GoodReadHearing that, Henry raised his eyebrows, "What it | mean it?" Scarlett looked at Henry in a daze and suddenly smiled, "I can't afford to compete with so many girls, Mr.
Anderson!" Henry was known as a playboy.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe chuckled, "How can wildflowers rival roses? They are no match for you, Scarlett!" Scarlett wondered what Henry's ex-girlfriends would think if they heard him say that.
Without denying it, she raised her eyebrows, "But there is no if." They went back to the original question.
Frustrated by Scarlett's second refusal, Henry took a swig of wine and stared at her inquisitively, "In what way is he better than me?" "You're great, Mr. Anderson." She just wasn't into him.
Henry didn't believe that at all, "I know I'm a playboy i nyour eyes." Without replying to him, Scarlett smiled and took a sip of juice.
Although she didn't have spirit cleanliness, she couldn't manage herself to accept that her husband had so many ex-girlfriends.
Knowing Scarlett's acquiescence to his remark, Henry snorted, "Raymond is not a particularly reliable man. | t doesn't matter if you don't choose me, but don't choose him either. He is the kind of indifferent man, not a good choice for a husband." After that, Henry emptied his glass at one draught, "I'll greet sfriends. Letknow if you have any problems." Scarlett nodded, "Okay, go about your business." Clair invited lots of people to cto his birthday party. Scarlett knew most of them, but all they knew was that Suny did not know Scarlett.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThere were many guests in the hall. After a while, Scarlett took a glass of grape juice and moved toward the hanging garden to get sair.
Adelpore City was still cold in March. It was warm inside the hall with the heater on, but the wind outside was quite chilly. There was only Scarlett in the garden.
She asked for a shawl before she cout, but she wore an evening dress, so the shawl didn't work. Seconds after she cout, her hands and feet were numb with cold. Even the grape juice in her hand was too icy to drink.
It was not stuffy outside, but it was cold! Scarlett didn't stay outside for a long tbefore going back to the hall. However, she had not taken a few steps when a woman in a long purple dress cup to her, "It's nice to put a face to the name, Ms. Reed." This woman strutted up to Scarlett, and her tone was filled with disdain.
Scarlett raised her eyebrows, "I'm sorry, and you are..." "I'm Quinta Rodriguez." Scarlett cast her a faint smile, "I don't think we have met, Miss Rodriguez." "Of course, we haven't. But | have heard your nmany times, Ms. Reed. I've really been dazzled by your various news over the past year!" Quinta snorted as she spoke, "I have to say you really have a lot of tricks. You didn't get anything from the Shaws, so you started coveting the Andersons' money, right?" The people present looked at Scarlett after hearing Quinta's words.
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