Blanche stayed quietly by Kent’s side, greeting everyone as he did.
The partner handed over the champagne and they both took it and clinked glasses.
After exchanging pleasantries, the old partner glanced at Blanche, who was dressed in an old-fashioned way, and then at his partner, who was dressed in a fashionable and beautiful way, and quipped, “Kent, your preferences are still the same, after all this time you still have Rodriguez as your assistant.”
Blanche’s goblet hand squeezed a little tighter and her gaze went to Kent.
Kent acted as if he hadn’t noticed her gaze, the corners of his lips slowly curled up into a wicked smile, “You can’t forget your roots, Blanche came out with me, it’s reassuring to take her with you wherever you go.”
“This ……”
The man who asked the question froze his smile on his face, then pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth immediately pulled the conversation aside.
“Kent!”
A cheerful and familiar voice came, the sound first and the person before it arrived.
Kent scanned around suspiciously, and the next second, a playful figure in a short skirt immediately pounced on him, her smile amplifying as she did so.
Kent immediately pushed away the woman clinging to him, “What are you doing here?”
Abbie grinned cheekily, “I did it especially to surprise you!”
She had asked someone to check out the party he was going to tonight before she arrived, and came over as soon as she knew, just to see how surprised and happy he looked.
But little did she know that in Kent’s eyes, all of this was superfluous!
He doesn’t like women who don’t know what they’re doing, and he doesn’t like women who make up their own minds, and Abbie is both of those things.
Abbie’s eyes fell on the unadorned Blanche and her face became even more smug as she won over her.
The partner looked a little surprised at the woman who appeared out of nowhere, and seemed to have a close relationship with Kent, making one wonder, “And this is?”
“Hi, I’m Abbie and I’m a friend of Kent’s!”
Abbie’s smile widened and she made a point of biting the word ‘friend’.
The listener immediately understood, showing a look of understanding, “I was just teasing Kent, I didn’t realise that Kent had a confidante too!”
“Of course he does, he’s got a lot of suitors.” Abbie said proudly.
The latter burst out laughing.
Kent tightened his brow, saw her talking to the next person, and wordlessly led Blanche away.
Blanche followed him and explained, “Sir Lewis, I didn’t mention your trip to anyone, so I don’t know why she’s here, I’m sorry, it was an oversight.”
“None of your business.” Kent waved his hand, “Abbie’s not as simple as you think, she’d know more than a few doors about this little thing, even if you hadn’t said anything she would have known.”
At that, Blanche breathed a sigh of relief, she had only been afraid that Kent might have misunderstood that she was going to give him away, and apparently, her fears had been misplaced.
Kent narrowed his eyes and stared at her with a thoughtful look for a moment and smiled, “Are you curious how she and I met?”
“No.” She didn’t even think about denying it, “That’s a private matter for Mr Lewis and I’m not in a position to ask.”
Kent didn’t care if she wanted to hear it or not and said, “”She and I are complicated, I offended her, then was chased, then she saved my life, that’s all for now.”
He has always rarely felt the care of others, so just a little bit immediately remembered in his heart, even if he is cold-blooded, he will not forget the kindness given by others.
“Oh.”
“Oh?”
Kent cried and laughed, after all he had said, the woman in front of him had obviously not taken his words to heart in the slightest, otherwise, how could she have reacted so coldly?
Blanche blinked uncertainly, “What’s the problem?”
In fact, she didn’t know why he was talking to her about it for no apparent reason, but she had to listen when he said it.
Kent was once again furious, he found that the Blanche in front of him always had the ability to piss him off, like now, he had gone to the trouble of explaining to her and she was fine ……
“Forget it!”
He sighed a little helplessly, obviously not willing to let her understand the point anymore.
Blanche’s eyes dropped, wondering what she was thinking.
Kent could not help but raise his hand and pat the top of her head, Blanche reacted and immediately took a few steps back like a frightened deer looking at him with a frightened expression.
The latter looked hurt, “What’s that look on your face, am I going to eat you?”
“That’s not what I meant.” Blanche immediately shook her head, unable to tell what she felt.
She just felt …… that this was too ambiguous a demeanor, that she would misunderstand ……
A flicker of loss under her lowered eyes, not sure if it was because of him or because of herself.
Not far away, Abbie took in the intimate scene, and a sinister look rose in the bottom of her eyes.
“Hi?”
While Kent was in the bathroom, Abbie had somehow managed to get behind Blanche and tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned and immediately saw the harmless face, her lips curving up in a reluctantly just right curve, “Miss Burne.”
Abbie was a little taken aback, “You know me?”
Blanche nodded, “Sir Lewis mentioned it to me today.”
“So ……” Abbie propped her chin up with one hand, then smiled again, “So what did he tell you about me?”
“That ……”
Blanche wrinkled her brow, looking a little uncomfortable at her sudden close proximity and momentarily unsure whether to say what Kent had said to her.
Abbie’s eyes grew cold, “You’re his assistant, and he’s mentioned you to me, so you should know about our relationship, right?”
Not friends?
Blanche couldn’t help but say the words that came out of her mind without realising it.
The coldness in Abbie’s eyes deepened and she immediately reached out and squeezed her jaw so hard it was almost as if she was going to take it off!
“Blanche, I’m telling you, even if you are just an assistant, the relationship between me and Kent is not for you to speculate on, let alone interfere with!”
A warning sent a shiver through her heart and she squeezed her palms together, quickly breaking free of her grip.
Blanche took a deep breath and raised her eyes to look at her, “Miss Burne, I have no interest in knowing about your relationship with Mr Lewis either, but I also know my status, he and I are after all nothing more than a superior and a subordinate, so I know myself, and as for you …… ”
She smiled but did not say anything.
Abbie was irritated by her smiling look, her face painted with delicate makeup was hideous as if she could be eaten alive!