Chapter 529 Old Friends


    Strangely, Elijah just looked at her deeply for a long while and then he got up.


    Esther immediately got up and she fled away hurriedly like she was preventing a thief standing ten


    steps away from him.


    But she ran so hard that he bumped into the door.


    “Uh-oh, it hurts!” she let out a low shout, and suddenly she realized there was someone behind; she


    immediately shut up and ran out.


    Behind the back was a burst of very lowughter unexpectedly. Esther ran out and stopped. She stood


    next to the door and looked inside in a sneaky way, “What, what are youughing at?”


    Woah! What a beautiful smile that was!


    Just a slight smile, but it looked so charming. That was the case perhaps. That man even had two deep


    dimples when he smiled, however he seldom smiled. By looking at that smile, the smile looked stiff but


    it was very charming. Especially the dimples.


    Elijah raised her head and looked at the door, “No need to go tonight!”


    “Why not?” she asked.


    “There is a caregiver!” he put away his smile. There was a hint of helplessness shed across his


    determined face, which had lost its past ruthlessness. His eyes locked quietly on the small face which


    was shown at the doorway, “Go with me to a party!”.


    “No!” she shook her head.


    If she could not go to take care of Miss Cole, she would find another way to kill her time and then have


    a good sleep.


    “If you don’t want me to use violence, you can refuse!” he said in a low voice.


    “Pervert!” she hung her head in frustration.


    He got up and she disappeared quickly.


    He went out, took his clothes and went to her side without hesitation. He took her little hands and


    walked out of the door.


    “Robber!” Esther shouted in a low voice.


    “Don’t you want to meet your Mr. Ball? I take you to see him!” Elijah mocked with a cold smile, his deep


    eyes shed a trace of gentleness and some mixedplex.


    Sure enough, as soon as she heard ‘Mr. Ball’, Esther quietened down immediately with a dim face.


    At the Banquet!


    Esther dropped her head, leaving the stylist to help arrange her look. The lovely silver and gray color


    strapless dress together with the lovely bow on the chest, no need of any additional decoration. Esther


    put on the dress and suddenly became a little princess that everybody loved. It was simple and


    elegant, a wisp of hair hanging down, it outlined a trace of beautiful vividness on her face.


    Maybe this was so called ‘pink face and peach cheeks’. She looked very happy after the makeup.


    Esther sighed again while seeing her delicate facial features herself in the mirror. Her heart beat fast,


    she wondered whether she would really see Mr. Ball?


    After a few days, she really missed him! She lost her mind, and her thoughts drifted away. There was


    no way to go back, as she was no longer the pure and innocent Esther Price! All sorts of things were


    entangled in Esther’s mind and her little face were instantly infected with deep sorrow.


    Elijah walked in and saw the woman in front of him, he was shocked for a while—he was shocked by


    her beauty. After a short while, he suddenly calmed down, and his eyes looked as deep as the


    bottomless sea.


    “Mr. Perry. Are you satisfied?” the stylist asked diligently.


    Elijah just nodded, he then turned to Esther who was still absent-minded and said, “we can go now.”


    Esther came back to her mind; her feelings were messy because she had been thinking of Mr. Ball.


    Wearing a silver high-heeled shoes, Esther did not stand firm when crossing the door and she fell


    forward.


    Suddenly Esther was dragged by a strong arm stretched out to her.


    “Be careful!”


    Esther raised her head suddenly, and she looked at Elijahplicatedly. “Is Hudson really going to that


    party?”


    Elijah looked into her ck eyes with his cold and sharp eyes, he sensed the hidden vulnerability under


    the ck eyes. She really cared about Hudson.


    “Will his wife also be joining the party too?” Not aware of Elijah’s cold eyes.


    Estherughed at herself, “Can I not go?”


    She didn''t really know why Elijah made her go to the party, since all the men would bring along their


    partner. Mr. Ball would certainly take his womanpanion. But would she be brave enough to face


    Mr. Ball? Especially when Mr. Ball wereing with his wife joining the party intimately together. She


    felt her heart ached once she thought about this.


    “Are you afraid of going there?” Elijah asked coldly, his eyes looked deep.


    Perhaps it was because of the desire ofpetition. Esther red at him, “That’s not for me! Let’s go!”


    She stretched her thin body and said, “Go!”


    Seeing her restored vitality, Elijah blinked his eyes and remained silent.


    After arriving at the destination, Esther just came to know the party was a birthday party. As there was


    a huge cake at the party food area. On the cake it was written ‘happy birthday’.


    In a daze, Esther was thinking whose birthday it would be.


    “Hudson, this is my brother Elijah!” Winnie said peacefully, looking at Hudson with infatuated eyes. But


    Hudson had been always cold, he was polite to her with some distance.


    Esther heard the female voice next to her side, she looked back and saw Hudson, she shivered, but at


    this time Elijah stretched out his hand to her waist, “Esther, just to say hello. My sister Winnie and her


    husband Hudson!”


    With a sudden surprise, Esther’s eyes caught up with Hudson’s astonished eyes. There was shock and


    surprise in that deep eyes, even a trace of envy.


    But Hudson’s sight moved from Esther’s face to Elijah’s.


    Both Hudson and Elijah had same indifferent eyes and when they met, between them was just the


    coldness.


    It was a battle between two men. It was mutual observation and exploration to each other.


    And Elijah and Hudson were the two most dazzling men at the party undoubtedly.


    Compared with Elijah, Hudson in ck suit was wilder. He had cold and indifferent face, slender figure,


    who seldom smiled, and his eyes were sharp and cold. But it


    gave an invisible cold charm.


    Esther trembled, and once again she saw Mr. Ball, she actually felt that hundreds of years had passed.


    And next to him was a charming woman, the pretty woman who she saw in the wedding photo. Seeing


    the matching couple standing in front of her, Esther was feeling so painful that her heart almost stopped


    beating by the pain. She clenched her hands and her nails went into the palms and she was not feeling


    the pain at all.


    “Brother, who is this beautifuldy? Is she your girlfriend?” Winnie looked at Esther, who was next to


    Elijah with surprise. Her brother never brought a partner to a party.


    Elijah did not make his reply but said lightly, “Winnie, Happy Marriage!”


    “Thank you!” Winnie blushed, and her hands subconsciously held the arm of Hudson. “Hudson, why did


    not you say hello to my brother?”


    Hudson just nodded slightly, and his sight fell on Esther who looked pale at side. He didn’t know what


    to say.


    Elijah put his domineering hand on Esther’s waist, and she leaned on him. They looked so matching


    unexpectedly.


    Hudson knew it very early that he would lose Esther after his marriage. However he felt hurt even when


    he saw her with his own eyes. The pain was like to prick a needle in the heart, one after another.


    Esther was about to copse, and she forced herself to smile though she was feeling painful. She took


    Elijah’s hand down to her side and smiled sweetly to Hudson and Winnie and said, “Mr. Ball, so d to


    meet your wife, she is really beautiful!”


    She stretched her hand with a faint smile, Winnie was startled, she stretched her hand to hold Esther’s


    hand coyly. “Hello.”


    “Don’t be so polite, Winnie, if Mr. Ball treats you wrongly, I would certainly help you!”


    Esther smiled brightly. But Hudson knew how sad she was underneath the smile.


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    At that moment, Elijah’s cold face was turning much tougher, he held his hand around her waist, Esther


    remained stiff and unmoved.


    “Hudson, who is thisdy?” Winnie gently asked Hudson with surprise in her soft voice.


    Hudson nodded, “This is my friend, Esther Price!”


    Friend?


    Esther smiled bitterly. Yes, she was his friend for ten years, just his friend.


    She did not dare to see Hudson, as she was afraid that she could not help crying out. She just smiled,


    brightly. “Mr. Ball and Winnie, I’m not going to disturb you, I will look around.”


    She pulled away Elijah’s hand once again and turned aside to walk to a corner. She was stubborn and


    she kept her back straight. She would not cry. No.


    “Hudson, Miss Price is your friend. She is the first female partner brought back by my brother. Ah, it


    seems my brother’s wedding will being soon!” Winnie smiled and looked at Hudson. His face was


    cold with no emotions, but his eyes had been looking at Esther who had left. She felt uneasy in her


    mind, “Hudson, what’s the matter?”


    “Nothing!” Hudson turned back and walked to the table, he took a ss of wine and drank it in one go.


    In the corner, Esther held a deep breath. Elijah walked over.


    Looking into Esther’s infatuated and sad eyes, her despair eyes gave Elijah a trace of unexinable


    complex, which also made his eyes look deeper.


    His heart softened suddenly, and he held his arm around her.


    Elijah saw Esther’s astonished eyes, for a moment her helpless bright eyes made him lose his mind.


    “Mr. Ball’s wife is your sister?” she asked softly. “so, you knew Mr. Ball!”


    Elijah’s eyes sank, suppressing the strange feeling in his heart, he nodded, “Yes!”


    “Your sister is really beautiful!” She said with a bitter smile, “She really matches well with Mr. Ball, they


    will be happy together!”


    “Yes, they will!” He said and hugged her tightly in the corner.


    People were looking at them and were specting what rtionship were between Elijah and Esther.


    “Let go!” Esther realized that she was held by Elijah, she struggled but she gave up when she saw


    Hudson was looking at her.


    Mr. Ball was looking from afar, and she could feel his attention. Esther’s heart ached.


    She could not tell whether it was sadness or heartache, or bitterness or sorrow, She felt the mixed


    feelings and she gave up the struggle.


    She lowered her head and her tears fell on Elijah’s hands. She was filled with sadness. Since Mr. Ball


    married someone else, why did he look at her with that eyes? His eyes will make Esther have fantasy


    in her heart.