It was nine o'clock in the evening. This high-end performance, which seemed to be a joyous occasion for both the host and the guests, was finally over.
Alexander refused to send Anabel back. As soon as he walked out of the door of the Moran family's home, he got into the car and stopped smiling, his expression turning fierce. "Notify Jaylin that starting tomorrow, he'll be by my side," he said.
Tonight's party had made him feel utterly disgusted. Everyone had put in a lot of effort to perform a skit called "Getting Alexander and Anabel Together," coming up with conversational topics, pretending to be sincere and humorous, and casually making jokes that did not match their status and age. They went on about how outstanding Anabel was, how compatible she was with Alexander, how close they had been as children, and so on. Anabel even pretended to be an innocent girl, feigning shyness.
