Chapter 53: Chapter 53

“Drive me to Kingsford Neighborhood,” Ada ordered the driver as soon as she got into the car, completely ignoring her agent Jason, who had run out of the studio to stop her.

Today I will try on my wedding dress for the first time. Wayne knows how important this day is to me. How could he suddenly break the appointment? Besides, he hasn‘t had a wedding suit yet. The designer will come to measure his size soon. What on earth is Wayne going to do? It must be that Matthew who has done something to stop Wayne from seeing me! Ada thought.

When Anna arrived at Birmingham Grand Hotel, she showed her invitation card and then entered the hall with the gift that she had prepared.

The whole first floor of the Birmingham Grand Hotel had been reserved for the engagement party. The hall was magnificent, with colorful balloons all over the ceiling. And the guests were either rich or powerful.

Anna looked around and didn’t see anyone that she knew. She didn’t like such a noisy environment so she quietly walked to a corner to have some food.

In the dressing room on the second floor, a group of people in formal attire stayed with the bride-to-be Lilian.

They were all Lilian’s college classmates. Although they hadn’t seen Lilian for a long time, they all flattered her and congratulated her as if they were Lilian’s good friends.

“Lilian, you are the most beautiful girl in our class. Jacob and you are a perfect match!”

“Let me be your bridesmaid when you get married, Lilian. Maybe I’ll meet my future boyfriend at the wedding.”

“Wow! Lilian, you are so beautiful. I heard that Jacob specifically asked a famous designer from Italy to make this dress for you.

It’s worth about a hundred thousand dollars, right? Let me touch it. I’ve never seen such high-end fabric.”

Lilian chuckled and touched her dress. Then she said, “How much the dress is doesn’t matter. What makes me satisfied is that the dress is unique in the world. And I heard that the designer is a master in the design field and only serves rich families in the world.”

Sitting aside silently, Jacob felt left out and became more irritable when hearing Lilian’s words. So, he left the dressing room.

Leaning against the rail on the corridor, he lit a cigarette and smoked while looking idly at the people downstairs. Somehow, he felt as if he was an outsider.

“Handsome groom-to-be, you look unhappy. What’s the matter?” Jacob’s friend Sean came at this moment Then he put his arm around Jacob’s shoulder and joked, “Don’t tell me that you suddenly don’t want to get engaged.”

Jacob flicked the ash from his cigarette, looking depressed. “What if I tell you that I indeed don’t want to get engaged?” he asked.

Sean was stunned. “Are you out of your mind? You have been with Lilian for six years. Why don’t you want to get engaged with her?”

Six years ago, when he had an affair with Lilian behind Anna’s back, he had a feeling of ‘ freshness and enjoyed such an immoral relationship so much.

Lilian was more passionate than Anna and could always make him happy in many kinds of ways.

At that time, Anna was busy with medical research and rarely had time to accompany him. Therefore, he almost stayed with Lilian every day and even forgot that he had a girlfriend.

Later, Anna suddenly went abroad and cut off contact with everyone. He guessed that Anna had known the relationship between him and Lilian so she left out of sadness.

After Anna left, Jacob felt guilty and broke up with Lilian. However, Lilian didn’t give up on him and still treated him well as before.

He was touched and then was together with Lilian.

However, so many years had passed and the feeling of freshness and his passion for Lilian had faded away. Besides, Lilian was controlling and self-centered, making him unable to bear to live with her. These days, he always couldn’t help but think about Anna.

Sean patted Jacob on the shoulder, understanding what Jacob meant.

“I know what you are thinking about. A relationship always starts with freshness and excitement and becomes boring as time passes by. Don’t think too much and just accept it.”

Jacob didn’t say anything. “Look! There are a lot of beautiful girls with a good family background at the party today. I’ll Hearing that, Jacob was amused and said with a smile, “Have you had a crush on someone here? I can make a match for you.”

“Look at that girl. She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” Sean said and motioned Jacob to look in the direction of a corner on the first floor.

With a meaningful look, he continued, “I think she’s the most eye-catching one at the party. Her figure and appearance are perfect. The point is that her extraordinary temperament makes her look both mature and pure. Tut-tut, it will feel good to have s*x with her.”

Following Sean’s gaze, Jacob icoked at the lady in the corner and then was stunned when he saw that the lady that Sean was referring to was Anna.

At this moment, Anna was wearing a silver-gray strapless dress which was short in the front and long in the back, revealing her slender ankles. And her long curly hair was hanging down her shoulders.

Sitting quietly at a table in the corner, she was eating the dessert on an exquisite plate.

In the noisy hall, her quietness made her look special and made people inexplicably want to get close to her.

“I can’t wait to talk with her. Let’s talk later.” Sean said and was about to go downstairs. “Hold on.” Jacob grabbed Sean’s arm and warned him, “Don’t chat her up.” “What’s wrong?”

“You can chat up anyone else at the party, except for her,” Jacob said.

After Anna finished three portions of desserts, the waiters nearby couldn’t help but take a few more glances at her in surprise.

After all, at such a grand party, no one would eat so much food. Anna was drinking water when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind. “Hi, Anna.” She turned around and then saw Jacob in a white suit with neatly combed hair. Jacob looked more mature and steady than he used to be. At this moment, he was looking at “It’s really you. I didn’t expect you to be here.”

Anna frowned and said bluntly, “I’m here because your fiancee sent me an invitation card and called me every day to ask me to come to your engagement party. I have no choice but to come. Otherwise, what do you think I’m here for?”

Do you think I‘m here for you? Stop daydreaming. “I’m sorry,” Jacob said and felt embarrassed. And the excited look in his eyes disappeared.

Seeing that he was polite, Anna felt less aggrieved and said, “It’s okay. After all, we were college classmates and it’s my pleasure to come to your engagement party. This is the gift for you.”

As she spoke, she picked up a gift box beside her and handed it to Jacob. “It’s not worth much, but it’s a token of my regard,”

she said.

“Thank you,” Jacob said and took over the gift box quickly, fixing his eyes on Anna’s face all the time.

“It’s the thought that counts,” he said in a trance.

The last time they met, they didn’t talk much and he didn’t have a chance to look at her carefully. At this moment, looking at Anna closely, he found that Anna was more beautiful and charming than she was six years ago.

“Well, I wish you and Lilian a happy life forever,” Anna said gently and smiled.

She thought that the only meaning for her to attend this party was to say goodbye to the past.

“Anna, I...” Jacob seemed to want to say something and gazed at Anna with a hesitant look.

A few seconds later, he plucked up his courage and said, “In fact, I have been thinking about you in the past years. I tried to look for you and asked many people about your whereabouts but no one knew where you were. How have you been these years?”

“I’m fine.”

“Well, that’s... that’s good.” Jacob stammered and clenched the gift box in his hand subconsciously. He had many words to say to Anna but didn’t know where to start, “Darling!” A sweet voice suddenly came.

Anna and Jacob turned at the same time and saw that Lilian came down the stairs slowly and walked toward them.

“I was looking for you, Jacob. Oh, it’s you, Anna.”