Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 398 A Brazen Provocation

Has Arthur returned as well? Max already knew what kind of person Arthur was, so he immediately frowned when he saw the man. "Who invited you?"

"Mom did. What's wrong? Am I not welcome here?" replied Arthur with a faint smile, seemingly unaffected by the others' emotions.

"I don't know what's on Mom's mind. She's still willing to invite you to her birthday party when you've already become like this." Max had always been straightforward, but this statement did not affect Arthur at all.

"Mom raised me. Is there any problem with her inviting me back to attend her birthday party?"

It was pointless to argue with him about such things, so Max glared at him coldly before turning back to sit on the couch.

Meanwhile, Arthur raised his head and casually glanced at Elspeth, who was standing not far away. "Long time no see, Elspeth," he said smilingly.

Elspeth put on a fake smile and replied, "That's not quite true. We just met two days ago, after all."

The group's conversation was extremely awkward, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Just then, Yelena arrived. When she saw the group of people sitting on the couch while looking at each other awkwardly, she was slightly startled and didn't say anything. "Why are there so many people here? Am I late?"

Her sudden appearance happened to resolve the awkwardness there.

was quite sensible; she immediately noticed Arthur, who seemed out of place in the crowd. With a hint of disgust

down upon her boisterous personality, so

her sleeves and was ready to confront him, but Max quickly held her

temples resignedly. This

his words were very unpleasant. "You're just an outsider to

Elspeth so badly before this, and now, you dare come here without any shame. Are you looking for a beating?" Yelena was angry for Elspeth's sake, and she was displeased at

was a hint of reluctance on his face. "We got along quite well when we were abroad, so you're defaming me." He emphasized the words 'quite well', so everyone couldn't help but imagine what had happened

furious. "I'm warning you—don't tarnish Elspeth's reputation anymore!"

is ready. All of you, come and eat!" shouted Margot from afar, breaking the tense atmosphere between the two at once.

and angrily bumped into him. However, she was too weak, so he didn't feel

a seat opposite Arthur. At that moment, a

Margot's birthday today, so she had

sweetly and passed her a birthday gift, which made happiness bloom inside Margot. Then, she looked at Arthur opposite her and asked provocatively, "What present are you giving to Mrs. Winthrop?"

The

as he placed the gift box on the table, Yelena reached out her hand and snatched it. "Let me

inherently a childish person and coupled with her coquettish and cutesy way of speaking, no one dared say she was rude, so everyone just let her be. Even Margot sat there and smiled with half-closed eyes, appearing to like this

it out to study it under the light. Right after that, she

Arthur." Margot knew that Yelena was straightforward, so she didn't criticize her. "No matter how much it's

You're so beautiful that wearing a ring like this will only degrade you. I'll take you out and get you a bigger gem when