Without any hesitation, Hailey whirled elegantly and approached Edward, stopping him from going away. She put her soft hands around his neck, staring at him with her beautiful and clear eyes right into his eyes.

“Edward, let’s getting started,” she said, her voice soft like a bird chirping happily.

Edward squinted his eyes slightly as he looked at her eyes. No one could see through him.

The brave girl’s eyes met his. The music started. They moved and whirled in sync. They danced well together.

Her dress whirled as she moved. There seemed to be staring sparkling in her eyes.

The longer they danced, the more enchanting she became. Edward’s eyes remained calm all the time.

Hailey figured out that he was being curious.

He was being curious, worried, relieved, and surprised…

There were mix feelings dwelling up in his heart.

He was very surprised by Hailey’s behavior this day.

“Edward, am I dancing well?” she asked.

Edward paused for one second. The confusion in his eyes was immediately replaced by tenderness and love.

I know he likes me! If I were not so wayward to push him away from me in the past life, Sully would not have any chance to get close to him. It was all my fault, she thought.

Feeling that Edward was about to let go of her hands again, Hailey was worried. She immediately got closer to him and whispered in his ears, “Don’t leave me, Edward. I’m still a bad dancer. Could you teach me? As a member of a family running the fashion business, I am supposed to know how to dance. Everyone would laugh at me otherwise. Don’t you think so?” Her voice was tender.

She looked at him with expectant eyes, waiting for an answer.

In the dim light, the handsome man with a sculpted face and deep eyes stopped his steps. He seemed to be very satisfied with Hailey’s behavior. Then, he turned around and began to dance with her again.

“Okay, don’t worry. I will teach you how to do this,” he replied with a hoarse voice.

“Will you dance with me forever?” Hailey asked in a seemingly joking tone as she looked into his bright eyes.

Edward had an extremely handsome face. He was especially charming when he showed his tenderness despite the fact that he was actually a cold-blood man when facing his enemies. I must be blind to hate him so much in the past life and this would never happen this life, Hailey thought.

She raised one of her eyebrows and said with a coquettish voice, “You have to, Edward. My parents are gone and I’ve lost my parents. You are all I have left. You have to take care of me for the rest of my life.”

“Yes, I will,” Edward replied in a gently yet aggressive tone. “I can take care of you for the rest of my life as long as you like.”

Hailey did not realize that many people were staring at them as she put her arms around his neck intimately. Taking a quick glimpse at the surroundings, she took a look at her hands before she let go of Edward’s neck.

She then put her hand into his hands. Edward did not resist her. She felt them warm.

They began to dance again with the music again. She looked at Edward with her bright eyes and glanced at Sully secretly with arrogance and provocation in her eyes.

Sully, of course, noticed her. It was beyond her why Edward, who was always distant with self-discipline accepted Hailey’s invitation. Wasn’t

t she just the daughter of his driver? In Sully’s eyes, Hailey was nobody but a maid!

What was more, Edward had pulled himself away from Hailey for two times! But why did he end up dancing with her again?

“Linda, figure out what she did on earth to seduce Edward in public! How dare she?” Sully said with a distorted facial expression. She was so jealous and hateful.

“She has changed totally ever since Edward took her home from the school and found her a new school. Her appearance, the way she dressed… She even knows how to play the piano! To be honest, I have to admit that she plays quite well,” Linda replied with an interested look. Then she continued as if she had already got an answer, “Sully, all her changes only indicate that she is a very sophisticated woman! She took advance of her father’s death and became a member of the Zhang Family so that she has the change to get along with Edward all the time!”

“No. No! It’s impossible! She is just a high school student! She could not be that smart!” Sully was unwilling to accept Linda’s theory. However, her face grew darker. She then pretended to walk toward the restroom. Philip noticed it and followed her.

Watching Hailey and Edward dancing elegantly on the dancing floor, Daniel passed in front of Philip and walked to his mother, Lucy. He then lowered his head and whispered in her ears with his eyebrows furrowed, “Mother, if she successfully makes Edward fall in love with her, she may propose to investigate his father’s case! When that time comes, we will be damned!”

Lucy’s heart skipped a beat when she heard it. “How could it be? She is just a high school student, my son! She can’t be so smart,” she screamed in a sharp tone.

“Yes, she is a student for the time being. But she will soon become a beautiful woman! No one could resist her charm at that time!”

“No, you are talking nonsense! Edward has even turned down the niece of the president. How could he fall in love with a bastard with no money or a powerful background?” Lucy took a look at her son before she snorted out coldly.

Daniel decided not to try to convince his mother. He just said with a murderous voice, “Never mind, Mother. Anyway, we must figure out a way to keep her away from Edward!”

Daniel thought of something happening in the past life. He was certain that once Hailey knew everything and became Edward’s close one, he and his family would end up with a tragedy.

Sully and Philip abused her all the time. They even killed her and Edward at last. There was no way Hailey would just let them go that easily.

***

Watching Sully and Philip leave, Hailey smiled coldly.

What a cunning and bitchy couple! she thought.

She then “accidentally” stepped on Edward’s foot again.

“I’m sorry,” Hailey apologized at once.

The dance ended at that point in time. Edward let go of her hands.

Showered by the brilliant lights, Edward looked very sexy and charming with his chiseled features.

His thin lips moved upwards, forming a slight smile. “Why didn’t you stop it earlier now that you don’t want to show all your abilities to everyone?” he said.

Hailey’s face blushed immediately. She looked bravely into his eyes and responded, “You know me, Edward.” There was a hint of admiration in her eyes.

Yes, she stepped on his foot the last time on purpose.

She deliberately danced in a clumsy way and pretended that she was not good at it. She did all this in order to not reveal all her capabilities. Other people might become jealous of her and become her enemies, otherwise.

She had already surprised everyone when she played the piano. If she showed everyone that she was also a good dancer, most of them would suspect her because she was merely the daughter of a driver. Those with evil intentions might hurt her.

Hailey, don’t worry. Do it step by step, Hailey told herself.

When she was lost in her mind, Edward raised her delicate chin with his fingers.

He looked at her and touched her face with another hand. Hailey immediately collected herself and said to him with a smiling face, “Excuse me, Edward. I’m afraid I need to go to the restroom now.”

“Okay,” he simply replied with a distant tone. Yet there was warmness in his voice.

Hailey turned around and left.

As a matter of fact, she did not really need to use the restroom. It was just her excuse so that she could find a chance to eavesdrop on Sully and Philip secretly.

They were talking in the aisle outside the restroom. Sully said with an unkind voice, “When are you going to proceed with your plan on Hailey? Didn’t you see that she almost attached herself to Edward?”

Philip smiled coldly and replied, “Don’t worry, Sully. I am waiting for an opportunity. This isn’t the right time now. We just finished the high school and we almost got the same score. I will go to the university she chooses. When that happens, I will have four years to be close to her. I’m sure I will make her fall in love with me.”

Sully said resentfully, “You’d better. Otherwise, you will not get a penny from me! And you will never be able to go to the university without my financial support. “

Philip let out a smile. “Yes, I know that. I promise that I will not fail you.”

Suddenly, Hailey accidentally stepped on the rubbish and made a slight noise. They became alert immediately. Be afraid to be detected, Hailey ran away at once.

When she came back and was about to approach Edward, she saw Philip was greeting Edward.

“What a pleasure to meet you, Edward,” Philip said.

Hailey’s face turned dark immediately. She grew vigilant in an instant when she saw Philip get close to Edward.

Edward, on the other hand, did not notice Hailey who was hiding in a relatively remote corner. He simply grunted with an expressionless face in response.

Everyone knew that he was distant and indifferent to strangers.

Philip raised his glass awkwardly and took a sip alone. He then took a look at the surroundings and did not see Hailey.

Hailey, on the other hand, grew excited very much when she saw the man who killed her was right in front of her eyes. She tried hard and suppressed her anger. Finally, she was wearing her usual smile. She walked toward Edward while greeting the passersby friendly.

Edward knew who Philip was. He knew that Philip was an ordinary model. He was able to make a living among the rich women thanks to his handsome face and young age.

There was a hint of disdain in Edward’s eyes when he looked at Philip.

The smile on Philip’s face froze for a second when he noticed it.

His fingers, which were holding the glass, trembled with anger. Finally, the glass fell onto the ground and shattered into pieces with a loud sound of bang.

Hailey walked to Edward and stopped beside him.

Looking at Philip, she said, “Nice to see you, sir. But you look so unfamiliar. I’m afraid you are not invited to this birthday party. Am I right? Who brought you here?” There was sneer on her face. Shen then continued, “I’m curious what’s the relationship between you and the person who brought you here.”

Hailey blinked her beautiful eyes as she asked with a clear voice. She totally sounded like an innocent young girl.

However, her “innocent” speech made everyone begin to gossip secretly.

There was too much information contained in her words.

Who was this young man? He was too young to be a friend of Lucy. He was not a relative to the Zhang Family, either. So, there was only one possibility; someone brought him here.

Earlier when the party began, some people saw that he came in with a woman. That woman was rich. She was also known to everyone because she liked handsome young men.

Everyone began to whisper and gossip.

They looked at Philip with interested eyes. There was a hint of sneer on their faces.