Chapter 112: Blind Pride
While still on the knees, Annabel Blackwood felt a wave of unbridling anger roiling up in her chest. While she was begging Sebastian Crowne for forgiveness and kneeling in front of him, she didn’t kneel in front of that hick. When she had first arrived in Hong Kong, the woman had no sense of how to even properly dress herself, nor did she have any appropriate communication skills.
Ever since the first meeting, Annabel had thought she was just some country bumpkin. Annabel had been disgusted with her and refused to let her stay in their family manor. Back then, her sister Sarah Blackwood used to do a lot of charitable works like her and frequently brought people home.
Who knew that her stupid sister would have made that bumpkin stay at Sebastian Crowne’s place? If Annabel had known that her sister would do that, she would have rather endured Jazmine Harrison’s presence at their manor to keep her away from Sebastian.
And what disgusted Annabel the most was that the bumpkin seduced President Crowne. Talk about getting greedy. She was already getting more than what she deserved by being taken care of by her sister. She even thought of marrying Sebastian Crowne? A peasant dares to marry the prince? Annabel couldn’t be angrier.
The only reason she couldn’t hope of getting such a fine man while having the opportunity was because of the age difference. So she had sent her sister after him. Someone like her sister who was beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated deserved him.
Annabel Blackwood could bend her knee to President Crowne, but in front of that country bumpkin, she would never bend her knee. She had her pride too!
"I’m talking to President Crowne!" she snarled angrily and openly glared at Jazmine Harrison.
Jazmine was amazed at how Annabel still had enough anger toward her that she forgot her fear. Her hatred for Jazmine must be quite deep.
Sebastian Crowne moved forward and hugged Jazmine from behind. As he planned before, he wouldn’t spare the opportunity to take advantage. "Let’s move to the couches and order some drinks. You must be tired standing all this while." It was as if he didn’t care much about the Blackwood sisters. All the time, his eyes had been glued to Jazmine like an obsession.
Annabel and Sarah Blackwood’s presence was totally ignored. They were both too scared to make a move. Annabel kept kneeling. She felt a sense of helplessness and coldness over her body. Sarah kept her head low. There had been strange emotions in her eyes.
She must have thought by admitting to her sister’s fault she could have saved her image in Sebastian Crowne’s eyes and salvaged future opportunities to carry on her relationship with him—even just as friends. But too bad. Sebastian had just revealed what was their worth in his eyes compared to me. After realizing that, she must have been heartbroken. Remembering the slap she had received that day and the way Sarah Blackwood had treated her, Jazmine didn’t feel bad for her.
"President Crowne, I’m truly sorry for having offended you in my ignorance. I knew you fancied that woman, but the extent of your affection was something I couldn’t understand," Annabel said, her knees aching from kneeling too long. The honorable and prideful her in society, being humiliated like this—it was beyond disgraceful. But she could only swallow down her spite. For now, at least. "If I knew that woman was so important to you, I wouldn’t have said anything."