“Has everything been dealt with?” I shifted my attention over to the pregnant woman sitting at the backstage. She must’ve been instigated by Crystal to come in here. Without the invitation card given to her by Crystal, she wouldn’t have been able to enter this place.
Sabrina had a melancholy look on her face as she uttered, “She’s such an abhorrent woman. Eight months ago, when Zach was still in the army, she tried to force the responsibility of her child onto him. If it wasn’t for her baby’s sake, I would’ve taught her a lesson.”
“I’m sorry, Sabby. Because of my negligence, you ended up getting insulted. Nicole was my classmate back in high school. I didn’t know that she still has feelings for me.”
Zachary was holding Sabrina’s hand nervously. “Don’t be angry with me anymore, okay?”
“Humph, I’ll forgive you only if you manage to do something that cheers me up.” Sabrina turned her head away from him.
“It’s my fault that you guys were caught up in this quagmire. I am sorry.” I gave them a terse explanation regarding the whole incident with Crystal while rubbing my fingers. “Sabby, you should refrain from contacting Crystal in the future. She’s very troublesome and irascible. Trust me, you don’t want to get involved with her,” I added.
“Oh, I see. I was wondering how it couldn’t have been a coincidence that Zach’s classmate from high school suddenly appeared on our wedding day. Crystal must’ve been the one pulling the strings in the dark. Humph, I’ll make sure to pay her back two-fold if she ever gets married in the future.”
“Calm down. Don’t do anything stupid,” I quickly responded.
“Yeah, yeah.. You worry too much, Eve. I can handle myself.” Sabrina let out a sigh.
Gazing at the expression on her face, I knew she wasn’t going to dismiss her grudge with Crystal so easily. Crystal is very cunning and mendacious. What if Sabrina ends up falling into her trap?
“Don’t worry. Zach is a smart guy. I’m sure he’ll be able to protect Sabrina from Crystal. If anything does happen to Sabrina, he’ll be there for her.” Christopher passed me a glass of wine. After taking a sip of the wine, I finally came back to my senses. What exactly am I doing here right now? I took a look around and saw a lot of people still glaring at me.
“Hey, I think we should go. The people around us are scrutinizing my every move.”
“Okay, let’s leave. We should get into a private room and enjoy ourselves there instead.” Christopher held my hand before heading toward the exit.
Seeing as such, Monica quickly went after us. “Chris, are you leaving already?” she queried with a sad face.
“Yeah, Eve and I have some matters to attend to.” Christopher held tighter onto my hand.
“Julia misses you a lot. You should visit her whenever you’re free. She gets very lonely since Darius rarely comes home nowadays.” Monica was staring intently at Christopher. She didn’t even spare me a glance.
“I know. I’ll be sure to pay her a visit together with Eve. Bye.”
“Wait!” Monica took out an entry ticket to a piano recital and handed it over to Christopher. “This is the entry ticket to my piano recital. I have saved this one especially for you.”
Christopher was reluctant to take the ticket. “Why is there only one ticket?”
“Sorry, I was only able to save one ticket.” Monica finally decided to look at me as she uttered, “Ms. Tanner, I forgot to save a ticket for you. I hope you won’t be mad.”
I waved my hand and feigned a smile in response.
“Chris, you’ll be there right?”
Monica shoved the ticket into Christopher’s hand. Christopher reluctantly accepted the ticket and inserted it into his pocket. “I can’t make any promises. I’ve been quite busy recently, so don’t get your hopes up. However, I will be bringing Yvonne along with me if I do make it to your recital. After all, you’re her sister as well.”
