Seline's heart filled with glee. The plan would work as long as Suzanne was willing to tag along with her.
She wiped away the tears from her cheeks, then smiled delightfully. "Go ahead and hit me or yell at me all you want, as long as you're willing to forgive me."
The looks in everyone else's eyes softened when they looked at Seline. In low voices, they chattered with one another.
"The younger sister looks like she's quite well-tempered."
"Yeah. Even though she made a mistake, she apologized in a good manner."
Someone else sighed. "It's Dr. Smith's temper that seems quite…"
Although this person did not complete their sentence, everyone had an idea of what would've been said.
Deep down, Seline was pleased to hear those comments. Surprisingly, she ended up getting an advantage. These aristocrats had ignored her earlier, but they now knew how nice of a person she was.
Suzanne, on the other hand, wasn't bothered by those remarks.
After all, these people were not aware of the truth. They were individuals with agencies. It was up to them to say whatever they wished to.
Right now, Suzanne was more curious about what Seline was planning on doing. She allowed Seline to help her up from the couch.
At this moment, Sirius walked toward them. When he noticed the red wine stains all over Suzanne's dress, he was stunned. He hurried up to her and asked urgently, "What happened? Mr. Fawley happened to allocate a room to me upstairs. Go up to the room and wait while I get someone to bring you a change of clothes."
All of a sudden, Seline felt flustered. If Sirius actually took Suzanne with him, how was she going to proceed with her plan? Sirius was ruining her plan!
Forcing a smile onto her sweet-looking face, she pretended to be awkward while looking at Sirius. "Mr. Jagger, we shouldn't trouble you with something like this. Sue is a woman. This wouldn't be convenient…"
Hadn't she made it obvious enough? What was this man still doing here? He was being such a busybody.
Seline cussed at Sirius over and over silently.
Having extended his hand toward Suzanne earlier, Sirius retracted his hand slowly. Looking at Suzanne and Seline with an apologetic expression on his face, he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't consider that."
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