Let me go, Mr. Hill [by Shallow South] Chapter 1176 After the cake was cut, Hannah gave the first slice of cake to Catherine. âMadam Lyons, our family servant was quite thoughtless just now. Please donât be offended.â
She deliberately said âMadam Lyonsâ loudly and used polite words, which made Catherine sound very old.
Everyone could sense it.
However, Catherine accepted the cake while smiling without any care. âI never took it to heart in the first place. Thank you, Miss Mead. You and your friend are so polite. Your friend even called me âAuntyâ
just now.â
Camilla, who was brought up all of a sudden, was stunned.
A trace of glee flashed across Shaunâs eyes. He raised his eyebrows and continued where Catherine left off. âYouâre my ex-wife and weâre of the same seniority. Wonât Miss Mead and Miss Cross have to call me âUncleâ then?â
Catherine looked at Shaun approvingly. He was doing a decent job of cooperating with her.
Shaun saw Catherineâs dark eyes sweeping across him charmingly, which was rare. He was in such a good mood that he smiled with delight.
Hannah almost threw the cake seeing them agreeing with each other. However, she held back and behaved in a spoiled manner with Shaun. âOkay then, Iâll call you âUncleâ from now on. Speaking of this, arenât there many romance dramas from Country H about younger women having sweet relationships with older men?â
Shaun said indifferently, âUnfortunately, Iâm not a citizen of Country H.â
âItâs alright. We still have plenty of time.â
Some things had already been exposed, so Hannah did not bother hiding anymore.
She grew particularly attentive to Shaun afterward. That made many young masters throw jealous looks at Shaun.
âUncle, let me give you a toast.â Hannah came over bringing a glass of red wine. âThank you for joining my birthday party today. This is the happiest birthday of my life.â
Everyone was looking at them both.
It was not good for Shaun to reject her, so he clinked glasses with Hannah lightly and took a sip.
When he put down his glass, he saw that Catherine, who had turned around at some point, was leaving. Her slice of cake was left aside. It was untouched.
He wanted to go after her, but a bunch of Hannahâs friends stopped him. When he finally managed to squeeze through those people, Catherine was already gone.
When Catherine returned to the banquet hall, she could not find Wesley even after looking around. She saw Freya first.
âAre you looking for Wesley? He went to play poker with Senator Mead and a few other politicians.â
Freya said with mixed feelings, âThings donât look so simple. Look, quite a few big shots in the business world are here tonight, but only Wesley is playing on the same table as Senator Mead and the politicians.â
âMm,â Catherine replied to Freya half-heartedly. âWhat are you thinking about? â Freya gave her a sidelong glance. She chuckled and said, âAre you jealous of Shaun and Hannah?â
âYouâre crazy.â
Catherine scolded Freya. She admitted that she was indeed a bit angry when she saw Shaun being pestered by Hannah just now. However, that had nothing to do with her being jealous at all. â I just donât want Hannah to be the stepmother of my children.â
âSarah canât be their stepmother. Hannah is no good either. Then who do you want their stepmother to be?â Freya said while laughing.
âI think Hannah is quite cunning. Sheâs not a kind person despite her young age. She even wanted to have a servant push me into the pool to teach me a lesson. Luckily, I had my guard up,â Catherine said angrily.
Freyaâs expression changed. âSuch arrogance! Youâre my friend, which means sheâs disrespecting me.
Iâll have a chat with her motherâ¦â
âForget it.â Catherine stopped her. âIn the end, Iâm just your friend. The Mead family and the Snow family are business partners. No one wants any conflicts to occur at this moment.â
âThis kind of woman canât be Suzie and Lucasâ
stepmother.â Freya wholeheartedly agreed too. âSo you must keep a close eye on Shaun. Donât let him be snatched away by Hannah.â
Strangely, Catherine felt exhausted.