"It's still not too late to leave now. Otherwise, if Yolanda comes out and says that she doesn't know you, you're dead meat."
"That's right. How dare you try to find a way to smuggle yourself into Bibi's birthday party! There's no way I'll leave you be!"
A few guys sneered at Chuck Cannon, but Chuck's face was calm. They seemed to be pretty well-off, though that was still nothing to him. Once he called Betty, they would have no problem playing to their heart's content tonight.
Soon, Yolanda Lane came out curiously and several people immediately spoke up in an effort to please her.
"Beautiful Miss Lane, he said he's your friend, but he looks so poor. He isn't your friend right?"
"Yes, I don't think it's possible. To be friends with Beautiful Miss Lane, one should at least be on the same level as us. He doesn't deserve to be her friend."
As soon as Yolanda walked out, the guys turned to her in flattery. After all, she had an excellent figure and was also extremely beautiful. How could men not fall head over heels for her?
Yolanda did not even look at them. She headed straight towards Chuck and smiled at him, asking, "You're here for a drink?"
Her attitude... her gentle voice.
The few of them were dumbfounded. Was this loser really Yolanda's friend?
He did not deserve her gentleness. Could it be... they were a couple?
"Nope." Chuck shook his head and placed the bag in front of Yolanda. "You left your bag in my car. I just wanted to give it back to you."
Yolanda suddenly felt embarrassed and blushed. "Thank you."
She took the bag.
His car?
What kind of car could he drive? The people around him guessed that it was probably just a 100,000 to 200,000 dollar car. How could he be so shameless to show it off?
The guys shook their heads in disdain.
"Well, I'll be on my way. You should enjoy yourself," Chuck said.
"Alright, thank you," replied Yolanda.
Chuck turned around and left. However, someone from within the crowd suddenly sneered at them, "Hey, Yolanda, you've changed boyfriends already? Why don't we know him?"
The person who spoke was a pretty, golden-haired lady. She dressed skimpily and strolled out from the crowd hand-in-hand with a good-looking man. The two of them looked very sweet together.
Yolanda frowned.
This beauty was her high school classmate Jacqueline Fredson, and this man was Merck Cady, also from the same high school. Back then, Jacqueline liked Merck, but Merck had been always pursuing Yolanda.
However, Yolanda had turned him down. Ever since then, Jacqueline had bore some sort of grudge against her.
"Not keen to introduce him this time? I bet you were dumped by your ex-boyfriend!" Jacqueline laughed excitedly.
She had been constantly jealous of Yolanda's beauty, appearance and riches. She didn't dare to show her envy and could only keep her feelings within her secretly. Later, after finding out Yolanda's father's company went bankrupt, Jacqueline felt even more arrogant to finally see Yolanda's fame and fortune get thrown out the window.
However, after Yolanda went to university, she managed to find herself a very rich boyfriend. Jacqueline was not happy and went back to envying her again. But today, she was once again delighted to see Yolanda dating a loser.
It felt amazing!
"Why are you not explaining? Let me guess, you were really dumped?" Jacqueline continued cackling. How could she let go of this opportunity to make fun of Yolanda?
Merck laughed coldly alongside her. "You rejected me back then, but now you've been dumped. You deserved it!"
"But if you were dumped, so be it. Why find such a loser as your boyfriend? He looks so poor. No wonder you're embarrassed to introduce him...but still, you both are a good match, because aren't you just as poor too?" Jacqueline sneered.
While Merck smiled, the others present were just looking at Chuck in annoyance. Anyways, he had managed to gather everyone's attention and sneers.
"If you've got something to say, just say it. Don't get anyone else involved," Yolanda said sternly as she looked at Chuck. "Sorry about that, just drive carefully."
Yolanda still smiled politely at Chuck.
Chuck glanced at the couple and walked over after a moment of hesitation.
Jacqueline snorted softly and looked at Chuck with disgust. "Introduce him to us will you?"
Yolanda ignored her and directly said to Chuck, "Why don't you go in and have some juice?"
She was very embarrassed to bring Chuck into this. She originally wanted to stay for a while and then leave, but it was clear that things weren't turning out the way she wanted to.
Chuck nodded and walked inside with Yolanda.
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