Chapter 16: Attending the Birthday Banquet
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As darkness fell, the long winding road in Royal Serenity Avenue lit up with a row of twinkling taillights.
At the top of the hill on Royal Serenity Avenue stands the mansion where Madam Lucas’ birthday feast takes ce.
After the security team carefully checked Lily Gray’s invitation, they respectfully ushered her into the manor.
The Lucas family’s residence covers a vast area, including a golf course, swimming pool, garden, cer, banquet hall, parking lot, private theater… in short, everything a luxurious mansion should have.
ording to the directions, Lily parked her car outside the mansion, elegantly got out of her vehicle, and as she stood up, she heard people gasping around her.
Was her dress torn?
Lily carefully looked down to check her dress, just fine, no problem… so that meant the issue wasn’t her.
She raised her head again and ignored the others, handing her gift to the butler before entering the Lucas mansion with a faint smile on her face.
After she left…
“That was… AAiss Gray of the Gray family just now, Lily Gray?”
A socialite who had gotten out of a car behind Lily tugged at the corner of her friend’s clothes, unbelieving.
“I think, it is.”
“Has she had stic surgery? She looks amazing now…”
“It must be stic surgery; there’s no way she’d have such a change otherwise…”
“Maybe it’s because she took off her sses. 1 remember she used to always wear ck-framed sses, which made her look rigid and unapproachable. I didn’t expect such a big difference just from taking off the sses.”
“Even removing the sses shouldn’t make such a big difference. I still think she had stic surgery!”
At this point, Lily could already feel the discussion around her in varying degrees, but she didn’t falter and instead straightened her back even more.
Walking forward with grace and dignity, she no longer wanted to be seen as the low-key, old-fashioned Miss Gray in other people’s impressions. And she didn’t want to continue to let people think that Austin Lucas was doing her a huge favor by marrying Lily Gray.
She had long known the rumors about her – rigid, old-fashioned, utterly uninteresting.
Lily Gray admits that, in the past, she’d indeed appeared in front of everyone as a stable and reliable sessor of the Gray family to give her mother peace of mind.
But now, she no longer needed to pretend orpromise herself for anyone.
Taking off the ck-framed sses she’d worn for years and getting suitable contact lenses, even though she wasn’t quite used to them yet, Lily Gray decided to let more people know who exactly was not deserving of who between her and Austin Lucas.
Step by step, Lily gracefully ascended the white jade steps and followed the waiter into the banquet hall.
Already inside the banquet hall were fragrant scents and bustling activity.
In a corner of the huge banquet hall was an orchestra specially invited to perform live. On the long tables, there was an array of specially prepared cocktails, pastries, and exquisite dishes.
Crossing the dance floor, Lily caught sight of Madam Lucas, who was surrounded by a throng of people in the innermost part of the room.
In her vicinity,yers of well-wishers surrounded her.
At that moment, Michelle Carter was squeezed at the outermost edge of the crowd; even as the wife of a Lucas family’s side branch, she didn’t even get a chance to speak in front of the olddy of the Lucas family.
“Miss Gray, Madam Lucas specifically told me to take you to her as soon as I see you,” said the servant who led Lily, having been instructed by Madam Lucas. Since Madam Lucas had a good rtionship with Lily’s mother, she naturally cared for Lily a lot.
“Thank you,” Lily nodded slightly, picked up her skirt, and followed the waiter.
She didn’t know that her graceful stride with her skirt in hand had, inadvertently, already caught the eye of someone with a keen interest..