Chapter 161
Chapter 161
I originally planned to go back before Stella gave birth, to be there for the arrival of the new life, to share that joy
However, she went into labor earlier than expected, and I couldn’t make it back in time.
What I received was the news of her joy and a photo of the baby
Sure enough, she had twins, a boy, and a girl, which was just perfect.
The two babies in the photo had tender skin, and their little eyes were still closed, which really made people feel sorry
I often thought of my lost child. If she were sull here, she should be born soon, would she also have tender skin and be incredibly cute?
Since I couldn’t make it back in time, I chose to continue traveling.
And so, two years passed.
The nights in Rosemont were still charming
I was sitting in a taxi, the window half–open, watching the dazzling neon lights illuminate the city
The driver was very concerned about economic affairs, and his radio was broadcasting various economic news, including news about Rosemont.
“…this will be the third welfare home built by Whitmore Co. in the past year…”
This was the second time I heard about Neil,
Over the past two years, Stella and her family never mentioned Neil and Bonnie in front of me, and I deliberately avoided all news about him.
Apart from my parents and Stella, I didn’t tell anyone my new phone number, including Russel, Oscar
“Mr. Whitmore is really a good man!” The driver suddenly exclaimed to me, “I have a neighbor who was a young couple. They died in a car accident. Their son is only five years old and has been sent to the welfare home. Children without parents are really pitiful, at least they have a home with the welfare home”
“Yeah, that’s true.” I nodded in agreement.
At this point, my phone rang, it was a message from my mom: [Where are you? Call me when you get there, remember to change your clothes.]
Parents are niggling. After two years of me traveling around, they finally couldn’t help but urge me to come back and hope that I could find a good man.
They knew that I didn’t plan to be single for a lifetime, so they were very dedicated to helping me find my other half.
My father’s wish was to help me find a good family before he retired.
There’s a ball tonight, my mom knew the time of my plane landing, she insisted that I attend, because she heard that there would be a lot of rich and handsome men.
I replied to her: [I’ll be there soon]
As soon as I replied to the message, the car had already stopped at the hotel entrance.
I paid the fare, took my small suitcase, and walked into the hotel, heading straight for the ballroom on the top floor.
“Rena, hurry up!” My mom was waiting for me at the entrance of the ball, her eyes squinting with joy when she saw me.
I went over and hugged her, “Mom, I miss you so much!”
“Your dad and I miss you too. Have you traveled enough in these two years? Come back and settle down, Stella’s twins can walk now. They call mom and dad so sweetly, Barbara also got a boyfriend, now only you and Ali are single.” My mom said, patting my hand.
“Even though you verbally agreed to be single for life, your actions are quite busy” I pretended to be angry.
“You didn’t try your best to find, did you? If you tried but still couldn’t find, your dad and I won’t urge you.” My mom responded.
I sighed helplessly, “Alright, where’s the dress you prepared for me? I want to dazzle the crowd later and make all the men fascinated by mel
My mom laughed, “Stop talking, here you go!”
She handed me the bag in her hand.
I took the bag, walked into a resting room in the venue with my small suitcase, where there was an independent changing room.
I walked in and took out the dress my mom had prepared for me.
The older generation doesn’t pay much attention to design and fashion, they prefer things that are atmospheric and decent, so my mom chose for me a blue retro long dress.
The boldest design was on the back, revealing one third of my back, and the rest was tightly covered.
But there was a problem, the zipper at the back needed someone to help me pull up.
I didn’t care about the zipper, first put on the accessories my mom prepared for me one by one, then I had to put on some light makeup.
Suddenly, there was a voice outside the changing room.
There are so many handsome guys here today, they all came! Why didn’t so many people come before?”
You may not know, the adopted daughter of the vice president of Harmony Enterprises is back in the country and is said to be looking for companies to
cooperate with here. The initial amount of investment is set at 200 million US dollars, many companies want a piece of the pie, those men are all here for
her.
“Isn’t Harmony Enterprises foreign? Are they developing in our country?”
“Yes, their boss’s wife is from our country, they adopted a girl a few years ago, so they are here to invest and cooperate, I guess.”
“What’s the adopted daughter’s name? Will she come to the ball?”
“She hasn’t arrived yet, let’s see when she does.”
I listened to their conversation, then there was some chit–chat, they chatted for about ten or fifteen minutes before leaving.
I packed up my makeup and left the changing room, then called my mom to come over and help me pull up the zipper, otherwise it didn’t look neat.
“Mom, can you come to resting room number 2? I can’t reach the back zipper of this dress,”
I said helplessly, “I hurt my elbow while skiing a few days ago and can’t force it back…”
As I was speaking, suddenly I felt a hand on my back, pulling up my zipper for me.
I turned around in surprise and saw Alicia’s face.
Alicia gave me a light pat on the forehead, “You still remember to come back?”
“Mom, no need, Ali is here.” I quickly hung up the phone, then happily hugged Alicia, “Ali, did you miss me?”
“Yeah, but you’ve been abroad for so long, you’ve forgotten about us good friends, hmph.” Alicia was obviously pretending to be angry.
I laughed and replied, “No, I came back, didn’t I? But how did you come? Don’t you have to work?”
Alicia’s face immediately turned gloomy, “Don’t mention it, that adopted daughter of the vice president of Harmony Enterprises, Zora, is coming to the ball, attracting a lot of rich people, my parents asked me to come and check it out, get a boyfriend.”
Our experiences were really similar.
“I’m the same as you, let’s go together.” I took Alicia’s hand, and we walked out of the resting room together.
The atmosphere today was hopping. The dance hadn’t even officially kicked off yet, but there were already a bunch of young dudes, looking sharp and full of pep, all masked up in all sorts of half–face disguises.
By contrast, there were far fewer young ladies.
The moment Alicia and I step in, we’re immediately invited for drinks.
Sure, most people came for Zora, but not everyone was hoping to catch her fancy. The competition’s fierce and the outcome was hard to predict.
Alicia and I, though, aren’t really on the hunt for partners. She’s got family pressure, and me, I’ve got my mom’s health on my mind. She’s been hospitalized again due to her heart condition.
Even if it’s just to make her happy, I need to seriously start looking for someone.
