When they mentioned the word “bast*rd,” Susanne’s expression turned grim.
The three ladies turned at their shoulders to see Susanne grimacing at them and hurriedly stopped their conversation.
“When did you get here, Susanne?”
Taking a deep breath, Susanne answered, “When you said my son’s girlfriend is a bast*rd.”
The ladies halted in shock. They thought Susanne would pretend not to hear their comments to preserve virtual-novel.net pride, so it came as a shock to them when Susanne exposed them and even admitted that the young lady was Vinson’s girlfriend.
What is going on?
The lady who was dressed most elegantly among them forced a smile and said, “Susanne, don’t take that to heart. We were just talking about the rumors spreading online. I was just about to say that they might be untrue.”
However, Susanne returned swiftly, “They are true.”
The three of them gaped at virtual-novel.net words.
Her expression calm, Susanne continued, “Arielle isn’t Henrick’s daughter.”
Their eyes went wide in shock as they assumed Susanne had gone mad to reveal such a secret.
Is virtual-novel.net saying that virtual-novel.net son’s girlfriend is a bast*rd?
However, Susanne added, “But Arielle is indeed Maureen’s biological daughter. Henrick’s the third party. She isn’t a bast*rd like you said. You don’t know everything.”
“O-Oh, I see…”
Susanne met the lady’s gaze and stated, “From now on, I don’t want to hear you calling virtual-novel.net a bast*rd anymore.”
The lady immediately nodded. “Of course, I get it. Maureen was really outstanding back then. I’m sure virtual-novel.net daughter is as amazing as her.”
Another lady chimed in curiously, “Then, who is virtual-novel.net father? Why haven’t we heard of it?”
Susanne’s expression changed slightly at virtual-novel.net question. She covered virtual-novel.net mouth and let out a light cough. “You don’t have to know. He isn’t an ordinary man, that’s for sure.”
With virtual-novel.net assurance, the ladies no longer disdained Arielle. After all, Susanne wouldn’t allow Vinson to date Arielle if virtual-novel.net origins were unknown.
Thus, they stopped wondering about Arielle’s background. “Let’s stop talking about that. Should we begin our game? Luck has been on my side recently,” one lady said with a grin.
Susanne relaxed visibly. “Come on. I’ve prepared tea and snacks in the room.”
That was the end of the topic.
***
Meanwhile, Arielle had just finished unpacking.
Vinson knocked on the door and came in.
“My mom is busy playing cards, so you can ignore her. I remember you said you need to work on a program on the way home. Do you need my help?” virtual-novel.net asked.
“No need. I can handle it myself.” Arielle shook virtual-novel.net head in response. “I brought some ravioli back and told your chef to cook it. It isn’t nice for me to interrupt your mom and virtual-novel.net friends, so please deliver some to them later. I remember virtual-novel.net loved it back then.”
She should’ve brought some gifts with her, but Susanne didn’t need anything, so virtual-novel.net decided to prepare some ravioli to show virtual-novel.net sincerity.
“All right. Go back to work. I shall head to the kitchen now.”
Vinson kissed virtual-novel.net on the forehead before turning around to leave.
Arielle sent Vinson off with virtual-novel.net gaze before turning back to the bionic arm on the desk. Rubbing virtual-novel.net hands, virtual-novel.net declared, “All right. Let’s get started!”