Many people were curious, and some of them wondered about the relationship between Susie and Bastian.
Back then, although Susie and Bastian had kept a low profile about their relationship, they were still in the same class. Moreover, the school wasn’t super large and many people knew they were dating.
Many people thought highly of this couple. They were stable and had never quarreled with each other. Moreover, Bastian was handsome, and Susie was beautiful-it was an excellent combination! They had both been qualified to go abroad and everyone thought they would get married after they graduated.
While everyone was looking forward to attending their wedding, nobody expected that Susie would suddenly lose her qualification to go abroad. Instead, another girl took her place and went abroad with Bastian.
This change confused everyone. They weren’t sure if Susie had truly made a big mistake that cost her future studies or not. After all, it was Susie’s personal matter and it wasn’t appropriate for them to ask. They only knew that Susie and Bastian had broken up in the end. As a result, everyone could only sigh as they watched from afar.
Now that the boy had brought it up once more, everyone felt a little embarrassed. Moreover, they could tell that Bastian wasn’t pleased about it based on the sour expression on his face.
Those who were aware quickly changed the topic of conversation to lift the atmosphere.
“Come here, Susie. How is it that you are still the same as ever after all these years? Come, you have to drink this one toast on behalf of Mr. Will! After all, you’ve been absent from our reunion parties for so many years! No excuses this time, Susie!” said one of the boys as he raised his glass to her.
Susie was helpless. Since he had said so, she wouldn’t be able to reject him. Just as she was about to accept the wine glass and drink from it, Liam reached out and grabbed her glass.
“My Susie can’t handle alcohol well. I will drink this glass on behalf of her!” Liam exclaimed as he took the glass and drank it in one gulp. Susie had yet to gather her thoughts.
“My Susie-” Susie mumbled. Her face was flushed red, and she kept hearing his voice echoing in her mind.
The students began to gossip and whisper amongst each other.
“Susie is amazing! She found such a good man, and now she’s showing him off to us!”
“Susie, could it be? That you didn’t attend our parties in the past because you were afraid that your boyfriend will charm everyone?”
Bastian looked at Liam unhappily, but he didn’t want to lose his temper in front of everyone. He merely stared at Liam expressionlessly.
The man in front of him was as hot as Bastian was, and he was taller than him! Bastian was a little lacking in his looks and the aura he gave off.
After all, Liam was once the famous president of Wilson Corporation. How could he successfully negotiate business deals if he didn’t conduct himself well? Even though he had lost his memory, some habits were deeply ingrained within him-his instinct, so to speak.
He looked around with a pair of affectionate eyes. Many women swooned when they noticed it.
“Susie, don’t you want to introduce him to us?” Bastian asked with a smile.
Susie could no longer deny that Liam was her boyfriend when she recalled what she had called him in front of Bastian. She said, “This is my boyfriend, Liam Nilson.”
“Yeah, we share the same surname. Our kids will also be named Nilson.”
Susie looked at Liam helplessly, only to see that he was looking at her tenderly. Quickly, Susie turned away with a furious blush.
Just as everyone began to gossip, a girl walked down the spiral staircase from the second floor of the hotel and asked, “What are you guys so excited about?”
As she spoke, she walked over and hugged Bastian’s arm. They looked very intimate.
She was dressed in a short skirt that showed off her perfect figure. Bastian seemed to be the only person that she acknowledged and looked at. She had a small nose, a delicate pair of rosy red cherry lips, and her makeup brought out her beauty well.
However, the hint of arrogance in her eyes ruined her perfect image. She was vaguely hostile towards Susie.
Many people who were present knew who she was. After all, she was also one of the prettiest girls in the class. However, her attitude was completely different from Susie’s.
She used to study another major, but she soon transferred into their major. At first, Eva wanted to join Bastian and Susie’s class, but she was sent to the next class instead.
Rumours had it that Eva liked Bastian and had once confessed to him before. However, Bastian dated Susie so her dreams were dashed.
Susie had never expected that Eva and Bastian would be dating. She remembered how she lost her qualification to go abroad to this woman-Eva Leonard.
It was her.
Susie couldn’t help but feel amused when she saw Eva’s hostile gaze towards herself.
At the same time, Eva also noticed the tall and handsome man standing next to Susie. A trace of surprise flashed across her eyes, and she began to feel a little jealous. She thought, “This man is even more good-looking compared to Bastian. D*mn it! Susie actually found another man who is better than Bastian!”
However, she was still rather proud and arrogant. Even if Susie now had a hotter boyfriend, she still lost to Eva. In the end, her first love didn’t succeed. Moreover, Eva and Bastian were about to get engaged.
In the past, when Eva studied in the neighbouring class, Susie had always outshined her. Her classmates and teachers praised Susie’s grades and personality constantly. Eva couldn’t compare to Susie, and she felt that Susie was better than her.
Eva was infuriated every time she spoke to the other students because they would always talk about how good Susie was.
How could a posh young lady like herself be inferior to an orphan like Susie? Everyone must’ve gone blind! Eva was envious that Bastian-her first crush-also had feelings for Susie, and she despised Susie.
Back then, she loved Bastian so much that she had even transferred to his major just to be closer to him. Yet everyone compared her with Susie all the time, and she couldn’t win against Susie.
At that time, she swore to capture Bastian’s heart and trample all over Susie no matter what.
“In the end, I’ve succeeded!” Eva thought. She had been worried that Bastian would catch feelings for Susie when he met her once more, but Bastian had promised to get engaged with her soon. He couldn’t go back on his word.
Both of their parents had met each other and discussed the details. Moreover, his parents were quite satisfied with her. After they got engaged, they would soon get married. Bastian was destined to belong to Eva!
However, Eva didn’t want to let Susie off the hook so easily. After all, she had suffered a lot because of Susie when she was a student. She would never be able to resolve her feelings if she couldn’t make Susie suffer.
“Ah! It’s you, Susie! I haven’t seen you for a while. How have you been?” Eva asked with a big malicious smile.
“I’ve been well,” Susie said calmly.
“Bastian and I have been abroad all these years, and we rarely come back to visit. We also don’t stay for long when we do return. I’ve always wanted to find a chance to catch up with you,” Eva said hypocritically as though she was very close to Susie.
“Catch up with you? I think she’s just mocking you. This woman is so annoying!” Yilia expressed to Susie in a quiet voice. She hated to see Eva acting like that.
“I don’t know what she did to steal Bastian away from you, but now she’s pretending to be your good friend. Everyone knows that she hates you so much and often speaks ill of you behind your back.”
Right from the start, Yilia never liked Eva. She had been stopped by Susie several times when she wanted to lunge towards Eva whenever she spoke ill of Susie.
“Why are you wasting your breath by being angry with her? If a dog bites you, are you going to bite it in retaliation? Nobody can take away what’s mine. Moreover, there’s no need for me to desperately fight against her,” Susie said as she comforted Yilia.
“I’ve also been rather busy. Besides, we don’t have much to talk about.”
“I didn’t expect that Bastian was your ex-boyfriend. Although you were dumped at some point, at least…”
As Eva trailed off, she covered her mouth in surprise, as though she had accidentally revealed a big secret.
“Don’t mind it, Susie. I’m a straightforward person. I don’t have any special intentions,” Eva said as she stared at Susie. She wanted to look like she was afraid that Susie might’ve been angered by her comment, but the malicious intent in her eyes betrayed her.
“Since there’s nothing special about it, please don’t bring it up again in the future. I’m afraid that my boyfriend will misunderstand,” Susie said calmly. She didn’t show that she had been affected by Eva’s words.
Eva was a little flustered and exasperated when she didn’t get to see Susie in distress.
Eva rolled her eyes as she looked at Susie’s stubborn expression, saying, “I’m sure you haven’t heard this-this hotel is owned by my father. When I get married to Bastian in the future, we will manage it. Feel free to drop by for a visit in the future if you have nothing to do.”
Eva was proud as she spoke.
Everyone burst into an uproar. Multiple people began to compliment Eva. After all, the hotel was big and successful, so perhaps Eva might be able to help them in the future. Those were the thoughts and intentions of some people.
Susie, on the other hand, was expressionless. Nobody knew what she was thinking.
“That’s great! Bastian, why didn’t you announce your wedding plans earlier?” said those who congratulated Bastian and Eva.
Back then, everyone knew that Eva’s family was rich. After all, Eva liked to show off whenever she could. It was said that her father had pulled some strings in the background so she could enrol into their school and transfer to another department.
Everyone was a little envious of Bastian as they observed the lavish hotel. It seemed that it having a good wife was very important! While other people were busy trying to make a living from scratch, he had already taken over a hotel.
“I’m sure Eva’s father owns more than one hotel line, right? He only has one precious daughter, so Bastian will definitely inherit more than half of it in the future!” thought multiple envious people. No wonder Bastian was so generous with this year’s reunion party!
Bastian felt a little uncomfortable when he heard what Eva said. It sounded like everything that he had was achieved was because he had relied on Eva’s family. In fact, he had worked really hard behind the scenes, but most people chose to ignore it.