Chapter 162: The announcement
Natalie snapped her head around and locked eyes with Evelyn who looked displeased.
"Why not? I want her here," Natalie retorted but the smile remained on her face as she tried to stay cordial. She wrapped her arm around mine as she turned around, her back facing Evelyn as she barely spared her another glance. "Come on, let’s go
She leaned in closer to murmur next to my ear. "You know the plan, don’t you?"
I nodded as a slight smirk tugged at the corners of my lips. "Yeah, I do. I will wait for the announcement."
"Good," she remarked as the corners of her lips curved upwards into a knowing smile as her eyes gleamed under the lights.
I was in one of those rooms upstairs, looking around when I heard a familiar high-pitched voice pierced through the air and reached my ears.
"It’s you, what are you doing here?!" The voice sneered with a disdainful scorn.
Within the next second, I whipped my head around and my eyes landed on a pair of familiar dark green eyes. I found myself staring at Jennifer and almost immediately I could feel the anger starting to rise inside of me.
I stepped forward, closing the distance between us as I kept my eyes fixed on her.
"Why couldn’t I be here?" I retorted as my voice remained unwavering and my eyes were narrowed into thin slits. "Do I need your permission to come to my actual mother’s birthday banquet, Jennifer?" I snarled, spitting out the last word that left my lips.
"Didn’t I tell you to not get involved and ruin things for Evelyn? You just couldn’t listen, could you?" She asked through gritted teeth as her voice shook with anger that was spreading inside of her like a wildfire she could not seem to control.