Chapter 161
"No matter how pitiful you might be, you must have a despicable side." Jay cast a disdainful nce
at Rose and did not want to speak another word to her. He turned around and spoke to the children
instead. "Go upstairs and get dressed. Daddy will bring you to Aunt Josephine''s birthday party."
The children cheered and dashed up the stairs.
Rose sighed almost imperceptibly. Her eyes were getting misty. She closed her eyes to hold back
her tears.
She knew that he bore no feelings for her, so why was she still hoping that he did?
Without that hope, she would not have to keep living i n agony.
Rose shook away the unhappy thoughts and left through the front door.
Josephine''s birthday party was held at Grand Asia Club.
In the cavernous grand hall, the ceiling was decorated like the starry sky. A sea of blooming flowers
adorned both sides of the red carpet.
The guests were young and good-looking. They moved around in the hall holding sses of
champagne and wine, creating a pleasant sight.
The gleam of gold and gemstones was dazzling to the eye. The party was the epitome of opulence.
The guests were all extravagantly dressed to unt the wealth and power of their families.
The Ares family was the host of tonight''s party, and Josephine Ares should have been ced in the
spotlight.
However, the guests could be easily ssified into two categories.
The first category of guests were those who came for business.
Those people surrounded the male heirs of the Ares family, using the asion to try to bring their
businesses to greater heights by forging a stronger connection.
The other category of guests were there for love.
You could easily spot those female guests by their exquisite dresses, like a sea of blooming flowers
in spring.
They tried their best to outdo each other in an effort to win the hearts of the single male heirs of the
Ares family.
Ever since they stepped into the hall, they had carried themselves elegantly and unted their
beauty. Some of them surrounded the handsome and silver-tongued John Ares, while others waited
for the appearance of Jay Ares...
Josephine sat in a corner, looking at the crowd in the middle of the hall. She was bored.
She saw that those women were at the party to win her brother''s affection, but they did not know
that the undercurrents in the Ares family ran a lot deeper than what they might expect. Her brother
also seemed tock the ability to fall in love with anyone other than the deceased Angeline.
Their wait for Jay seemed to be in vain, and those wealthy women turned their attention to
Josephine. They ttered her while holding their champagne flutes, "You''re so beautiful today,
Josephine!"
Josephine squeezed a smile on her face. "I''m beautiful every day," she said with an appropriate
amount of coyness.
Nancy Bell arrived in a purple bare-back evening gown. She was sexy and elegant, and she had
attracted everyone''s attention.
"She''s Sir Ares''s current lover!" Some people whispered.
"Wow, she''s so beautiful!"
"Ms. Bell and my brother have broken up!" Josephine said, adding fuel to the fire.
The women immediately exploded with eager discussion. They were originally dejected, but now
they looked excited.
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If Jay was single, it meant that each of them had a
chance!
Nancy walked toward Josephine. She heard everything that the women were talking about.
"That''s right, Sie Ares and I were together for a while, but we didn''t think that we suited each other.
That''s why we''re just friends now," Nancy admitted," However, as far as I know, even though Sir
Ares might have broken up with me, I don''t think that he is avable. I know at least one thing for
sure, and that i s, Rose Loyle is living under the same roof with him."