helping, Cecilia Vaughn’s face suddenly darkened!
Three years had passed, and Fiona Vaughn’s hidden prickly nature hadn’t changed a bit!
And Mona Sumrs, more infuriated than Cecilia herself, stood up directly!
"Chloe Alden, nothing but filth cos from a dog’s mouth. Watch your words! Cecilia is countless tis purer than soone like you!"
"Who are you calling a dog?!"
...
She actually called a dog!
Chloe Alden was so furious that she jumped in anger, and she turned her head to beckon to the restaurant manager.
"Manager Sinclair, since when did lowly people also dine at Cinderella’s Restaurant?!"
"Those jail-bird won, and the shrew beside her, are a real eyesore. Manager Sinclair, why haven’t you thrown them out yet?!"
The floor manager had long noticed the commotion here, but initially had no intention of getting involved in the ss.
Everyone knew that Chloe Alden was the mayor’s daughter in Stellerton, arrogant to the extre, and had caused trouble before. She was extrely hard to serve.
Now being publicly nad, the manager reluctantly ca over.
He looked troubled, wiping sweat from his forehead.
"Well... Miss Alden, the two guests at table A076 have a reservation, and they’ve also paid a deposit in advance..."
"Kicking them out now wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?..."
Seeing the manager’s cowardly deanor, Chloe Alden felt even more infuriated.
"I said kick them out, so just do it. Isn’t it just a deposit? I’ll pay double!"
Hearing this, the manager glanced at Cecilia Vaughn, sowhat tempted.
"Miss, perhaps it would be better if you and your friend choose another restaurant? The deposit can be refunded to you."
...
Cecilia Vaughn saw Chloe Alden’s arrogant deanor and remained calm.
After all these years, Chloe Alden still had the nouveau riche behavior, thinking money could solve anything.
"Manager Sinclair, is it? I wasn’t aware your restaurant had a rule about paying double to eject soone."
"If you’re going to kick us out, then specify which rule of your restaurant we violated. If there’s no evidence, I don’t mind filing a complaint with the Consur Protection Association."
Looks like she’s not soone to be trifled with!
Manager Sinclair sweat more and more, feeling overwheld.
...
Just as tensions escalated, a soft and sweet voice began to speak.
"Alright, Chloe, don’t make things difficult for Manager Sinclair."
"It’s just a minor friction. Let’s all take a step back."
The one speaking was Fiona Vaughn. She looped her arm with Chloe Alden, soothing the spoiled princess’s emotions.
Chloe Alden pouted.
"Fiona, you’re just too kind. Fine, I’ll listen to you then."
Fiona Vaughn kind?
Hearing this assessnt, a hint of mockery flashed through Cecilia Vaughn’s eyes.
...
Manager Sinclair imdiately looked relieved, gratefully nodding at Fiona Vaughn before backing away.
Fiona Vaughn withdrew her hand, showing a graceful smile to Cecilia Vaughn.
"Sister, long ti no see."
"I haven’t seen you in over three years. I really, really missed you. I’m so glad to see you here today."
Missed her?!
Probably... wished she had died in prison instead.
Cecilia Vaughn felt a slight suffocation in her chest. When she looked up again, her expression was a calm smile.
"No need to call sister. I only have Evan as my brother. Fiona Vaughn, seeing you doesn’t make happy."
...
Chloe Alden imdiately spoke up for Fiona Vaughn.
"Cecilia Vaughn, you’re ungrateful! Fiona, why bother warming a cold shoulder!"
"Never mind, never mind," Fiona Vaughn said pitifully, pulling at Chloe Alden’s hand, her eyes appearing slightly red: "Sister has always looked down on ."
In her words, it seemingly implied that Cecilia had bullied her all her life.
Faced with the weak and vulnerable Fiona Vaughn, even Chloe Alden, being of the sa gender, couldn’t help but feel a surge of protectiveness.
"For Fiona’s sake, I won’t bother with these two lowly people."
Suddenly, Chloe Alden’s eyes lit up, and she casually picked up a nu from the table.
Being a high-end restaurant, Cinderella’s offered diverse nus to cater to different tastes and aesthetics: a simplified version in full Chinese and the original French nu.
The nu on Cecilia Vaughn and Mona Sumrs’ table was the translated Chinese version.
...
Chloe Alden, as if discovering a new continent, exclaid exaggeratedly.
"Oh, I knew it, look at these two bumpkins, in such a high-class Vessaria restaurant, yet they’re using the Chinese nu!"
"You were born from the sa father, but Cecilia Vaughn, you’re truly lowly, unable to even order in French!"
"Unlike our Fiona here, who participated in a TV drama about a French translator last year, her French is impeccable!"
Listening to Chloe Alden belittle Cecilia Vaughn, Fiona Vaughn’s lips curled slightly under her sunglasses, yet she spoke with a shy and embarrassed tone.
"Chloe, stop it. Sister went to prison right after high school graduation, it’s normal if she doesn’t understand French..."
...
Facing the duo’s mockery, always bringing up her ti in prison, Cecilia Vaughn’s expression turned even more indifferent.
She raised an eyebrow at Fiona Vaughn.
"French, impeccable?"
eting those cold eyes, Fiona Vaughn inexplicably felt a tightness in her heart.
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