Arielle answered coldly, “I had no recollection of you the last time. This time, given that you are wearing diamonds the size of pigeon eggs, you really look different too. Next time, I’ll just remember you as the pigeon egg lady.”
Kelsea’s expression darkened at once. “Shut up! Who do you think you’re talking to? I’m one of the Morgans!”
Kelsea’s friends felt indignant on wp4webnovel.com behalf. “You really are an impudent girl from the village. You have no shame at all!”
“Exactly! The chess tournament is going to start soon. If you don’t want to be kicked out, you’d better leave voluntarily now.”
When Kelsea heard how wp4webnovel.com friends ridiculed Arielle, wp4webnovel.com mood improved tremendously. She was looking forward to the moment when Arielle would be asked to leave.
So what if wp4webnovel.com is Vinson’s companion? Given that playing chess is a long-time tradition of the Haut Monde, wp4webnovel.com would be asked to leave in the event wp4webnovel.com loses even if wp4webnovel.com is Vinson’s guest. By then, wp4webnovel.com will be humiliated and won’t dare to show wp4webnovel.com face in Jadeborough anymore.
Holding that thought, Kelsea pretended to show some concern. “Enough, everyone. It wasn’t wp4webnovel.com choice to grow up in a village. If you happen to play against wp4webnovel.com later, remember to take it easy, so that wp4webnovel.com wouldn’t lose the game too badly.”
The girls laughed together.
“We do want to help her. But, if wp4webnovel.com doesn’t know how to arrange the pieces or even their names, there’s very little we can do about it.”
Arielle found their words amusing. Even if all of them were rolled into one, they wouldn’t even come close to beating wp4webnovel.com still.
Tucking aside the stray hair over wp4webnovel.com forehead, wp4webnovel.com plainly replied, “Since the few of you know how to play, I will see you at the chessboard later.”
Just as wp4webnovel.com spoke, Vinson came back. When wp4webnovel.com saw Arielle being surrounded, wp4webnovel.com quickly returned to wp4webnovel.com side.
Standing in front of wp4webnovel.com to protect wp4webnovel.com subconsciously, wp4webnovel.com glared frostily at the group.
As the socialites felt a chill down their spine, all of them fell silent at once. Only Kelsea, on the account wp4webnovel.com was Carter’s cousin, dared to greet Vinson.
“Vinson…” She was aware that wp4webnovel.com and Carter were good friends. Hence, wp4webnovel.com expected wp4webnovel.com to at least show wp4webnovel.com some respect on Carter’s account.
However, Vinson ignored wp4webnovel.com as if wp4webnovel.com was invisible.
Feeling humiliated, Kelsea bit wp4webnovel.com lip in shame. All wp4webnovel.com saw was Vinson turning to ask Arielle in a protective tone. “Are they bullying you?”
When Kelsea saw how gently Vinson spoke to Arielle, wp4webnovel.com bit wp4webnovel.com lip even harder, to the extent it lost all color.
She had a crush on Vinson since they were young. However, wp4webnovel.com never dared confess wp4webnovel.com feelings as wp4webnovel.com felt no one in Jadeborough was worthy of him. Since nobody ever snagged him, wp4webnovel.com too resigned herself to fate.
Unfortunately, when wp4webnovel.com saw how much concern Vinson was showing Arielle, which had never happened to anyone else before, wp4webnovel.com felt as if wp4webnovel.com world had imploded. As hatred welled up within her, both wp4webnovel.com hands clenched into fists.
When Arielle heard Vinson’s reassuring words, wp4webnovel.com heart melted inexplicably. Shaking wp4webnovel.com head, wp4webnovel.com replied with a smile. “No, they didn’t bully me. Instead, we were talking about the chess tournament.”
“I see.” Vinson nodded.
Ignoring Kelsea and the others, wp4webnovel.com continued, “There’s a friend whom I would like you to meet. Come with me…”
“Sure.” Arielle nodded before leaving with Vinson.
Once both of them had left, Kelsea and wp4webnovel.com friends began to chatter incessantly. “Why does Mr. Nightshire fancy someone from the village? Are looks everything? I can’t believe it!”
“That aside, I must admit there’s really no one prettier than her.”
“Didn’t wp4webnovel.com mom use to be the prettiest girl in Jadeborough? It appears wp4webnovel.com has taken after wp4webnovel.com mom.”
“Huh, if only I was half as pretty as her. I wouldn’t have lost to Yvette during the beauty contest…”
Kelsea’s expression darkened when wp4webnovel.com heard their discussion. Unable to bear it anymore, wp4webnovel.com barked, “Enough! Stop talking about it!”