“Okay, of course.” Freda nodded excitedly, and as she turned her gaze away, a hint of satisfaction flashed in her eyes. Jane, oh Jane, even if you try to be so guarded, I still know what I need to know. Tomorrow I’ll tell Susan this news and we’ll have quite a show to watch.
Villa.
Jane glanced at her phone and saw that Michelle had sent her the location information for tomorrow night’s birthday party. She looked over at Patrick sitting next to her and reminded him, “Michelle just sent me a message. We’re invited to attend her birthday dinner tomorrow night at 8 pm in a small villa on the outskirts of town. I’ve been there once before.”
Patrick pondered for a moment; he knew that if he agreed too eagerly now, it would only make Jane jealous later on. It was better not to get involved in such complicated matters.
“Oh,” he nodded slightly, “I don’t really want to go tomorrow night since I’m not familiar with Michelle anyway. Why don’t you go by yourself?”
Jane looked at Patrick for a moment; she could sense what he was thinking about without him saying anything out loud.
Although seeing Michelle tomorrow might be somewhat troublesome for Jane, it was probably better this way.
“Okay then,” she said with an understanding smile on her face. “I’ll come back later tonight and give you a call.”
At 8 pm that evening was Michelle’s birthday party which Duckstein had organized extravagantly just so his daughter could have some fun time with friends from school. They also invited along with their families but when Michelle saw them all arrive one by one through the door, none of them were Patrick.
She waited anxiously for half an hour until finally Jane arrived at the villa, but apart from herself there wasn’t anyone else around except maybe some staff members who were busy setting up things here or there.
[Did Patrick not come after all…]
The young girl couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed, and the smile in her eyes quickly vanished as she looked down dejectedly.
Jane immediately noticed Michelle’s mood and sighed lightly. She walked over to her as if she knew nothing, handing her the gift bag she had in her hands. “What’s wrong? It’s your birthday today, why do you look so unhappy? Here, this is your birthday gift.”
Michelle heard the sound, lifted her head, and saw Jane standing right in front of her. Feeling even more uneasy, she glanced at the gift bag in the woman’s hands but hesitated to take it.
“Thank you, the things you always give me are what I really like. I’m just a little tired, it’s nothing.” She forced herself to smile and covered up her feelings.
Prince Joseph, who has always been good friends with Michelle, took two glasses of champagne from the tray carried by the waiter and wanted to find Michelle for a drink. He walked not far away and found Jane next to her.
His eyes went straight.
He swore he had never seen such a beautiful and gentle girl before. The feeling of being shot by Cupid’s arrow hit him today for the first time.
“Eh? This beautiful lady doesn’t have a male companion.”
Joseph thought for a moment, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, took the champagne and walked over. Michelle just looked at him without speaking, while Jane was puzzled thinking he was looking for Michelle so she got up to leave.
“This beautiful lady.” As soon as Jane turned around, she was stopped by Joseph who extended his hand offering his right glass of wine to her.
“I wonder if I have this honor to invite you for a dance?”
“Me?” Jane pointed at herself with some surprise in her voice. Michelle looked at Jane then back at Joseph but decided to not say anything. After all it would be selfish on her part.
“It’s just dancing anyway; there shouldn’t be any problem,” she thought.
Jane nodded slightly,”Okay but I’m not very good at dancing so hope it won’t trouble you too much.”
When Joseph saw that nod from Jane, he smiled gentlemanly saying, “It’s my pleasure being able to dance with such a beautiful lady like you.”
Jane followed Joseph into the center of the hall where they began dancing gracefully along with music rhythmically playing in their ears. Joseph held onto Jane’s waist intimately while admiring her face complimenting, “I didn’t expect you were so pretty; your dance is also very good. You were too modest earlier.”
“Just skin deep,” said Jane smilingly without mentioning anything else. She only wanted this dance with Joseph finished quickly.
However, what she didn’t expect was that there were also reporters on a business trip present, who happened to see Jane dancing with a man. They took a quick photo and edited it into a short marketing article before posting it online, which quickly became viral.
Patrick was waiting for Jane at home while browsing his phone when he saw the trending news about Jane and Prince Joseph dancing.
He clicked on the link and saw the photo of them together. His face immediately turned sour, especially seeing how close Joseph was to Jane.
“What is she doing?”
After putting down his phone, Patrick couldn’t help but feel more and more upset. He decided to put on his coat and go out to see which man had no eyesight!
As the evening banquet drew to a close, Jane and Joseph had already finished their dance and returned to the rest area.
However, Joseph kept following behind her asking her questions. Although Jane felt uncomfortable in her heart, she still politely answered one by one.
It wasn’t until Jane found Michelle saying that she wanted to leave that Joseph finally couldn’t hold back anymore and asked, “I’m glad I met you today. Can you give me your phone number or other contact information so we can chat together in the future?”
At this point, Jane had already walked outside.
She half-turned to face a hopeful Joseph, smiled politely, and said with a hint of apology, “I’m sorry, but actually, I’m just here in France for a business trip. As for contact information… I’m not really accustomed to it, so I don’t think it’s necessary, is it? I apologize.”
Joseph was about to say something else when he heard someone shouting “Jane!” nearby.
Patrick came over quickly with an imposing manner.
From afar he could see the man in the photo talking with Jane making him extremely jealous inside.