Nora

Chapter 11:.

The bar on the second floor was already loud with people’s voices by now.

Anthony was quite well known in California. Under the power of his summoning, his friends brought more friends and filled the venue.

The lights throughout the bar were a blur, men and women writhing their bodies fervently on the dance floor.

Angela, wearing a long red dress, sat in a corner with a drink in her hand and rosy cheeks. Beside her, her group of friends from her complimented her.

“The Finest Hotel is not cheap, Angela. Anthony must have big plans in mind, right? Is he going to…. propose?”

“He must be proposing! I’m sure of it. Hasn’t your sister come back? I hear even the marriage certificate has been torn to shreds. With that, your engagement can officially be considered annulled!”

“It’s all that damn fat… damn woman’s fault! If it hadn’t been for her hiding abroad for so many years and refusing to come back to annul the engagement, Angela and Anthony would have been married long ago!”

“Hey, why is that woman here!”

With these words, Angela also looked at the entrance.

Nora was still dressed just as casually today. Jeans and a black t-shirt brought out the skin on her neck, making her look so white it glowed.

She was expressionless, her eyes slightly narrowed, and she gave off a tired feeling, but her appearance was striking and beautiful. As soon as she entered, she immediately attracted the attention of everyone around her.

The moment she entered, a waiter hurried to the back. “Mr. Gray, you’re here!”

Anthony immediately stood up and headed forward. “Get ready!”

The loud music from the bar gave Nora a headache, and an overwhelming irritation filled her.

She looked up. When her nonchalant gaze located Angela, she headed toward her.

Before she approached, she heard a pretentious Angela say, “Why are you here, Nora? Anthony will never agree to meet with you.”

As soon as she said that, her nasty friends spoke up as well.

“Nora, have you come to make a scene because you heard that Anthony is going to propose?”

“You were the one engaging in immoral behavior, sleeping with a guy and getting pregnant before marriage. That’s why Mr. Gray dumped you – and now you’re here to harass him? Where’s your sense of shame!”

“Even if you’ve become pretty, it won’t change the fact that you’re loaded with extra baggage! Why would Mr. Gray pay attention to you, is there any point in pestering him so insistently?”

“…”

Because of the deafening music, the commotion here didn’t go very far.

Nora didn’t care what others said about her. She looked at Angela. “Tell me, where is that child?”

Angela approached her with a sly smile. She pointed to the couch next to her and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear. “Nora, sit obediently, watch tonight’s exciting show in its entirety, give Anthony and me your blessings afterwards. If you do, I will tell you.”

Nora understood now.

He wanted to use the marriage proposal scene to humiliate her. However, the private investigators had no clue. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she wasn’t willing to give it up.

Nora sat down on the couch and leaned back. She closed her eyes, her long eyelashes casting shadows across her cheeks as she uttered, “Surely you have nothing better to do.”

Angela stared at her fiercely. Things had already gotten to that point, and yet her sister was still so calm. It made her look like some kind of clown.

She clenched her fists. Suddenly, she began to taunt Nora. “Tell me, Nora, if you hadn’t been fat and had always been this beautiful, would Anthony have broken off the engagement?”

Nora’s eyes suddenly widened, and a sharp glint appeared in her catlike eyes. “What do you mean by that?”

Her obesity had been due to the misuse of hormone injections.

Although she had tried so hard to lose weight and had suffered so much, it was useless. Her body needed to slowly repair its bodily functions.

Judging from what Angela said, could it be that…?

Seeing that his expression had finally changed, Angela laughed arrogantly. With a venomous look in her eyes, she said mischievously, “We’re both Smiths, so why should you be the one to marry the Greys? But what if you were a fatty? Look at what’s happening now: Anthony has fallen in love with me for sure!

So what if you’ve lost weight? It’s too late! What a waste of that face of yours. If you had some extra luggage, you could have found another man… But now? Tsk, tsk.”

Anger stirred in Nora’s eyes.

To think that her stepmother had been so ruthless just because of a compromise. She was only five years old when she was injected with hormones.

She was on the verge of losing her temper when .

…all the lights in the bar suddenly went out and the music stopped abruptly.

Two seconds later, a white spotlight shone in the center of the dance floor!

Anthony was wearing a white suit, looking handsome and elegant. He was holding a guitar in his hands. As soon as he appeared, the audience shouted.

“Anthony! Anthony!”

Regardless of whether they were male or female, everyone pitched in and shouted his name.

Anthony smiled. He extended a finger and motioned for the audience to be quiet. The place instantly fell silent.

He played the guitar a few times and a melody gently formed. Meanwhile, he also hummed the most popular love songs. Although it was not an upscale performance, it was bearable.

Angela stood up excitedly, with tears of emotion.

Anthony was so handsome!

After finishing a song, Anthony put down the guitar. Then, he picked up the microphone and said, “I booked this whole place today and brought so many friends because I would like to say something to a certain girl. From the first moment I laid my eyes on you, I’ve thought you’re an extraordinary girl.”

“Wow! Anthony! Anthony!” everyone cheered again, livening the atmosphere to a climax.

Anthony waved his hand. Immediately, a few pops sounded, and the balloons on the ceiling popped, Spraying a shower of roses from above!

This is so romantic!

Angela covered her mouth. Her eyes filled with surprise.

She turned to the side excitedly and said sarcastically to Nora, “Did you see that? Anthony was so dismissive of you then, but today he’s trying so hard for me!

Not even ten you’s can compare to a single toe of mine!”

Angela felt invigorated.

Especially when she saw the envy in the eyes of the girls around her. Her heart felt like it was going to burst with happiness.

Then, she saw Anthony walking slowly step by step towards her with a bouquet of roses in his hands….

The crowd around her voluntarily parted, as if a bridge had been laid between them.

Angela straightened her back. She couldn’t help but take a few steps towards him. She felt that this day was the best day of her life.

She didn’t realize that at that moment there was only one person in Anthony’s eyes.

Even in this dimly lit bar, the woman sitting on the couch was dazzling and striking. There was no one else-including Angela-in his eyes at all.

The only thought running through his head was that that was dramatic enough even for a proposal, so the beauty would probably give him a chance again, wouldn’t she?

Angela stopped after taking a few steps forward. Seeing Anthony getting closer and closer, her smile blossomed uncontrollably.

Anthony would probably kneel before her next, wouldn’t he?

But unexpectedly .

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