The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 131

Sebastian Simons was also very confused. How could they meet again in the evening when they had just met in the morning?

Even he would think something like this was suspicious.

"I didn't say that she came with you. Why are you so nervous? Are you guilty?"

"I'm not nervous. I'm just afraid that you'll misunderstand me."

"If the two of you came in together, then I might really misunderstand you, but what's there to misunderstand about when both of you came in one after another?"

"Good, very good. It's the best if there's no misunderstanding at all."

Abigail Tanner sat in the first row with her purse in her hand. When she walked past Sebastian, she didn't seem to look surprised at all. She smiled gently at him, which made his scalp go numb.

Yasmine Taylor couldn't smile at all. She could only vent her anger on Sebastian by pinching on his thigh so hard that his face nearly twisted while enduring the pain.

After a while, a text message came in. Yasmine lowered her head to look at her phone and found that it was Lily Adams who had sent the message. "Principal Jules has ordered you to come back to your original seat."

She had not forgotten about the purpose of conning to this event. She lowered her voice and said to Sebastian, "I am going back to my seat. If you dare to look at your right side, you will die miserably."

"Why? Just sit here."

Sebastian held onto her arm and refused to let her go.

"I'm not here for fun. I have something important to do. I'll tell you later."

"Then what about the favor that you were talking about just now?"

"We'll talk about it later too."

Yasmine looked into Abigail eyes with a meaningful look, and then returned to her seat to join her team.

The birthday banquet had officially begun. The appearance of the emcee had made the chaotic hall go silent in an instant. Everyone was holding their breath in as they waited for the appearance of the host of this banquet.

Yasmine couldn't help but to think to herself, "What's Abigail's relationship with the host? Why is she sitting in the VIP seat?"

"Hello, everyone, welcome to Mr. George's 60th birthday banquet. It has been ten years since Mr. George's 50th birthday banquet was held. Mr. George is someone who has made immeasurable contributions to the business industry, the political industry, and also in the education industry in the past ten years. Now let's give Mr. George a warm welcome with a round of applause..." Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

With the warm applause and under everyone's expectation, the main character of the banquet had finally appeared. He was an old man dressed in a white casual suit who looked no different from ordinary people. Yasmine stared at the old man in shock and couldn't help but blurt out, "The beggar..."

The hall which was initially silent suddenly went into an uproar. Everyone was looking at Yasmine. Lily, who was standing next to her, was so scared that her face had already turned pale. She pinched her arms hard and scolded in a deep voice, "Are you crazy? How can you call him a beggar?"

"He was a beggar..."

Yasmine was stunned, as if she was the only one there. She didn't realize how many pairs of eyes were already looking at her, assuming that she was crazy.

Sebastian also looked at her in shock. If he had not been so far away from her, he would have slapped her to wake her up. What the hell was she talking about?

Mr. George smiled and broke the silence as he spoke. "Hello, everyone. I think everyone here knows me. But out of courtesy, I still need to introduce myself. I am Vincent George. Since I have too many responsibilities on me, I won't waste any time introducing them one by one. I am very grateful that all of you spare your time to be here to celebrate my 60th birthday. In view that time is money, I would only celebrate my birthday once in every 10 years. There are many familiar faces that I had seen 10 years before. But 10 years later, I may not recognize all of you, not becausel'll be old and senile, but it's probably because that I have already been invited by the King of Hell to have a drink with him."

"Ha, ha, ha..."

There was a burst of casual laughter throughout the hall. Everyone was amused by his humorous words however Yasmine's heart was overwhelmed with a mixture of feelings. She really had not mistaken him for anyone else. The so-called important person in front of her, who was also Sebastian's mentor, was definitely the old beggar who had wanted to end his life with her on the beach that night.

Since she couldn't figure out nor understand the situation, she could only suppress her curiosity for the time being. When the right timing comes, she would ask him for an answer.

Vincent began to give a impassioned speech. Yasmine had to admit that it was indeed very inspiring. Every word that he had said was like a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, cleansing the hearts of the people.

After the end of the speech, the audience burst into warm applause again, and it was only then that Mr. George announced, "15 minutes before the banquet starts, anyone can ask any questions they like. As long as it is not related to my privacy, I will definitely answer them one by one."

As soon as he finished his words, people began getting up from their seats to ask him questions, one after the other. They had asked all kinds of questions, asking for his views on the business industry, the education industry, life values and so on. Old Mr. George's answers were very precise, which made the people who asked the question extremely satisfied. Yasmine also wanted to take this opportunity to stand up and ask him if he had ever been a beggar. But when she thought that everyone who was present here would then know that he had thought of taking his own life, she immediately held down her curiosity. She did not mind the others to know about her past, but she did mind it if Abigail knew about it.

Perhaps, this was the typical mentality of a woman who wanted to maintain her self-esteem in front of her love rival.

When the question and answer session was over, the host announced that everyone could now adjourn to the restaurant for the banquet dinner. Yasmine stood up and wanted to go to the restaurant along with the crowd, but she was stopped by Scott Jules.

"Follow me."

She wasn't shocked at Scott's behavior because she knew that it was probably due to what she had done-- she called Vincent a beggar. As expected, while standing outside of the villa, Scott asked angrily, "What was wrong with you just now?"

It was not common for Scott to scold her. It seemed that he was really angry now that he had said those words.

"I'm sorry but I know that person."

"How did you know him?"

"Wasn't he a beggar?"