The man who came to the party with Lyle tonight wasn’t Lyle but Benson, the most likely heir of the Miller family.
Before attending the party, I planned to chat with my childhood idols. However, I lost interest once I realized that the place was too noisy.
After answering a call, Christopher said he had to leave to deal with something urgent. Hence, I sat in a corner and had a cup of tea while waiting for Christopher to pick me up.
Not long after I sat down, a man who wore sunglasses and held a walking stick pointed at my chair and said, “Miss, you’ve taken my seat.”
“I’m sorry. I thought it was empty.” I immediately stood up and gave the seat to him. Even though there were chairs everywhere, I didn’t want to argue with a blind man.
While the man constantly hit the floor with his walking stick, I remembered the terrible days when I lost my vision, as though the whole world was devoid of colors.
I held his hand and said, “Let me help you. The party is too noisy and might affect our hearing. Back then, I always wished that someone could give me a hand to avoid any embarrassment.”
“Back then? Did you experience vision loss before?” The man initially wanted to decline my help but eventually calmed down after listening to me.
“Yes, there was a time when my world was devoid of any color. Please sit down,” I replied smilingly.
“Thank you!” The man answered in a gentle, calm, and pleasant voice.
Unexpectedly, the moment we came up to the chair, Crystal appeared out of nowhere and sat on it. Then, she greeted me with a forced smile, “Yvonne, what a surprise to see you here.”
I frowned and said, “This man wants to sit on this chair. Can you please choose the next chair if you want to?”
“What a joke! Since there are so many chairs around here, I can sit whenever I want. Why must I move? Don’t you think you are too much?”
Crystal crossed her legs and put on a wry smile. Then, she pointed at the man beside me and said, “Yvonne, you’re indeed a playgirl. I mean, you seduced another man right after Christopher left. What a pity that he is handsome but blind. I wonder if this kind of man is your favorite? Also, do you feel uncomfortable once there is no man beside you?”
My expression turned grim upon hearing that. Deep down, I believed Crystal hadn’t learned from the past lessons. Last time, she instructed someone to mess up the wedding of Sabrina and Zachary but failed because of me. Afterward, both the Scotts and the Zimmers gave the Tanners a warning. Also, she wasn’t aware that Benjamin had been abandoned by the Millers.
I helped the man sit on another chair and apologized, “I’m sorry that my trouble has affected you. Please excuse me, for I’ll leave right away.”
“Yvonne, why are you leaving so soon? Are you afraid that someone will find out you’re dating another man? Well, you can’t leave because I’m looking forward to seeing how Christopher reacts when he sees you hooking up with another man.” As Crystal was speaking, she suddenly came closer and pushed me.
As I was caught off-guard, I staggered and was about to fall on the man. Since I didn’t want to hurt him, I tried my best to avoid him and close my eyes before falling flat on my face.
Deep down, I couldn’t help but think Crystal was a curse to me, for I would be in bad luck whenever she was present.
Suddenly, someone grabbed my waist swiftly and saved me from ruining my face.
“Watch out,” the man whispered in my ears.
I nervously steadied myself and touched my face at once. After calming myself down, I felt lucky that I wasn’t disfigured.
Click! A reporter took a picture of us and left swiftly. At that moment, I realized that our postures were awkward.
