The back of this dress was completely open, and you just needed a strap to tie the two sides together. Alaricka’s back was totally exposed, and her beautiful butterfly bones showed faintly under the soft, smooth fabric.
It made the girl’s figure look even slimmer, like her back would bend with just a little pressure, a kind of weakness that made people want to reach out.
Holter looked at her back, his brows all twisted together. The person next to him could totally see he was conflicted and said with a half-smile, “Holter, everyone’s just waiting for her to mess up, don’t back out at the last minute.”
Holter frowned angrily and snapped back without thinking, “I keep my word!”
The guy gave a subtle smile: “Since you said that, we all felt relieved. Didn’t expect Alarieka to have such a great figure, we really got lucky.” He gave Holter a push on the shoulder: “Go on up, we’re still waiting and want to see the show.”
Holter gritted his teeth and just went on stage with Alaricka.
Alaricka stood on the stage, looking at the familiar crowd from before, almost all gathering around. Her eyes darkened. Almost all of these people knew everything Holter was going to do tonight; only she was kept in the dark and became their after-dinner gossip. She lowered her head, hiding the shock and hatred in her eyes. After a long while, she looked up again, and her eyes met Kieran’s dark ones in an instant. Alaricka’s face froze for a second.
Kieran was wearing a black suit, probably just came from some formal event. His hair was neatly styled, showing off his sharp brow bone. He leaned casually against the railing, suit jacket unbuttoned, the sides of his coat moving in the evening breeze. His narrow black eyes were half-closed, looking lazy and relaxed.
As expected, Roschelle stood by his side. Roschelle gently held onto Kieran’s arm, rested her forehead on Kieran’s shoulder, smiled softly, and whispered something to Kieran. She seemed to have said something funny; Kieran turned his head and gave a low laugh. Alarieka looked away with a blank face. She also wouldn’t forget, these two people also knew about Holter’s plan.
Holter stood by her side and handed a glass of wine to her. She reached out and took it. Holter looked down at her, his eyes looking really gentle: “The birthday girl should make a toast to everyone.”
Alaricka agreed, raised her glass, pretended not to see Holter slowly walk up behind her, and smiled as she said: “You guys must have been looking forward to it, right?” No one expected Alaricka to say that at all, and they totally didn’t get what she meant. Actually, they didn’t really care what Alaricka said, either. Alaricka said. “I heard you wanted to give me a present.”
“I was thinking, ‘It’s rude not to return a favor,’ so I also got a big gift ready for you.”
Almost nobody in the crowd really listened to Alarieka. Their eyes were just shining, staring straight at Holter behind Alarieka. They almost looked forward to it so much, they couldn’t wait to see Alarieka’s dress fall down, and then see Alarieka crying while holding her clothes.
Alarieka shifted her gaze and met Kieran’s dark, careless eyes. She gave a slight smile. Alarieka didn’t drink that glass of wine, just put the glass on the table. The next moment, she felt a hand behind her grab her clothes strap and yank it hard! Her smile got bigger. Because she had specially reinforced this belt, Holter just couldn’t pull it at all. She even heard Holter whisper, “How could this happen?”
Holter looked at the strap that wouldn’t budge and suddenly let out a sigh of relief. It was okay, it was okay, he couldn’t pull it. However, the next second, Alaricka suddenly turned around and stared straight at him.
Holter’s throat tightened a little, “What’s wrong?”
Alaricka said softly. “Is it stuck?”
At that moment, Holter’s mind went blank: “What do you mean?”
Alarieka suddenly put her hand on his shoulder and laughed softly, “It’s okay, your clothes can be pulled.”
Alarieka’s white, slender back faced everyone, and her smooth, fair skin seemed to glow faintly in the moonlight. Almost all the men in the crowd just instinctively fixed their eyes on her back, and there was an uncontrollable look of desire in their eyes.
Kieran looked at Alarieka’s back, his eyes gradually turning darker. He squinted a little and his Adam’s apple bobbed.
She spoke to Holter in a low voice, so the people in the audience couldn’t hear her at all and had no idea what was going on.
The next second, everyone’s eyes went wide.”