Chapter 1182

“Esmeralda…”

He suddenly smiled at me, as if making a final confirmation, “In the end, can we only be friends?”

“Well, we can only be friends!” I answered firmly, not daring to give him any ideas.

He suddenly fell silent, bowing his head.

The melancholic and oppressive atmosphere made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

I wanted to leave.

Kimberly suddenly brought a few more people over.

She greeted me warmly and exclaimed, “Ms. Duffy, why are you just arriving? Anton has been waiting for you for a long time. He won’t dance with anyone else; he just wants to dance with you.”

I frowned, “What does this woman want to do again?”

Anton frowned and glanced at Kimberly, as if signaling her not to speak out of turn.

However, Kimberly seemed to ignore his eye contact and smiled at me, saying, “Ms. Duffy, since you’re here, why don’t you go dance with Anton? He has been waiting for you for so long.”

“Kimberly!” Anton immediately growled at her.

Then Kimberly didn’t hold back at all; instead, she laughed and said to the few people with her, “Did you all see that? Mr. Palmer has been waiting for Ms. Duffy, hasn’t he?”

“Yes, I saw Mr. Palmer looking towards the door all the time.”

“Sure enough, as soon as Ms. Duffy appeared, Mr. Palmer’s eyes lit up and he stood up to greet her directly.”

“I thought for sure Ms. Duffy would have danced the first dance with Mr. Palmer; Mr. Palmer waited wholeheartedly for Ms. Duffy in vain.”

It was obvious at a glance that these few people had already been “bought off” by Kimberly.

Anton gave Kimberly a cold look, then turned around and prepared to leave.

Kimberly quickly grabbed him and smiled meaningfully, saying, “Anton, Ms. Duffy finally came over, why did you leave again? You didn’t seize the opportunity to dance with Ms. Duffy and improve your relationship. In my opinion, the reason you lost to Reynaldo is because you didn’t know how to fight, didn’t know how to compete. You see, what you want has always been something you have to fight for yourself. If you don’t fight for it, no one will give it to you.”

When Kimberly’s words fell, Anton’s expression changed.

I frowned deeply.

Was Kimberly brainwashing Anton?

I coldly said to Kimberly, “Feelings are never obtained by fighting for them. Stop using your crooked ways to brainwash Anton!”

As soon as I finished speaking, Kimberly covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, “Look at you, Ms. Duffy, I just wanted you to dance with Anton, that’s all.”

“You’re good at it, opening your mouth and saying that what I said is crooked and evil. It seems that Ms. Duffy has a deep prejudice against me. I was there to have a drink with Mr. Russell, but you immediately asked me to dance with Anton. It seems that Ms. Palmer couldn’t stand me either, so as soon as I walked in, Ms. Palmer started picking on me."

Kimberly pursed her lips and smiled, “Ms. Duffy really misunderstood. I just saw you alone and was afraid you might feel lonely, so I thought Anton should spend more time with you. You see, you said you were so in love with Reynaldo, but in the end, he wouldn’t even accompany you to such a simple gathering…”

“Who said I wouldn’t accompany Ralda?”

Kimberly’s voice had not completely fallen yet.

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind.

My heart skipped a beat, and I turned around to see Reynaldo walking in from outside.

The man wore a black coat, his gaze cold and imposing.