Chapter 216
Chapter 216
Adeline and Julien, both bombshells, showed up wearing the exact same outfit. Julie was having a hard
time telling who looked better. Everyone knew Adeline had a thing for red, but for some reason, Julien
also showed up in an all-red outfit today.
Kieran turned to greet Mr. Watson and Harding. Adeline nced at Julie, looking a bit guilty.
But Julie took the initiative to walk up and gave Adeline a hug, “Next time you want to talk, just hit me
up. No need to kidnap me anymore.”
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The atmosphere lightened up. It was like they found their old groove.
Adeline nodded seriously at Julie, “Next time I want to kidnap someone, it’ll be Mr. Hernandez, not
you.”
“You might as well kidnap me…” Julie rubbed her forehead.
Almost everyone had arrived. Everyone started to head inside.
In the living room, Ivan was showing Julien a puzzle he hadpleted. The puzzle was a picture of
Julien, he got it from god knows where. Even though Julien was poker-faced, Ivan was still excitedly
chatting her up.
Payne obviously still wanted to get close to Julien, but Hayden upied the seat next to her.
Annalise came up to Hayden with a rose, “Even if you’re trying to avoid me, you didn’t have to fly all the
way back from abroad, did you? This is for you. I haven’t seen you in a while.”
Julien nced at Hayden and Annalise, gave Ivan a hug and moved away a bit.
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Ivan was over the moon because Julien hugged him.
Seeing the gap between Julien and Hayden, Payne quickly slid in between them.
Hayden gave Payne a cold stare, full of murderous intent. Payne felt like he could be killed by Hayden
any second. He just wanted topete with him! He didn’t want to die!
“Julien, what do you want to eat? I’ll grab some snacks for you.” With that, Payne stood up and headed
for the kitchen.
Hayden shifted towards Julien, avoiding Annalise.
Annalise moved closer again, still holding the rose, “Why? You can’t even ept my flower?”
“Who are you?” Hayden asked.
Dn burst outughing and said to Hayden, “This is Annalise, Kerry’s aunt.”
“Oh, Hello Ms. Annalise.” Hayden replied, then turned to Julien, “Kerry and I are like brothers, so she’s
my aunt too.”
Julien replied, “What does that have to do with me?”
The rtionships between these people were tooplicated, Julien didn’t want to get involved.
Dn quietly analyzed. In this room, the only woman who could stand up to Hayden was Julien.
Unexpectedly, Hayden didn’t get angry, he calmly said to Julien, “Of course it involves you. Since she’s
my aunt, she’s your aunt too. Say hello to your aunt.”
When Hayden spoke to her in that tone, it always took her back to their childhood. Julien suddenly felt
that he was still the boy from her past, and she was still the little girl he protected.
Julien didn’t want to prolong the conversation with him, so she emotionlessly said to Annalise, “Hello
Ms. Annalise.”
Annalise’s face turned red because of her suppressed anger, “If I’m your aunt, then Hayden is your
uncle!”
Without hesitation, Julien turned to Hayden and respectfully said, “Hello, dear uncle.”
Hayden’s eyes suddenly turned cold. He squinted at Julien, with a hint of threat.
Annalise had heard of Julien, but she didn’t expect Julien to go along with her game!
“You’re surprisingly well-behaved!” Annalise said, bypassing Hayden, trying to pat Julien’s shoulder, but
Hayden suddenly stopped her.
“Why? Who is she to you? I can’t even touch her?” Annalise looked displeased at Julien, then at
Hayden. Her lips tightened, clearly unsatisfied.
Just then, Julie came in with Adeline and Elliot.
In the living room, everyone’s gaze shifted to Julie. They all looked at Adeline, then their gaze bounced
between Adeline and Julien.
“What a coincidence with so few people?” Dn looked at Hayden and Julien.
Julien just nced at Adeline, seemingly indifferent. She looked down again, silently watching Ivan
y with the puzzle.
As soon as Adeline walked in, she saw Julien. The red chiffon jumpsuit looked flirty and elegant on her,
but it looked mysterious andpetent on Julien. That style was actually what Adeline preferred.
“Miss, we are wearing the same outfit!” Adeline walked straight to Julien and sat next to her, elbowing
Hayden aside.
Dn retracted his previous analysis. It seemed that there was another woman who dared to confront
Hayden head-on…
Julien ignored Adelinepletely, but Adeline seemed particrly interested in Julien. She waved her
hand in front of Julien, then repeated, “Miss, we’re wearing the same outfit! Don’t you have any
comments?”
Julien nced at Adeline, “You look beautiful.”
Adeline immediately brightened up. She turned to Julie and asked, “Dear, is this your friend?”
Julie really admired Adeline. She just straight-up split Hayden and Julien apart, and boldly showed her
curiosity towards Julien, totally ignoring Hayden right there… Elliot stepped up and pulled Adeline
away, saying, “There are plenty of empty seats. Why did you have to sit in between them?” He kept his
voice low, so only Adeline could hear.
Adeline picked up on Elliot’s tone, as if he knew the two. She remembered having met the beautiful
woman once when Julie was kidnapped. At that time, the beauty seemed to hold some grudge against
her, probably because Julie’s kidnap was due to her fault. She could feel that the woman cared a lot
about Julie.
Turning her head towards Elliot, Adeline nodded, “Got it.”
With that, she enthusiastically extended her hand towards Hayden, “Sir, I’m sorry for identally
separating you and your girlfriend! Your girlfriend is so gorgeous, I couldn’t control myself!”
“Girlfriend?” Annalise’s eyes widened. She immediately stood up, pointing at Hayden, I am his
girlfriend!”
Adeline was taken aback, then she looked at Hayden and said, “Sir, you’re not doing it right! You’re
supposed to enjoy two women…”
Before she could finish, Elliot covered her mouth. He apologized to Hayden, “My sister can be a bit
cheeky. Mr. Simson, don’t mind her.”
Julie stepped forward and introduced Adeline, “This is my friend Julien. This is Kieran’s good friend,
Hayden. And this is Annalise.”
“Ms. Annalise from the Hansen family?” Adeline asked, suddenly realizing.
Annalise raised an eyebrow, “That’s me.”
“So you’re the one who ys with mud?” Adeline asked curiously.
Elliot frowned and tugged at Adeline’s sleeve, “She’s a pottery master!”
“A pottery master is a mud yer, right?” Adeline retorted.
Dn, who was standing by, couldn’t help butugh, “You got that right!”
Adeline then asked, “So what’s your rtionship with this gentleman…”
“He’s my boss.” Julien took over without hesitation.
Adeline nodded, “So your rtionship is pure?”
Elliot tugged at Adeline again. It seemed like she came specifically to stir up trouble.
Kieran came in with Marion Watson and Harding. He noticed the awkward atmosphere in the living
room, frowned, then wrapped his arm around Julie’s waist and asked her, “What happened?”
“Nothing. Julie replied with a smile. She knew that with such arge crowd, there were bound to be
some minor conflicts.
Adeline was chatting with Julien, and Mr. Watson was giving Julien flirty looks, “Why are you two
wearing the same clothes?”
To prevent the situation from escting, Kieran said straight away, “Today’s n is a barbecue in the
garden. The food is all prepared, but… we didn’t hire any chefs or waiters today. My son said everyone
should serve themselves, so if you don’t want to starve, get grilling.”
Dn immediately got up from the sofa, “You’re such a lousy host!”
“And you’re no great guest.” Kieran patted Dn on the shoulder, then led Julie towards the garden.
Ivan happily took Julien’s hand and ran towards the garden. Payne followed with a piece of brownie
cake, “Julien, wait for me!”
Marlon stepped forward, wrapping his arm around Daphne’s shoulder, “Come on, if you get drunkter,
I’ll take you to a hotel.”
Lionel looked at Harding with a frown, “Aren’t you going to do anything?”
“I’m a doctor. If Mr. Watson gets sick, I’ll treat him.” Harding said with augh, patting Lionel on the
shoulder, “Let’s go, my friend.”
To avoid any further trouble from Adeline, Elliot quickly pulled her away.
Dn approached Hayden, “Hayden, you know I can only cut up corpses. I don’t know how to grill!”
“And all I know is how to y with mud!” Annalise shot Adeline a re, then clung to Hayden’s other
arm.
Hayden nced at her, “I only know how to p women.”
Annalise weakly let go of him, pouting unhappily, “When Julien was so close to you just now, why didn’t
you p her?”
“Because she’s my woman, and you’re not.” He turned around coldly, without a second nce.
Hayden just took off, leaving Dn and Annalise behind.
Annalise stood there, unsure whether to stay or go.