“I wasn’t the one yelling, Sydney. I have nothing to worry about.” Bonnie slowly opened the door and lowered her voice, “You’re the one who should be worried about them staring at you.”
Sydney could not believe Bonnie got one over her. The former turned red with rage and was about to refute Bonnie. However, more people arrived at the entrance to go to the tea party, so Sydney could only suppress her anger and glare at Bonnie before marching into the hall.
Meanwhile, Bonnie strolled after her calmly. She saw an empty area before the reception when she reached the hall. She also saw uniformed staff members going back and forth while decorating the area.
‘It looks like they’re setting up an auction of some sort. It’s my first time here. I’m surprised they included an auction in a tea party. Still, I could be wrong to assume that. I should ask one of the staff members.’
“Excuse me, is there an auction here? Is that why you’re setting things up?”
Bonnie had attended plenty of auctions. Judging by the setup, she knew she had most likely guessed it correctly. The staff replied, “That’s right, miss. Our mistress wants to host an auction to make the tea party livelier.”
Bonnie nodded understandingly. “Ah, I see. Okay, then, I’ll leave you to it.”
“Certainly.” The staff lowered her head before going to the backstage to continue working.
Soon after, Bonnie sat in the corner and leisurely sipped her tea, waiting for the auction to begin. All the women here came from the high society circle. They had always seen the same bunch of people for every tea party or social gathering.
Hence, they could not resist talking about Bonnie when they saw her.
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