billion book
Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Juniper was born with a delicate and captivating look, so as long as her beholder did not deliberately
try to find fault in her appearance, she might even look a little innocent and artless.
“You look nice.” Ariana nodded. “However, I’m here to tell you to not go to the charity gala tonight.”
Ariana’s gaze and expression still looked gentle and amiable, but what she said did not seem to leave
Juniper with any choices.
Juniper’s expression turned cold instantly, and she stared at Ariana in confusion.
“Why? I’ve been preparing for this event for a long time, and I only want to be there to…” Juniper’s
eyes wandered out of focus for a split second, and she exclaimed with a frown, “I don’t care. I must
attend the function tonight. If you don’t want me to go, shouldn’t you at least give me a valid reason?”
Ariana nodded. “Rickard and Hesper will be attending the banquet tonight too, so I don’t want you to
go.
This is the reason.”
‘Nowadays, there’s been so much ruckus going on between the Duvals and the Lanes, putting aside
our family and company, even smaller companies are able to feel the tit-for-tat momentum between the
two huge families. The commotion is showing a trend of becoming more and more intense recently.
‘Speaking of which, Hesper is also no longer someone Juniper can easily frame and overpower only
out of jealousy of her. She’s now someone who stands on the same level as Rickard and can even go
against him by attacking his company. She and Juniper no longer belong in the same class anymore.
So why can’t Juniper understand that?” Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
“I’ll definitely attend the gala today, Mom… So don’t try to talk me out of it anymore.”
Juniper let go of Ariana’s arm, turned around, and was about to leave, but Ariana stretched out her
hand and grabbed her, not wanting her to leave and go out there to do something stupid like pestering
Rickard
again.
“Juni…”
“Stop!”
”
As soon as Juniper exerted force and jerked her arm backward, Ariana was pulled forward and lost her
balance, her forehead hitting the corner of the cabinet as she fell.
“…Mom, mom!”
Blood gushed out of Ariana’s forehead in an instant, while Juniper stood beside her, covering her
mouth. It took a while before she recovered from the trance, knelt down, and helped Ariana up. “Mom!”
Ariana had completely lost consciousness. Juniper, at a loss, finally remembered to yell to summon a
servant after some time.
“I’ve called an ambulance and it should arrive soon, so don’t worry, Ms. Wight.”
Juniper looked at Ariana, whose eyes were tightly closed, and bit her lower lip as if she had made up
her mind in that instant. She then turned her head and said to the servant, “You must watch over my
mother until she wakes up. I have something to do, and I have to go now. Call me if she wakes up!”
“Ms. Wight?” The servant was a little shocked.
However, after saying so, Juniper let go of Ariana’s hand, turned around, and went downstairs with her
clutch purse in her hand.
At the entrance of the banquet, Rickard sat in his car watching Hesper get out of her car in a bright red
gown.
Because she did not come with a male companion nor did she need the companionship of a female,
Hesper came to the gala alone that day. However, she did not look very lonely, because as soon as
she got out of the car, many people who had been waiting for an opportunity to approach her
immediately walked up to her and surrounded her.
With Hesper’s current status and capital, it was expected that many young masters in Genecity would
flock to her.
Sitting in the car, Rickard saw Hesper being surrounded to the extent where she completely
disappeared from sight. He then opened the car window to let the smoke out.
“Damn, holy sh*t, bro. Exactly how much have you smoked?” Zikmund suddenly appeared out of
nowhere, stretched out his hand, and fanned the smog in front of his face. “I wonder how you’ve been
so quiet all this while. I thought you’d taken Hesper off your mind. Dude, why are you smoking so
much?”
Zikmund would never skip such events, but on the other hand, Rickard seldom showed up. He would at
most have Benji deliver something to the venue on his behalf.