“I’ve upset you tonight,” he said.
Then, after a pause, he went on, saying, “I know you didn’t want to join this gathering.”
If he had not spoken up first and accepted, Charlize would probably have rejected the invitation.
Charlize scrunched up her face. “It isn’t as bad as you think it is. Things have been bad between
Jacqueline and me since the first year of university. We haven’t seen eye to eye all along. Honestly,
what happened tonight didn’t upset me.”
In fact, she was even a little delighted.
Perhaps it was because the fact that Spencer was her boyfriend had been publicized.
There were many women who liked Spencer when they were still in university, and Jacqueline was one
of them.
However, after what happened earlier, everyone had to know that Spencer was dating her now.
Moreover, her identity as the Johnson family’s daughter was also revealed. Those who would want to
steal her boyfriend would have to think twice before doing so.
A spark of joy burst in Charlize’s chest when she thought about that.
However, she was too embarrassed to tell that to Spencer, so she could only secretly share her elation
with Juliette and the others via text messages. She did not expect that her silence would make Spencer
think she was unhappy.
“Still, I’m sorry to make you go through something unpleasant like this.”
“It’s nothing, really.”
Right then, Charlize’s phone screen lit up. When she lowered her head, she realized it was messages
from her group chat with her dormmates.
Although she had not seen the contents of the message, she could guess what Molly and the rest were
talking about.
Instinctively, she turned her phone to face its screen downward before saying, “It’s still early. Why don’t
we grab some supper?”
“Sure.”
Spencer stared at her for a beat before driving away from the Johnson residence.
By the time they came back to the mansion’s entrance, it was already eleven at night.
Charlize unbuckled her seatbelt and unlocked the door before heading out of the car. While the man
was not paying attention to her, she spun around and wrapped her arms around Spencer to kiss his
cheek. “I’m not upset. I’m actually a little happy too because everyone now knows that you’re my
boyfriend.”
Right after blurting out those words, she rushed off into the mansion with a blush on her face.
By the time Spencer came to his senses, he could only see Charlize running toward the mansion,
waving goodbye and saying good night to him.
He reached out to touch the cheek she kissed. After a long while, he finally drove off.
The Johnson family did not have curfews, but ever since Charlize started dating Spencer, Charles had
told her that she had to return home before eleven.
Again, she was late.
Nevertheless, Charles seemed to have a social appointment that night, so Charlize guessed that he
had drunk quite an amount. Charlize thought that her brother, who was on the couch, would not notice
her late return if she were to tiptoe around the house.
Alas, just as she had taken a few steps up the stairs, Charles opened his eyes and asked, “What time
is it?”
“It’s twenty minutes past eleven.”
“What have you been doing to come home so late?”
Charlize glanced at her brother. “I had supper.”
Charles drew his brows together. “Is that Ms. Lamer the one who once said that you were a sugar
baby?”
After leaving the ballroom, Charles had mulled over the matter. The more he thought about it, the more
he found the name Jacqueline Lamer familiar. Later on, he recalled someone once saying that Charlize
was a sugar baby because the car their family sent to pick her up was often a different model.
When Charles had heard about that back then, he had been so livid his face went purple. He had sent
his secretary to check on the matter.
The culprit had not used complicated tricks in spreading the rumors, so Charles soon found out who it
was.
At that time, he had gone to the campus to request the university to expel Jacqueline.
However, Charlize and the homeroom teacher pleaded mercy on behalf of Jacqueline, saying that
Charlize was still studying and that the matter, if blown out of proportion, would be detrimental to
Charlize.
Charlize did not consider all that, of course. While she thought that Jacqueline’s actions were appalling,
expelling the latter seemed to be equally outrageous. Furthermore, she did not want others to learn
about her real identity to avoid people coming after her.
Ultimately, Charlize’s homeroom teacher decided to deal with the rumors.
Charles did not know how the homeroom teacher had dealt with it, but the rumors about Charlize being
a sugar baby disappeared after that.
It was three years since then, but Charles only became angrier and angrier from thinking about it.
Meanwhile, Charlize thought that her brother was going to chide her for coming back late. She was not
expecting him to talk about Jacqueline, so she stiffened and mumbled, “Yes, that’s her. What’s wrong,
Charles?”
“She’s too much. You said she was a student back then, so I decided to let her go. But now, you’ve all
graduated and are adults. She should be responsible for the things she has done. Anyway, you don’t
need to bother yourself with this. There’s a bag on the table. It’s a gift from the client, so take it. It’s
getting late. You should rest.”
That was all Charles said to Charlize as he started rubbing his temples. Despite his silence, he was
already planning how he should teach Jacqueline a lesson.
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