Let Me Go, Mr. Harvey

It would maintain a semblance of peace if they pretended not to know each other, but Danis’s remarks out of blue gave out the smell of a standoff with the atmosphere swiftly turned a bit embarrassing.

Cathleen’s face changed, and she looked at Angela with a could of glumness in her eyes.

Watching what had happened, James took a few steps to the left front of Angela mutely, barely blocking the sight from Danis and Cathleen.

Duran got stunned for a second and said with a smile, “People were always frivolous when young, weren’t they? It’s common to have some former hidden crushes or exes. I had written love letters sneakily to our Class Beauty myself when I was in high school.”

It’s distinctly an out for Danis.

With that, Angela felt a bit surprised, for she hadn’t expected Duran was so close to Danis!

“Dad, how dare you write love letters secretly when you were just a high school student?” Raya was looking for Angela when she happened to hear her father’s confession. She burst out instantly, “I’m telling this to mom.”

Duran replied with a tap on her head, “You little brat, why are you interrupting as the adults are talking? Sean, I just saw your father and stepmother were also here, and you can take Raya to greet them.”

Sean responded and pulled her away.

Angela had longed to invite Mrs. Brown home to comfort her mother since the other day. But she’s afraid it’s too brusque to invite her bluntly in the case that she had never met her and knew nothing about her.

“Let’s also go to greet Mrs. Brown later,” James whispered in Angela’s ear on seeing her look to Sean.

Angela nodded gently.

“Danis, it’s good to be blunt. There’s nothing wrong for you to behave so.” Duran said, “Nevertheless, it differs by occasion. For example, it might not be appropriate to talk about your past flings in front of Cathleen.”

Cathleen smiled and said with sarcasm, “That’s all right. I am used to it.”

“I’m just accustomed to talking that way. I’ll pay attention next time.” Danis apologized to Cathleen with apparently little sincerity.

She sniffed.

“You literally need to pay attention,” James wiped a crumb off the corner of Angela’s mouth and continued, “or not only Miss Delia would be unhappy, I would also feel uncomfortable.”

Danis frowned and said after a pause, “It’s my fault.”

“I have forgiven you, Mr. Smith.” James stared at him intently, with his hand around Angela’s waist. “After all, my woman is too charming, and I know it clearly in my heart.”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Both of them spoke with a sting in their words.

Duran interceded, “Mr. Harvey, don’t be angry. I guarantee Danis didn’t intend to be disrespectful as he is always blunt and unthoughtful. Besides, by his own account, he ‘has pursued’ her, which means it’s already over.”

“Duran, you don’t need to explain it for Mr. Smith, for I’m not such a narrow-minded man,” James said.

Duran guffawed, “If Mr. Harvey is narrow-minded, you would not reach your present position. Nevertheless, it’s better to make it clear concerning such things.”

“I agree with you on that. People in this field are always interested in scandals, so Mr. Smith had better restrain your words and behaviors lest you would get misunderstood by others.” James said.

Danis stopped a waiter and asked for a glass of red wine, “I would, and thank you for your reminder. This is to you.”

With that, he gestured to James before raising his head and drinking up the wine, and then he put the empty glass to the table nearby.

“I didn’t mean to blame you, so you don’t have to do that.” James picked up a glass of juice from the waiter’s tray and handed it to Angela. “You must be thirsty after eating so many snacks, aren’t you? Have some juice.”

Angela felt thirsty indeed, so she took the juice and had a sip.

“Is it cold?” James took the glass back naturally and drank, with his lips attaching to Angela’s lip print on the glass, “A little bit. It’s not good for you, and I will bring you something warm later. Don’t drink this one.”

He told her not to drink it, but he picked up the glass and took several more sips.

Danis struggled to hide his pain and swallowed hard before figuring out an excuse to leave with a pale-faced Cathleen.

Not long after they walked out, Cathleen shook his hands off and said, “Danis, you begged me to marry you this time, so don’t act like I was the one to force you to marry me!”

“Today I lost my head, and it won’t happen again.” Danis pressed between the eyebrows.

“Lost your head?” Cathleen sneered. “Whether you lost your head or not, the way you look at her has never changed! Do you know how embarrassed I was standing beside you?”

Danis answered with a bitter smile, “You have never been devoted to somebody, so you wouldn’t understand … I had tried my best to restrain … Enough. You only need to know that I will not do anything damaging the reputation of the Smith family and the Delia family.”

“… It’d better be!” Cathleen felt annoyed but still held on to his arm, “There are some esteemed elders to meet. Let’s go.”

“The intimacy between Mr. Harvey and Miss Chante is really enviable.” Duran raved emotionally.

They went on chatting for a while when several people came over to talk with Duran, with the intention to get to know James as well.

However, James was not willing to continue to talk with them, so he went to Denise along with Angela upon seeing her coming.

“Did dad come with you?” James asked.

His father was not fond of occasions like this, considering them boring and a waste of time. But he ought not to give up the chance to associate with the members of the Harvey family since they were the hosts of this party.

Denise smiled, and the fine crow’s feet around her eyes did no harm to her charm, even adding some femininity to her. “There he is.”

She pointed to him with her chin.

Angela looked in the direction she pointed and found Jason was standing beside Edward and Adeline. He looked in high spirits as he was beaming all the time.

In contrast, Adeline was full of anger on her face, and even made a push to Jason.

With many people watching that way, Angela expected he would be infuriated, but to her surprise, he remained a smiling face and held Adeline’s hand explaining something to her.

What’s more, Edward stood aside in peace, as if the woman, whose hand was being held by Jason, was not his wife.

“There’s nothing he wouldn’t do,” James said with an indistinguishable smile.

Denise tucked a wisp of hair on the temple behind her ear and said, “The same to the Smiths, right? Oh, no, maybe they wouldn’t regard this as a shame at all.”

“Dad has always been like this to Adeline for all these years, so she takes this for granted. Once someday he rebukes her in the public, maybe then she would feel shameful.” James twitched his mouth, coldness in his eyes.

While the two were talking about the Smiths and Jason, Angela stood by their side silently.

“Sorry to bore you with this mess.” Denise forced a bitter smile.

Angela replied softly, “Auntie, don’t think too much.”

“Are you afraid that I would feel upset about this?” Denise said, “It’s nothing to me. It has been so many years since I got married and moved to the Harvey family. So I had got used to this long before.”

It’s so embarrassing to talk about it. To change the subject, Angela gave a little cough and asked, “Auntie, do you know Mrs. Brown?”