When I turned around to leave, my right hand brushed against the bowl of hot soup. With that, both my arm were now injured.
When the doctor came to check on my injury, he was looking at me strangely. Although wealthy families would always have their own designated private doctor, it must have been weird for the doctor to get called over repeatedly as it was rare for someone from a wealthy family to keep getting into accidents.
“You’re really careless, Ms. Tanner.” The doctor was speechless.
“What can I say, it seems that fate likes to play jokes on me seeing how I am always the unfortunate one.” I sighed. My right arm was hurting like hell, and I wished for nothing more than to pounce into Christopher’s arms and cry. Why did I have to attend such a boring party? It’s really tiring to deal with all those scheming people.
That being said, this was still Christopher’s home, and being here was a good chance for me to experience the place he had grown up in.
“I’m so sorry, Ms. Tanner. It was because of our negligence that you’ve gotten injured.” Darius stood behind the doctor and nodded to me with an apologetic expression on his face.
Pleasantly surprised, I quickly shook my head. “No, it’s because I was careless.”
Is everyone in Christopher’s family so nice? For some reason, I kept feeling that Darius seemed to be treating me really nicely. After checking on me, he addressed Benjamin and the rest. “Mr. Miller and Mr. Smith, did our party fail to take care of your needs? What were the two of you doing?”
“You’ve misunderstood us, Mr. Lane. We just had a small quarrel, that’s all. Please excuse us.” As Benjamin’s face was completely bruised by the fight, it was bandaged and he did not speak. On the other hand, Lyle had a way with words and quickly explained.
However, his words caused everyone to break out into a buzz. The reason was that he was standing in front of Crystal, while I was sitting on the chair alone, surrounded by doctors. At such a juncture, he should have been taking care of his injured wife instead.
But that was how Lyle was like. He would always embarrass me in front of everyone, while thinking that he was justified. He had always thought that he was handling his relationship well, but the reality was that plenty of people already knew what was happening between us.
I guessed that many people were also aware of what happened last night, for the moment we appeared in public, we instantly became the center of attention. The people were giving me glances filled with mockery and pity.
Yet, I was unperturbed by it because I was too used to people staring at me like that. All I felt was numbness. During every party at the Tanner residence, I would receive gazes of pity and disdain. As such, I had reached a point where I no longer felt bothered by it.
Now that I had both my hands bandaged, I decided to leave sneakily. When Lyle followed after me, I turned around and shot him a glare. Gritting my teeth, I snapped, “If you don’t want me to humiliate you in front of so many people, I suggest you disappear from my sight right now.”
“Get lost, jerk!” Sabrina was definitely a beacon of righteousness in her previous lifetime. Now, she was determined to be my guardian angel. She shoved Lyle and said, “All you do is bring misfortune to Yvonne.”
Naturally, Lyle started arguing with Sabrina while I took the opportunity to sneak away. I thought that Christopher would continue discussing with the others. Surprisingly, when I returned to the guest room which the Lane family had arranged for me, he was already sitting on the couch with an unpleasant look on his face.
A lot of thought went behind the allocation of rooms for the guests at this party. Couples were supposed to be arranged in the same room. However, as Christopher had a hand in it, I was assigned a room that was meant for single people.
I reckoned he had done so because he was reluctant to let me stay in a room together with Lyle, but more than that, it was probably because he wanted to find me more conveniently.
“Come here.” Christopher beckoned me over with his finger. Noticing his unhappiness, I walked over obediently and explained, “It’s not like I wanted to keep sticking by Lyle’s side, but he suddenly went crazy. Instead of pestering Crystal, he insisted on acting all lovey-dovey with me. I’m equally frustrated!”
Christopher carried me and placed me on his lap. As he stared at my right hand, an unfathomable look flashed across his eyes. I hurriedly said, “I’m fine. I just got burned. I’ve suffered a lot of injuries since young, so this doesn’t hurt at all.”
To placate his worries, I deliberately waved my hand around. However, it really hurt and I hissed in pain.
