Chapter 4 The Unpresentable Illegitimate Daughter
For some reason, Shirlene went skeptical, and she looked at Molly tentatively. “It’s been more than three months already, and you still haven’t shown. Nothing is wrong with the baby, is it?”
A trace of panic flashed across Molly’s eyes, and she didn’t dare to meet Shirlene’s gaze at all. Molly took Neilson’s hand and said in a low voice, “Neilson, I’m not feeling well. I want to go back to the room and rest for a while.”
Though Neilson had doubts and dissatisfaction with what Daisy had done, he could only temporarily endure for the sake of Molly’s baby.
“Daisy, help your mom to the room for her to rest.” Then Neilson turned around. He said, “Call the doctor.”
Daisy was relieved and quickly helped Molly up the stairs.
Looking at their backs, Shirlene said sarcastically, “Dad, you’re not going to cover for Daisy, are you?”
Neilson snorted, “You wouldn’t have caused so much trouble if everything you did had been so flawless.”
Shirlene sneered, “Are you saying that it’s my fault that she set me up?”
Neilson looked unhappy. “Molly is pregnant and shouldn’t be stimulated. No matter whose fault it is, I’ll call it a day.”
Shirlene thought, “I knew Dad would cover up for Daisy, but when I actually hear him say it, I’m still very disappointed and upset.
“I’m not as important to Dad as a homewrecker and an illegitimate daughter.
“How ridiculous.”
She looked at Neilson coldly and sneered again, “She’d better give you a son!”
Neilson, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in her tone, said domineeringly, “Daisy’s birthday party is at Sunrise Hotel tonight, and you must be there.”
Shirlene knew that it was what Molly wanted.
Though Molly was just a homewrecker, and Daisy was the illegitimate daughter, Molly still wanted everyone to know that Daisy was also the daughter of the Osborne family.
Therefore, Molly used her pregnancy to trick Neilson into formally introducing Daisy at Daisy’s birthday party tonight.
Thinking about what was about to happen at the birthday party, Shirlene said, a cold light flashing across her eyes, “OK. I’ll go.”
Neilson was a little surprised and wanted to say something, yet eventually, he didn’t. Without saying anything, he turned and went upstairs to see Molly.
Shirlene went back to the car and called Sebastian.
“What’s up?” he asked coldly.
“Sebastian, Dad says we’re having Daisy’s birthday party at Sunrise Hotel tonight. You…”
Before she could finish, Sebastian interrupted her coldly, “Not available.”
Shirlene was stunned. She was about to say something while he had already hung up the phone.
She looked at the dimmed screen and sighed.
Then she drove to the hospital while thinking about how to appease Sebastian.
She didn’t have much time, and she had to get ready before the party.
It was 7:00 in the evening, and everyone had gathered in the ballroom of Sunrise Hotel.
Daisy took Neilson’s arm and sweetly followed him to chat and toast with the guests.
“Mr. Osborne, is this your daughter, Shirlene Osborne? She looks so pretty,” Alec Curme from Universe Corporation sized Daisy up and smiled.
The smile on Daisy’s face stiffened, and a flicker of annoyance crossed her eyes. Yet soon, she hid her emotions well and smiled delicately, “Mr. Curme, in fact, I’m Dad’s younger daughter. I’m Daisy.”
“I’m sorry for being rude.” Alec’s eyes became playful at once, and he looked at Daisy with a bit more disdain.
Secrets seldom survived when it came to the upper class. He knew that Daisy was the daughter of Molly, the homewrecker, and Daisy could never be compared with Shirlene, the daughter of Neilson’s wife. Daisy was unpresentable, and she would never be able to walk around with dignity.
Daisy gritted her teeth bitterly but could only maintain a decent smile. She finally managed to persuade Neilson to throw her a birthday party to introduce her formally, and she would never let such trivial matters ruin everything.
She checked the time on the clock on the wall and reminded Neilson, “Dad, it’s getting late. The guests are here already. Shall we announce to begin the feast?”
Neilson looked down at his watch and nodded with a sullen face.
He thought, “I shouldn’t have expected anything from Shirlene. She promised me she’d come this morning, and yet now she’s nowhere to be seen.”
He went onto the stage while holding Daisy’s arm, and Molly followed them naturally, standing on Daisy’s right-hand side.
“Thank you all for coming to the birthday party for my daughter, Daisy…”
The door of the banquet hall was pulled open at the same time, and Neilson paused.
“Looks like I’m a bit late.” Someone’s voice mixed with a smile came from the door of the banquet hall.
The crowd looked in the direction of the voice, and their breathing paused for a second.
They saw a face so beautiful that all of them were intoxicated.
Her skin was fair, and her eyes, like amber gems under her thick curling eyelashes, were glowing cold to the point where the others were actually a bit terrified to look at her.
She wore a green fishtail dress that made her slim and tall. Her thick, fluffy long curly hair fell over her shoulders, making her look pure, seductive, and definitely unforgettable.
All that was left of the banquet hall was the sound of breathing.
All eyes were drawn to Shirlene.
Shirlene raised her eyes slightly, looking coldly and haughtily at Daisy’s twisted, pale face, and curling up her lips defiantly.
Alec took a sip of wine and smiled, thinking, “Sure enough. The illegitimate daughter can never be a match for the real daughter of the Osborne family.”
Shirlene walked calmly into the ballroom, took a glass of wine, and walked up to the stage.
Looking at Shirlene’s sharp eyes, Daisy felt scared and subconsciously grasped Molly’s hand.
Shirlene was about 1.7 meters tall. When she stood in front of Daisy, she made Daisy feel very overwhelmed. She leaned closer to Daisy and sneered, “Are you afraid?”
“You’re here, Shirlene.” Daisy stared at her defensively.
Neilson’s face darkened. He gave Shirlene a warning look and reminded her in a low voice, “Don’t mess around with so many people watching.”
With a gleam of sarcasm in her eyes, Shirlene raised her glass to Daisy and said, word after word, “Happy birthday, my dear sister!”
With that, she gulped down the wine and looked at Daisy.
With a flicker of hatred in her eyes, Daisy waved to the waiter.
When the waiter handed her the wine, Daisy had a slip of hand deliberately, and the wine spilled on Molly, who was next to her.
Daisy exclaimed softly, and her face turned pale at once. She quickly bent down to wipe Molly’s evening dress.
Molly was wearing a beige evening dress today. With the wine stains seeping into the fabric, there was no way to get it stainless again. Things would only get worse.
Shirlene looked at Daisy and Molly coldly and thought, “I can’t believe I fell for such a lame act in my previous life.”
Neilson looked gloomy. The eyes around him made him a little more annoyed with Daisy. “Stop wiping it. Go change and then come back.”
Daisy looked hesitant. It occurred to Neilson that it was the first time she was here, and perhaps she wasn’t familiar with the surroundings, so he said to Shirlene, “Shirlene, take Molly up so that she can change her dress.”
Shirlene smiled, knowing that the show was about to begin.
She looked at Daisy and then Molly, her eyes obscure. “Come with me.”
