Chapter 46: Elias Was Back

I couldn't attend the dinner party in the evening with such a wretched appearance. So, I nodded, "Thank you." "I'm Lena. What's your name?" "My name is Jacqueline," I said and added, "Your name's beautiful." Hearing me compliment her name, she smiled sheepishly, then said proudly, "I was told that my brother had given me the name. He's awesome." "Your brother?" "Yeah, my brother is twenty years older than me and he's tall! He's 1.88 meters in height and I have to look up at him." "Really?" I appeared to listen intently but didn't actually care about her or her brother's business. "Yeah." She said bitterly, "In fact, I haven't spent much time with my brother. He has disappeared a long time ago. My mommy said he had left home and then came back. But once he has returned, he has quarrel with daddy and mommy, and daddy has finally sent him to Italy in a fit of anger." I staggered. The richest families were indeed complicated. But I was not qualified to ask about her family affairs and could only chime in with her, although she was the one who brought it up. "But my brother is back. He promised me that he would never leave me again." I found that this little girl was simply a little chatterbox but rather cute. "Here we are. This is my room. I'm going to ask the maid to bring you clothes. Jacqueline, what size are you wearing?" I froze. "This is her home?" And his brother was... "Jacqueline, what are you doing standing in the doorway? Come on in." She took my hand, "Let me tell you, my brother is still single. A lot of girls are dressed up for tonight, just to make my brother notice them." So, this was the little princess of Silva Consortium. But she was nice and I quite liked her. After showering and drying my hair, I changed the clothes and wanted to say goodbye, but I couldn't find her anywhere. I had no choice but to leave a note to thank her. Before I started to write, I heard her voice, "How come you have time to come see me?" As soon as the little girl stopped, a familiar low voice came, "I just heard the maid say that you got into trouble again." The voice was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. I could barely hold the pen in my hand. The voice continued and got closer and closer. "How did it turn out that I made trouble? It was Sissy. She was chasing a squirrel and accidentally knocked a pretty girl into the fountain. But I made up for it quickly. I took her to my room to get changed and she's still here." "Really?" "Yeah." "Did you say sorry to her?" "Yes, she has forgiven me and Sissy." "Really?" "Why do you keep asking? Of course yes." "You little troublemaker. You either make trouble with Sissy or by yourself. What do you want me to say?" "Let's go inside and see her." "Let's wait until tonight." "Just take a look." Their voices got closer and closer, followed by the sound of the door opened. The girl rushed up to me and took my hand, "Jacqueline, my brother is here." I looked at her carefully and realized that she looked like someone. It was the one I had been thinking about and hating. But this whole thing was just too ridiculous. "My sister is naughty, sorry about that." The man suddenly stopped just as he finished speaking. Even with my back to him, I could hear his heavy breathing. I turned around very slowly. Five years of time seemed to pass in front of us as we looked at each other. The world seemed to have become silent. The girl's chattering voice seemed very far away from me. I fixedly looked at the familiar face in front of me and felt unable to breathe. The person I had been looking for for five years was right in front of me. The person I had been thinking about for five years was right in front of me. The person I had been hating for five years was right in front of me. What a joke? "Why don't you talk?" Lena didn't know anything, looking us curiously as we stood like statues. It was a long time before I heard Elias speak. He opened his mouth and said softly, "Lena, please go out for a moment." "But..." "Be good." Lena took Sissy out obediently, looking back again and again, and she turned around and said when she got to the door, "Elias, don't make Jacqueline unhappy." After she left, there were only the two of us left in the room. I took a deep breath, desperately trying to digest the information I had just gotten, but no matter how hard I tried, my mind went blank. I couldn't say anything right now. I couldn't even think anymore. "Jac..." Elias took a step forward and I subconsciously took a step back, my eyes cold and detached. His eyes darkened. "Was that fun?" I didn't know how long it took for me to speak. He looked up at me abruptly. I looked at his face carefully. "Was that fun?" I didn't know how long it took for me to speak. He looked up at me abruptly. I looked at his face carefully and found his handsome face seemed a bit more mature than five years ago and even his eyes looked different. He was only half a meter away from me, but I felt he was a thousand miles away. I still had a glimmer of hope that I could run into him before. At that time, I would gladly accept whatever he had become. But now, hatred and grievance of being fooled was boiling in my heart like boiling water. "Jacqueline..." "Don't call me by my name, you don't deserve it." I interrupted him and sneered, "So that's it." Five years ago, I should have realized that something was wrong. If he had been just a regular person, how could he have been highly skilled in horsemanship and wine tasting? If he had been just an ordinary man, how could he have known the use of personnel? When Neil had done the wrong thing, he had analyzed the pros and cons of things for me when I had been furious. And things like that. Now that I thought about it, there were so many clues out there. But why hadn't I noticed it back then? Was it because I had been too confident or I simply had not thought that way? Elias turned out to be the heir of Silva Consortium. He was the big shot I had been trying to find a way to get to know. How ridiculous. "Jacqueline, I..." There was a knock on the door. Lena stuck out her head and said in a small voice, "Elias, the housekeeper just told me that Daddy wants to see you." I looked away from him. Elias took a deep breath and walked up to me, seeing that I resisted him from my body to my attitude, he didn't dare to touch me but said, "Wait for me." Wait for you? Had I not waited long enough for five years?