Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 298

Chapter 298: Centre of attention
“Listen here! that’s——”

“You are indeed correct, Mrs Nelson,” Ariana interrupted Nicolai who was about to say something rude to her. “I am just a small doctor, and I have no intention of pretending to be something or someone else.”

She paused and added with a small smile, “However, do you know something, Mrs Nelson?”

“What do you want to say, Miss Harlow?” Mrs Mia questioned with the tiniest frown in between her brows.

“It’s nothing,” Ariana answered in a calm voice. “It’s just that even if I am a small doctor, in case I save someone’s life—— it will be I who will be called his saviour, his family and loved ones shall thank me.”

“Not someone else but Doctor Ariana Harlow.”

“However,” her voice dipped a degree low and the look in her eyes turned chilly. “Even though you are the matriarch of the Nelson family. Even if you are the daughter-in-law of Mister Adrien, the wife of Mister Killian and the mother of Noah Nelson….your existence that you are so proud of depends on someone else.”

“And shall forever depend on your son, husband, or father-in-law.”

Ariana took a step towards Mrs. Mia, and then said to her, “What do you have of your own?”

Mrs Mia’s face flushed red upon hearing Ariana’s words. Her expression twisted and became furious, but before she could say anything, Ariana walked past her without giving her a chance to condemn her.

“Stop right there for me!” Mrs Mia wished to hurl a bunch of vulgar curses at Ariana.

‘How dare this woman call me worthless!’ She thought angrily, but she had to suppress her desire to scream as it would ruin the atmosphere of the party.

She turned on her feet and, ignoring the stares of the people, chased after Ariana wanting to have the last word.

In her hurry, she almost twisted her feet, but she quickly caught hold of her footing as Nicolai helped her.

The women who were staring at Mrs Mia softly chuckled at Mrs Mia’s inability to carry herself properly despite pretending to be elegant.

“Easy there, Mrs Nelson. There is no need to get so agitated,” Nicolai helped the woman stand up straight who snatched her arm from him with a disgusted expression on her face.

However, Nicolai did not seem offended by her actions instead he grinned at Mrs Nelson and remarked, “Pa——Miss Harlow is wrong in saying that you have nothing to your existence, Mrs Nelson. You are also very important to someone.”

“I know,” Mrs Mia responded with a sneer on her face. “I am irreplaceable for my family. Unlike that woman who only knows how to break a family, I know how to protect my children and loved ones.”

Nicolai raised his hand with a —— you got that right, gesture but then dropped his hand and shook his head.

“You are correct but not quite,” Nicolai said with a mysterious smile with a teasing glint in his eyes. “You are essential to your Botox clinic. You just got your lips filled right? Tell your doc to get easy on the fillers, you are looking a tad bit old instead of young.”

“We wouldn’t want to see you turning into a freak, now shall we? I am sorry if my words hurt you, Mrs Nelson.” He added before adding in a not-so-apologetic voice, “I shall take my leave then.”

He winked at Mrs Mia before walking away.

Mrs Mia’s face turned a brilliant shade of red because of the rage that she felt at that very moment.

But unfortunately for her, Mrs Mia could not vent her anger and could only silently fume.

“How dare they insult me…”

Not too far away from where Mrs Mia stood and Ariana along with Nicolai had been standing seconds ago, Penelope stepped into the ballroom. The woman wore a sea-green gown with a slit on the side that showed off her long leg. The gown was secured around her bosom with no straps to support it.

She had her arm looped with Mateo’s and her head was held high as she walked. The guests of the Nelson family were quick to make way for her as she was the heiress of the Ashford family.

Penelope had curled her hair before pinning it on one side such that her golden locks were placed on one side of her shoulder and faced the front. The corner of her eyes were smeared with glitter and her lips were painted red.

As the daughter of the Ashford family, she was well known in the circle of the higher class and with Mateo, who came with her as her partner, it didn’t take long for them to be surrounded by people who showered them with compliments and praises.

“You look beautiful, Miss Penelope.”

“The colour of your gown suits you so well, your eyes are shining like gems in this attire.”

“Miss Penelope, would you like to drink?”

“Master Mateo, when are you going to hold your next exhibition?”

“You look so dashing, Master Mateo.”

“Would you like to invite me to the dance floor, Master Mateo?”

Penelope only smiled gently at the words of the women and men who were offering her praises, but inwardly she was quite satisfied with how they treated her.

She slowed down her steps such that more people would come to offer her praises which would then satisfy her greedy self.

As the two siblings walked past the crowd, Penelope heard the female guests whisper among themselves.

“Is Miss Penelope wearing the newly released Valeztena gown? I heard that it costs more than thirty million as it’s made from the finest silk and pearls, even the golden threads used in this gown are made of pure gold,” a woman exclaimed in awe.

Another woman hummed and agreed with her, “It is indeed that very gown. But then again it matches the status and brilliance of Miss Penelope.”

Those words were as sweet as honey for Penelope as she walked past those women but once she was gone, one of the women remarked,

“But—— she doesn’t look as pretty as the woman who just entered a few minutes ago.”