Chapter 88
Alarieka remembered the only thing she heard Rolando say that day was, "Tell her to go back and stay there, don’t come out and embarrass herself." A sentence said in public. All the mocking, laughing, and sarcastic looks fell on her, and she almost ran away in panic. The birthday banquet lasted all day, and she just stayed in her servant’s room. All day, except for a little water, she didn’t eat anything. There was laughter and joy outside, and they announced Roschelle is pregnant.
She was pregnant with the Argent family’s baby. The purpose of this birthday party wasn’t just to celebrate Wallace’s birthday, it was also to announce that Kieran was about to get engaged to Roschelle. Childhood sweethearts, first love, shotgun marriage… These words piled together, how beautiful they were. So good that when it shone on her, she looked like a dark little rat in an underpass, peeking at other people’s happiness.
Alarieka didn’t want to go this time, to announce Kieran and Roschelle’s engagement. So when Alarieka got a call from the Argent’s villa’s butler, she just said, “Sorry, finals are coming up soon, I still have to study, I don’t have time to go.” After saying that, Alarieka suddenly felt relieved. Getting ready for finals week was something really simple and easy for a lot of people, but for Alarieka, it was a chance she could only get after dying once and being reborn. She was super grateful for the decisions she made after she was reborn.
The butler was silent for a moment, then after some rustling, Wallace picked up the phone. “Alarieka, why didn’t you want to come? I really wanted to see you.” Alarieka pressed her lips together and frowned a little. Wallace’s birthday dinner wasn’t going to be missing her. She wasn’t important enough for Wallace to personally beg her to go to the birthday party. What was the reason?
Alarieka pretended to be well-behaved and spoke softly. “Sir Argent, there were only three months left before my exam, and I wanted to study hard and get into a good college.”
Wallace said, “The birthday party was just one day, it didn’t take up much of your time. Besides, didn’t you miss me?”
Alarieka’s eyebrows twitched a little, and just as she was about to speak, Wallace said again: "This time the media reporters all came, I had someone do your styling and take some nice photos of you.”
Hearing that, Alarieka understood. Because they wanted to announce Kieran and Roschelle’s engagement, the Argent family invited media reporters to cover it. The fact that she was adopted into the Argent family as the daughter of the driver who died for Wallace was well known to the public. The Argent family cared a lot about their reputation, and Wallace always used the fact that he adopted her to hype up his good image. If the media reporters found out she had already been kicked out of the Argent family, it was really bad for the Argent family’s reputation. So, that’s why Wallace was so insistent on inviting her to the birthday party.
Alarieka suddenly laughed. What did the Argent family’s reputation, good or bad, have to do with her? Her reputation was ruined before, and I didn’t see anyone from the Argent family help her. Instead, they even stepped on her a few more times.
Alarieka smiled softly and said, “It’s okay, Sir Argent, you guys have fun, you don’t have to bother styling me.” She didn’t wait for Wallace to speak and went on, “Let me wish you a happy birthday first. Alright, alright, Sir Argent, I went to study first, bye.”
With a click, Alaricka just hung up the phone. She turned her head and met Tamika’s expectant yet wistful look.
Tamika asked her carefully, “Did Sir Argent ask us to go to the birthday party?”
Alaricka nodded calmly, “Yeah.”
She walked over to the table and sat down, picked up a piece of the delicious fried egg and put it in her mouth.
Tamika sat across from her: “You turned it down?”
Alarieka glanced at Tamika, “Yeah, this party was probably to announce Kieran and Roschelle’s engagement. I’d better not join the crowd.” She also thought Tamika still wanted to get in with the Argent family.
Tamika started beating her chest and stomping her feet: “Mr. Argent was about to get engaged to his ex-girlfriend?!”
“Yeah, Roschelle was pregnant too, so they got married because of the baby.”
Tamika’s face twisted a little for a second, and there was a flash of disappointment in her eyes: “So fast?”
Alarieka swallowed the egg and asked patiently, “You still haven’t given up?”