“Holly!” Chris furrowed his brows even more. “Watch your attitude when you speak!”
Holly was scolded by Chris, and her cheeks immediately turned red. Defiantly, she said, “It’s only fair! I gave a traditional painting, and she gave one too!”
“Look at the dress she’s wearing… It’s also black, just like mine, and even the style is so similar. Isn’t she good at imitating others?”
“Chris, you’re biased towards her!”
Chris was speechless, but as a grown man, he didn’t want to argue. “Ranita, let’s go.”
“Grandfather is inside, let’s go and greet him first.”
Ranita glanced at Holly lightly and silently followed Chris. After a while, Chris apologized to her, “Holly has no filter in her words, don’t mind her.”
“Well, I won’t!” Ranita knew that Holly was still following not too far behind and spoke in a voice audible to both of them. “After all… if a dog bites us, we can’t bite back. Humans and animals are different.”
“Ha-ha!” Chris couldn’t help but chuckle softly. “You have a sharp tongue!”
Holly, who was behind them, naturally heard it too. She was so angry that she wanted to tear Ranita apart, but Chris was still there, so she didn’t dare to act.
Holly was about to explode with anger.
Ranita didn’t have time to care about Holly’s mood. She greeted Diego, presented her gift, and then stayed with Sabrina to talk.
In fact, nobody was really talking. Sabrina was playing a game online and didn’t have time to chat, while Ranita was checking her emails.
Until an unpleasant voice came, “Ranita, Sabrina, why are you just standing here instead of joining everyone to chat?”
Sabrina didn’t look up and continued gaming. “Boring, playing a game is better than this!”
Ranita didn’t want to engage in a conflict with Shannon, so she stood up and immediately moved away. She didn’t want to ruin Diego’s birthday banquet because of herself.
Throughout the banquet, Ranita either stayed with Sabrina or Dylan, or talked to Chris and Kora.
Holly tried several times to find trouble but didn’t find an opportunity.
When the banquet ended, Ranita immediately left without saying a word.
Ranita thought it was all over, but to her surprise, Holly blocked her at the entrance.
“Ranita, you’ve been avoiding me all night, where do you think you can hide?!” Holly revealed her true colors and swung her hand directly at Ranita’s face.
“Holly, that’s enough!” Ranita reached out and grabbed her wrist, giving it a twist that made Holly scream in pain. “Ah! It hurts! Ranita, let go of me!”
“Holly, you’re both incompetent and impulsive. Don’t you ever use your own brain to think about things instead of blindly following Shannon?” Ranita released Holly’s hand and walked away with a cold gaze.
“Ranita! Stop right there! You can say whatever you want about me, but who do you think you are to talk about Shannon? My brother and Shannon have known each other since childhood, and my brother has promised to marry her a long time ago. It’s because of you that they haven’t gotten married after three years, no, four years… It’s all because of you!” Holly approached again with excitement. “You think you can enter the Boulderland Mansion again just by giving birth to my brother’s son? Dream on!”
Mentioning Ayaan, Ranita frowned, and her gaze became even colder.
Holly sneered, her eyes filled with satisfaction and pride. “Speaking of your son, I have to praise him. He’s smart and good-looking, even though he has half of your blood. But after all, he’s my brother’s child, and our family won’t mistreat him.”