Chapter 131
Nigel held the ring up and passed it to her. “Just take this ring, then. I ordered it especially for you.”
“I can’t. It’s too expensive. I can’t take it! You should keep it for yourself! It might come in handy in the future.” She rejected him with a smile on her face.
“You always do this. I just want to give you the best, but you always reject me. Can you be a little more superficial and money-minded, Anastasia? You should at least enjoy it when people give you expensive stuff.” Nigel gazed at her with a rather exasperated look on his face.
She smiled as she leaned back on the couch. She was surprised to realize that she had been sweating a little. I was probably too nervous when I was on stage. That makes sense since there were so many people in the crowd.
Right then, Nigel’s phone began to ring. He held it up to see that it was a call from his dad. “Hey, Dad.”
“Where are you?” Jonathan’s voice sounded rather stern.
“I’m in one of the private rooms, Dad. Is anything the matter?” he asked.
thing. Shouldn’t you have discussed it
the decision on my own, but I’m sure you guys know how much I like Anastasia,” Nigel replied in a
grandmother’s looking for you now, so you should go to
before turning to Anastasia. “My grandmother is looking
that I’ve met his grandmother before. “You go ahead! I need some time to calm
Have something to drink.” Anastasia twisted the bottle cap open and sipped on her water before urging him to go to Harriet. “Hurry up! Go look for
door and left after that. Anastasia felt a lot more relieved at once, and she gulped down a few mouthfuls of water before pressing her palm against her cheek. She could still feel it
probably
had hyped everyone up, and everyone was making guesses about Anastasia’s family background. She probably has some
though!” A few of the ladies were
as they tried to
her being friendly with Old Madam Presgrave earlier. I guess she
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