Chapter 27
Henry Dales frowned slightly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, “Stop messing around p>
Rosie Wood gritted her teeth and said, “She gave you the button hoping you’d attach it to your clothes, didn’t she? I’m merely fulfilling her wish, how is that messing around p>
“Rosie Wood, I’ll say this one last time, if you don’t want our engagement to run into trouble, let everything end here.” With these words, Henry Dales didn’t spare her another glance, turned around, and left.
A crashing sound.
Something smashed onto the glass table, making a crisp ringing sound.
The button hit the glass surface, rolled around, and fell into the carpet.
Rosie Wood stepped forward, the pointed heel of her shoe precisely landing on it, the sound wasn’t loud, but enough for the person behind who was about to leave to hear clearly. She provocatively said, “Oh, sorry, I just slipped p>
The fire of jealousy flickered in her eyes, and she pressed down harder, as if wishing to crush the button into powder.
Her fiancé was actually protecting a poor and vulgar wild girl, how could she possibly keep face!
Since he wanted to protect her, she decided, instead, to humiliate Scarlett Yates right in front of him.
She couldn’t believe he would really disregard the entire Dales Family’s interests to stick up for a wild girl.
“Scarlett Yates, you see, my fiancé doesn’t like the gift you gave p>
Rosie Wood, blinded by jealousy, no longer intended to maintain even a pretense of politeness. Her sharp gaze pierced Scarlett Yates, coldly saying, “As Henry’s fiancée, I don’t wish to see any woman giving him personal items again, to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Buttons are traditionally given to someone you like romantically; I can’t help but suspect you have some improper ’thoughts’ about my fiancé p>
As the future Young Madam of the Dales Family disregarded the decorum, others stopped merely watching.
Initially murmured comments now turned into unrestrained loud mockery.
“Shameless, giving such a gift at someone else’s engagement party p>
“Look at her dressed like a clown, no matter how low Young Master Dales’ taste is, he wouldn’t be interested in her, really overestimating herself p>
“Just a poor girl with nothing, how dare she dream of Young Master Dales p>
Under the dazzling lights, Scarlett Yates’ face turned pale as paper in an instant.
But she couldn’t even refute a single word!
A voice coldly laughed from within her heart, Scarlett Yates, you deserved it, all the humiliation today is of your own making—who asked you to be so oblivious and try to confess with a button!
If you weren’t harboring improper thoughts, how could Rosie Wood humiliate you?
From the day you started liking Henry Dales, you should have realized this day would come.
Feeling wronged? Sad? It’s all just self-inflicted.
She looked at Rosie Wood’s face, twisted by jealousy and anger, and suddenly felt maybe this was for the best—without such humiliation, she might never truly give up hope.
“Enough p>
Two men’s voices sounded at once.
One was Henry Dales, and the other p>
The crowd was astonished to see Matthew Saxon walking toward Scarlett Yates.
Were they seeing things? The one who spoke up to stop it, and intended to play the ’hero saving the beauty,’ was really Matthew Saxon?
But the second young master of the Saxon Family, what kind of person was he? Putting aside his prestigious identity, his domineering and arrogant nature, never caring about anyone, made him the least likely to meddle in others’ affairs.