Chapter 1000


    Chapter 1000


    “After spending half an hour in the house, the most I gained was a name card.”


    Elisaughed. “That sounds about right. Everyone is in it for profit. Who would


    want to care about you if there was nothing to gain? What do you want to eat?


    I’ll go get you some food.”


    “I saw some delicate pastries earlier. They look delicious. Bring some for me. I


    ate a little at the store, so I’m not that hungry.”


    Serenity had a sweet tooth and wanted to try some of the exquisite snacks.


    In the past, when she apanied Jasmine and Aunt Rachel to parties,


    Jasmine and she would just hide in the corner to eat and drink. She liked the


    pastries the most. They were always much better than the ones she got from


    stores.


    “Sure.”


    Elisa ced her ss of red wine on the small table in front of her and got up to


    help Serenity get food.


    A whileter, she returned empty-handed, but she was followed by two maids


    working for the Dowlings. The maids held trays with the food that Elisa had


    picked out for Serenity and herself.


    “Leave them here for me, thanks.”


    The two maids put down the trays, excused themselves, and turned around to


    serve the others.


    The two cousins hid in the corner, eating and drinking. No one darede over


    to disturb them either, mainly because Elisa had a bad temper. She would not


    show any respect if a person she did not look favorably upon approached her,


    and no one could afford to be humiliated on an asion like this.


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    Elisa suddenly nudged Serenity and gestured for her to look at a girl who was


    standing in another corner. The girl fetched a packet of something from her


    delicate purse and poured it into her ss of wine. Then, she turned around and


    walked back into the crowd as if nothing had happened.


    She did not notice Elisa and Serenity the entire time, so she did not know that


    her movements were being watched.


    “What did she add to the drink?”


    Elisa said, “Probably some kind of drug. It’ll dissolve in the wine, and the taste


    of wine will cover it up, so the person drinking it won’t be able to tell that it was


    spiked. I wonder who her target is. She must be trying to incur the Dowlings’


    wrath by doing something like this at Ms. Dowling’s birthday party.”


    “I think we bumped into her when we first arrived. Herst name is Newman,


    right?”


    “I don’t remember. I never bother with people like them. I only came tonight to


    apany you, otherwise my mom and I wouldn’t have shown up.”


    She was doing it all for Serenity.


    Serenityughed. “I’ll knit you some small animals when I have the time. What


    animals do you want? I’ll gift them to you.”


    “I want all of the twelve zodiac signs.”


    “Sure. Give me some time and I’ll send them to you after I’m done. But make


    sure not to show them off. Zachary is a petty person and will get jealous.”


    Zachary was jealous by nature.


    Elisaughed. “Just be happy with what you got. You don’t know how many


    people want to experience his domineering side.”


    “Yeah, yeah, I’m happy with what I have now.


    “I wonder who Ms. Newman will give that cup of wine to.”