“It’s too noisy,” Macey said lightly as she took a sip of the wine. She found herself was not used to the noisy environment, and she was not in line with the people attending the banquet, except for Charles, who was sitting in the corner.
“Indeed.” Arthur smiled and he seemed to understand how Macey’s feeling, “Macey, you know what?”
“What?”
“You have changed!”
“Ha ha…” With a slight smile, Macey raised her glass to clink his, and they sipped their wine. She asked, “Do you think I’ve grown up?”
“You bet! You’ve changed a lot! ”
“Really? Only you always praise me. I just feel like I have returned to where I was. Thank you. I can’t be me without you. A drop of water in need, shall be returned with a spring in deed. I will pay you back! ”
“No need. What I did is not worthy of mentioning. Don’t take it to your heart,” Arthur said with a smile.
At this time, Leila came.
At a glance, Vincent saw Leila, who was looking around at the entrance of the hall. He was looking at the door frequently, waiting for Leila to come. Finally, he hurried to the hall and took Leila’s hand and led her into the banquet.
Since he had said to the reporters at the airport that Leila was the only wife in his life, everyone knew they had got back together! Leila would still be Vincent’s wife!
As soon as Leila entered the door, Arthur looked over, holding the glasstightly with a smile.
His expression did not escape Macey’s eyes. As the music started, Macey put down the glass and looked at Arthur. “You are into my sister. I finally figured it out that men tend to like women who was quiet, not those who are rebellious!”
“Where’s Macey?” Leila asked Vincent as soon as she came in.
“I’ll help you find her!” Vincent said, holding her hand, “Leila, you know? Macey changed so much that she impressed me and Arthur. Her proposal for overseas business is approved by the board of directors. Theodore was there in the afternoon’s meeting, and he now holds 11 percent of the shares!”
“He’s here?” Leila was surprised. Since the last time they met at Theodore’s home, they were out of touch.
“He said he would not sell back to me the shares for the time being. He won’t sell it until the company to make more profits and the stock price soared to a certain extent! I can’t imagine Theodore is good at doing business! ”
“Would he be a threat for you?” Leila asked.
“No, he won’t be!” Vincent smiled gently, holding Leila’s shoulder. “I’m not afraid. As long as you are with me, there’s nothing to be afraid of!”
Leila replied, shaking her head, “It’s because you are confident. It has nothing to do with me!”
“Leila, when will you move back home?”
Hearing this, Leila hurriedly switched off the topic. “Where’s my sister? Let’s find her!”
Vincent could only sigh helplessly. “Okay! Let’s find her! ”
It took them a lot of effort before they found Macey, who was drinking wine with Arthur in the corner. Vincent took Leila’s hand and walked over, “It’s really my sister. She’s back!”
“You think I lied to you!”
As soon as they entered, Macey smiled softly and said, “Hi! Leila, come on. Have a sit! ”
“Macey, are you really back?” Leila went to her with red eyes.
Macey nodded, and looked at Leila sitting beside her, and asked, “Well, I’m back. How are you?”
“I’m all right!”
“That’s all right!” Macey nodded and asked, “How is my aunt doing recently?”
“She is fine! Macey, are you coming home tonight? Shall we go home together? Mom often talks about you!” Mabel had always mentioned Macey these days and she’d like to see how Macey was doing.
“Well, OK, let’s go home tonight!” Macey smiled.
Arthur served a glass of juice for Leila and handed it to Vincent. “Leila, juice will be better for you!”
“Thanks!” Vincent raised his glass and had a drink with Arthur and handed the juice to Leila.
At this time, Leila turned around, only to find that Charles was drinking in another corner alone. Leila turned to see Macey, and then she looked at Charles. Vincent and Arthur left after getting her signal, leaving room for them.
They went to get a drink with Charles.
As soon as she left, Leila asked Macey, “Macey, do you still refuse to forgive Charles?”
Macey pondered and said with a bitter smile, “Do I deserved to be in a relationship?”
“Macey!” Leila uttered but she felt sorry for Macey. She fully understood what Macey was thinking, knowing that she was not confident, and she was afraid that she didn’t deserve him. “You’re just not confident!”
“It’s not about self-confidence, it’s a clear understanding of the reality. I’m the bitch for all of the people in F City or the whole country. Does such a person have the right to talk about love and marriage? What’s more, he doesn’t love me! ”
“Macey, actually…”
“Leila, never mind. I don’t feel like talking about such things. Let’s talk about something else. When will you and Vincent remarry? I’ll give you a big gift. I can make money now, and I’ll buy you gifts with the money I’ve made.”
“Macey, I don’t want a gift. I just want you to be happy!” Leila’s eyes were reddened again, and she said with mixed emotions, “Mom and I hope you are happy!”
“I’m happy!” Macey reached out and patted Leila’s little hand. “Don’t worry! Get married soon. Vincent loves you.”
For Macey, Leila always felt guilty, feeling that she had stood in the way of Macey pursuing happiness. “I’m happy with my current status. I don’t know when I will remarry. I want to go back to work in City R!”
“It’s better for women to get married early! Family and children are more important than anything else. That’s the so-called family happiness!” Macey sighed.
“When will you agree to Charles’s proposal?”
“Leila, I can’t see the future between us. Arthur also loves you. Will you be with him? You know such feelings, right?”
“This is not the same. You love Charles!”
“But he doesn’t love me. Even if he does, doesn’t he really care about my past? Don’t forget, how many guys have I had relationships with? I don’t deserve it! I’ll go to dance with Arthur!”
Leila was lost for words as she saw Macey went over and said to Arthur, “Arthur, let’s dance!”
Arthur was stunned and he subconsciously looked at Charles. A dim light flashed through his eyes and he said, shaking his head. “Forget it, I don’t like dancing very much. Charles can have a dance with you!”
“Forget it. Vincent, are you in? By the way, I can have a word with you! ”
“Me?” Vincent pointed to himself.
“What? You want to be my brother-in-law and dare not dance with me?” Macey teased, raising her eyebrows.
“That’s not true. I think it’s best for you to dance with Charles!”
“Vincent, do you want to dance or not? OK, I’ll ask Leila for help!” Macey waved to Leila.
Leila went over.
“Leila, do you mind if I dance with Vincent?”
Leila was slightly stunned before she answered with a smile, “Not at all, come on. Go ahead!”
“Leila?” Vincent was a little nervous.
“It doesn’t matter. I just have something to say with Arthur. Go ahead!” In fact, she also wanted to talk to Charles.
Thus, Vincent and Macey went to the dance floor.
Leila looked at Charles with a faint smile, sat down on one side. “Charles, long time no see!”
He turned to the direction of the dance floor, thinking that he had no chance as Macey would rather dance with Arthur and Vincent than talk to him! “Hello, Leila!”
Knowing that Leila was trying to make a match between Charles and Macey, Arthur said, “It seems that you need to do some reflections on yourself. I can’t believe you failed to win the affection from a girl.”
“That makes the two of us!” Charles glanced at Arthur and said, “I don’t see much difference between us.”
“No! We’re not the same. I’m sensible and I know someone is not meant for me! But you are different.”
While Vincent and Macey were dancing with music at the dance floor, they couldn’t help looking at Leila in the corner.
They seemed to be a perfect match for each other. If Leila didn’t stand between them and there was no revenge, Vincent and Macey might be with each other! Now, they were just in-laws.
Leila sighed, looking at them, speechless.
Similarly, Charles’s eyes fell on them. The shadow of darkness plated a layer of dark diaphragm on him, which seemed to isolate all people. His eyes were full of pain, and he asked himself, was he guilty or having an inexplicable feeling?
As they danced with music, Macey said with a faint smile, “When will you remarry Leila?”
“Anytime, but she doesn’t seem to want to! I am helpless!” Vincent said frankly.
“You’re helpless?” Macey asked, raising her eyebrows.
“Of course!” Vincent nodded.
“In fact, you guys are really right for each other!” Macey looked at him and said sincerely. “You know what, Vincent?”
“Well?” Vincent raised his eyebrows.
“If I go back in time, I hope I never met you!”
But time couldn’t go back, neither could people.
“I’m sorry!” Vincent sincerely apologized. “If time can go back, I hope I didn’t hurt you at the first place!”
“I can’t blame you!” Macey said with a gentle smile, “Get married with Leila as soon as possible. I hope she will be happy, which was also my father’s wish.”
“What about your happiness?” he asked.
“I’m happy, too!” Macey gently said, “I am making money and having a nice job, I’m satisfied. Why shouldn’t I be happy?”
“You really don’t want to give Charles a chance?” Vincent asked, raising his eyebrows.
“Why bother?” Macey chuckled.
“You have too much on your mind! I think you should be free! ”
“Being free doesn’t mean I should do harm to others!”
Vincent was speechless.
“You’d better remarry with Leila as soon as possible. I’m her sister, and I’ll be your sister-in-law, which is something we cannot change for a lifetime!”
“Don’t you blame me?”
“Yes! Why don’t you marry Leila and me?” Macey’ teased.