Chapter 131


    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 mighte 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.


    “A marriage proposal is a huge thing. Shouldn’t you have discussed it with us first?”


    “I’m sorry that I made the decision on my own, but I’m sure you guys know how much I like


    Anastasia,” Nigel replied in a rather apologetic tone.


    “We’ll talk about this in the future. Your grandmother’s looking for you now, so you should go to her!”


    Jonathan ordered.


    “Okay,” Nigel replied before turning to Anastasia. “My grandmother is looking for me, Anastasia.


    Let’s go meet her together. She’ll love you.”


    Anastasia didn’t know what to say. I think Nigel doesn’t know that I’ve met his grandmother before.


    “You go ahead! I need some time to calm down. I was too nervous earlier,” she said with a smile.


    “Did I scare you?” Nigel hurried over with a bottle of water. “Here. 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 your grandmother!”


    “Alright. You can just rest here, and I’lle back to you in a while, okay?” Nigel opened the 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 burning a


    little. I’m probably still blushing.


    Meanwhile, the party outside was still extremely happening. The proposal had hyped everyone up,


    and everyone was making guesses about Anastasia’s family background. She probably has some


    impressive family background or connections. Otherwise, the young master of the Manson Family


    wouldn’t have put so much effort into proposing to her!


    “I’ve never heard of the Tillmans, though!” A few of thedies were chit-chatting among


    themselves as they tried to guess Anastasia’s identity.


    “I saw her being friendly with Old Madam Presgrave earlier. I guess she might secretly be from


    some wealthy family!” another one said.


    “That’s true. She’s beautiful and sexy, but we just don’t know what industry her family is involved in,”


    someone elsemented. Right then, some woman interrupted the crowd’s words. “Oh! I think I


    know thedy who had been proposed to earlier.”


    Few of thedies spun their heads around to see a younger girl who had a wine ss in her hand.


    One of thedies recognized who the younger girl was. Isn’t that Old Madam Presgrave’s god


    granddaughter from earlier?


    “Oh! Tell us about it!” The older women were busybodies, so they were desperate to hear all about


    Anastasia’s past.


    “Miss Anastasia is just a regr jewelry designer from Bourgeois Jewelry Atelier. Her father owns a


    company that invests in building materials. Her family background is pretty normal. There’s nothing


    special about her,” Hayley uttered.


    “What? How could someone from a regr family receive a marriage proposal from Young Master


    Nigel?” one of the older women said.


    Hayley sneered. “She has her skills, of course!” The way she phrased her sentence made it easy


    for others to misunderstand the situation. It sounded like Anastasia was using some other means to


    win the hearts of the rich. Judging by the looks of these women, they’ll probably spread rumors


    about Anastasia’s regr background soon enough. Let’s see how Anastasia’s going to hold her


    head up then!


    Meanwhile, Anastasia nced at the time. It was past 8.00PM, and she figured that it was time she


    left the private room and headed home. It wasn’t good to be the center of attention for too long, so


    she thought it would be best to leave as soon as possible. However, the moment she opened the


    room door, she felt everyone around her turn to stare at her. Although most of them were giving her


    looks of admiration, she still preferred not to be seen. She didn’t want to have the spotlight.


    In the end, Anastasia decided to leave without saying goodbye. She lifted the hem of her dress


    while walking toward the main door. At the same time, Hayley had been walking around in search of


    Anastasia as she wanted to know what Anastasia was doing. Coincidentally, Hayley caught sight of


    her target walking toward the main exit. Is she leaving now? Hayley was surprised.


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