Chapter 20: Mine

Elliana Lyle didn't like this kind of environment. Although the private room was spacious enough and the sunlight coming through the glass window was bright enough, she hated these frivolous people.

"Little beauty, come over quickly." Seeing that Elliana hadn't come over yet, Raymond Wood was somewhat displeased in his tone.

This was someone Norman Bennett brought in. Even though she didn't seem crucial, he was determined to play a little today and to dampen Norman Bennett's spirit.

The annual GDP ranking of the Tiansa Group was on par with Virginia Gavin, but Raymond Wood couldn't stand Norman Bennett's superior attitude.

But he forgot, Harmony was founded by Norman Bennett himself, and behind it, The Bennetts Group was a top global presence, whereas behind Raymond Wood, there was only his father's Tiansa.

The wine glass in Norman Bennett's hand seemed to be on the verge of shattering. Since when could other people order his little girl around?

Without waiting for Norman Bennett to speak up for her, Elliana Lyle went directly in front of Norman and sat angrily in his arms.

Like a guardian of her food, she glared fiercely at the few female PRs, almost baring her teeth at them.

"Get down." Looking at the little girl in his arms, Norman Bennett was somewhat caught off guard.

Elliana acted as if she hadn't heard and wriggled further into his embrace.

Those who knew Norman Bennett took a cold breath, thinking this girl probably had a death wish!

But then they thought of someone, the Lyle family's daughter, Elliana Lyle.

Norman Bennett didn't say anything further, just let the little girl hug him like that.

"Get out of here!" Raymond Wood scolded the few female PRs.

"Mr. Bennett, this must be Miss Lyle, right? Didn't I hear that Miss Lyle wants to annul the engagement with you? For someone, perhaps?" Raymond Wood said and thought about it seriously.

Then, as if he remembered, his tone carried a teasing note: "Wasn't it said Miss Lyle wants to break off the engagement with you for Shane Southwell? Seems this isn't Miss Lyle, she's your new lover, right?"

Hearing Raymond Wood's mockery, the artist Yates Zander under White Goose naturally had to step out to speak for his boss, and said, "Mr. Tian, these are all rumors spread by the media. You know well that these media cannot be trusted."

"Did I talk to you?" Raymond Wood was immediately displeased when a male artist responded to him.

Elliana Lyle also looked towards the person speaking for her. It seemed she had seen him somewhere before, right... it was the man who helped her a bit at Harmony.

No wonder he looked familiar back then, it turned out to be Yates Zander, who played in sweet dramas.

Seeing the two largest investors having a gunpowder-like atmosphere, Thomas Lee quickly rose to mediate: "Mr. Bennett, let me introduce you, this is South Wind Song's female lead, Eleanor Llyod, Miss Llyod."

"Hmm." Norman Bennett didn't give Eleanor Llyod even a glance from start to finish.

Eleanor Llyod stood up with a sweet smile, forming two dimples. Her light pea green gauze dress exuded a dreamy aura.

Although the style was a rather ordinary strapless design, the fresh color, lightweight fabric, and the numerous scattered sequins on the skirt were like a vast starry sky, giving off a fairytale-like dreamy feeling.

Always the attire Eleanor Llyod loved most, so pure like a fairytale princess, it made people feel very clean at first sight.

"Hello, Mr. Bennett, I'm Eleanor Llyod." Eleanor Llyod's voice carried the sweet freshness of a snow pear, her manner polite yet poised.

Elliana just stared at Eleanor Llyod, she kind of wanted to peel Eleanor's skin off.

In her past life, she raised a cat, and Eleanor Llyod deliberately poked the cat's eyes with her nails, then got her arm scratched by the cat. Her cat also hurt to the point of rolling on the ground.

However, when Shane Southwell came, Eleanor was the first to complain, as she watched her cat being crushed to death by Shane's furious foot.

Feeling the rigidity in the little girl's body, Norman Bennett saw Elliana's tightly clenched fists, with fresh red liquid oozing between her fingers.

The more Elliana hated Eleanor, the more it made him think Elliana loved Shane Southwell.

Thomas Lee quietly observed Elliana, suddenly feeling that she was more suitable to be an actress than Eleanor even.

The two have the same temperament, but the difference is, Elliana is more real.

―――Lotus Park, Whisper Café.

Shane Southwell had been waiting for three hours, and Cari had also sent countless messages to Elliana.

Cari: "Vice-President, still no reply from Elliana."

"Elliana, you better be dead!" Shane Southwell's eyes were sinister, no one had ever kept him waiting this long.

As angry as he was, he decided to wait a bit longer, thinking Elliana would still bring out the money.

Half an hour later.

Eleanor Llyod sent Shane Southwell a message.

Melody: "Brother Southwell, I saw Elliana today, she was with Norman Bennett, although I'm not sure if it really was her."

This message completely sent Shane Southwell over the edge, he flipped the table and kicked it.

"Sir! What are you doing, you have to pay for the damage." The clerk hurriedly spoke up to stop Shane from overturning another table.

The customers here looked curiously at Shane, wondering how someone looking so well-dressed could be so uncivilized?

"Get lost!" Shane was terrifying when angry, he slapped the clerk hard and walked away.

"Oh my god, how can there be a person like this?"

A girl held up her phone, recording a video. If posted online, it would surely go viral.

The beaten clerk was helped up by others, and the manager had already started calling the police.

"Hello, is this 110? At..."

...

―――Vicars Hotel.

7 PM in the evening.

Elliana had already returned with Norman Bennett, but her hand was also wrapped in bandages.

"Go rest now, tomorrow I'll have Lana take you back." After saying this, Norman Bennett turned to leave.

Elliana still didn't understand what was wrong with Norman today.

And what did he mean by disliking people who lie? She didn't think she had lied.

The more she thought, the angrier she got. As Norman reached the door, she couldn't help but shout: "Norman Bennett, make things clear, when did I lie?"

"I told you to rest." Norman repeated his earlier words with an added chill in his tone.

"What do you mean by that? Tell me exactly when I lied!" Elliana's temper flared, she stood there stubbornly in her eyes.

She didn't think she had lied, nor did she know how she upset Norman Bennett, for him to treat her this way.

Seeing Norman not speak, Elliana's eyes began to hurt, the tears wouldn't stop; for the first time since her rebirth, she felt aggrieved.

"Rest well, tomorrow morning I'll take you to the airport."

With those words, only the sound of the door closing remained.

"Miss Lyle, would you like something to drink?" Lana couldn't bear seeing Elliana like this.

Even she thought the young master was too much.

Elliana just stood there without speaking, biting her lip to hold back her tears.

After a long while, she dried her eyes and simply said, "Lana, go rest, don't worry about me."

"What?" Lana didn't mishear, she wanted to comfort Elliana, but since the one who upset her was Norman Bennett, she didn't know how to comfort her.

"Lana, go take a rest, I want to be alone for a bit. If I get hungry, I'll call you." Elliana's voice was very light, even somewhat despondent.

Lana pursed her lips and replied: "Alright, Miss Lyle, I'll step away for now."

After saying that, Lana went back to the maid's room.

Elliana sniffled, turned and wanted to sit by the bay window, but then she saw the wine rack on the wall.

She didn't usually drink, and wasn't much of a drinker. She remembered in high school she had drunk Baijiu with Nancy, though it was hard to swallow, after drinking, she felt weightless, as if all worries were lifted.

An hour later.

Lana was still somewhat worried, she quietly opened the door, and was shocked to see Elliana drinking by the bay window.

There were already two empty bottles lying on the floor, and Elliana was sitting on the ground, chugging from a bottle of red wine.

"Miss Lyle! You can't drink!" Lana, without much thought, hurried to stop her.