Uncovering My Wife's Secrets

Chapter 63

Chapter 63 Old Mr. Parks’ Birthday Party

Annalise opened her eyes and saw Julian’s gentle and doting smile.

He even reached out and softly stroked her head.

When she saw his gaze and gentle actions, her heart skipped a beat.

She suddenly thought that if she exposed him now, he would be embarrassed.

She didn’t want him to feel awkward, so she simply closed her eyes.

Miraculously, she fell asleep very quickly.

When she woke up the next morning, Annalise’s expression was not as awkward as before. She even took the initiative to greet Julian. “Good morning!”

Then, she swiftly jumped off the bed and went to wash up.

Julian looked at Annalise’s back and smiled. “So she doesn’t mind it now?”

Suddenly, the smile on his lips disappeared. Why did he feel like she had figured out everything?

That was impossible!

If she really knew, surely she would have retracted her leg immediately.

With this thought in mind, Julian felt much more at ease.

During breakfast, he looked at her from time to time.

Annalise was inexplicably happy to see Julian’s slightly unnatural expression.

She took the egg he peeled for her and pretended not to know anything.

Tonight was Old Mr. Parks’ birthday party.

The birthday party was held at the Parks residence.

Gilderoy was a very capable butler. In a week, he had arranged everything according to Julian’s request.

After Samuel identified a list of guests, Julian arranged for his assistant to print the invitations, after which Gilderoy instructed a driver to personally send them to the big families.

Almost all the reputable families in Jadeborough were invited to bring their families along.

The venue was set at the grassland, which was 320,000 square feet, of Parks residence. Summer was transitioning to autumn, so the weather was not as hot as before.

Gilderoy had arranged for people to set up hundreds of tables in the grassland.

A stage had also been set up. As the venue was big enough, the stage was also very big.

The circular stage was placed in the middle of the grassland.

A hundred tables were set up around the circular stage.

This way, everyone could eat at the party while watching the stage performance.

Originally, Julian wanted to invite someone to sing opera for Samuel’s 80th birthday.

Samuel thought that just having the opera was boring. Since it was a party, he wanted to prepare a few more performances.

Julian understood what Samuel wanted.

Samuel was afraid that if there were only opera performances, some of the Parks family members would jeer and say that there was no variety. They would then ask for more performances to liven things up, and they would use this as an excuse to put Annalise on the spot.

At that time, Annalise would be in a very passive position.

However, if they had already arranged for various performances in advance, no one would be able to make any complaints.

As long as the program lasted two hours, even if the person was a young mistress of the Parks family, they would not be able to add another performance to the program.

Another important agenda was the opening of birthday gifts.

Gilderoy would arrange for some staff to note down what non-family members had given Samuel. Meanwhile, the birthday gifts from family members would be opened on the day itself.

Therefore, it couldn’t be helped that some people would want to see Annalise embarrass herself in public. However, the elixir pills prepared by Annalise would probably be enough to stun everyone.

At around four in the afternoon, luxury cars started arriving at the entrance of the Parks residence.

Gilderoy arranged for more than 20 servants to greet the guests at the door, help them park the car, and invite them into the house.

Everyone had prepared birthday gifts.

The Parks family had arranged for some staff to register the guests and note down their gifts.

Since there were guests present, it had to be lively. Hence, Julian instructed the staff member to set off fireworks.

Although they couldn’t see the fireworks in broad daylight and could only hear the sounds, once the fireworks sounded, everyone instantly felt the lively atmosphere.

At the same time the fireworks were set off, the music sounded on the stage.

The popular singer, Zol, walked onstage in a red evening gown and opened the show with a song.

Many of the young ladies in the audience were Zol’s fans. All of them were screaming.

“Ahhh, Zol!”

They started discussing with each other excitedly.

“As expected of the Parks family. They actually managed to hire Zol. She’s really difficult to hire. My grandpa wanted to hire her for his birthday party, but she rejected the job as her schedule was packed.”

“The Parks family is different, of course. They are the most powerful family for a reason. Although their financial report has not been released yet, analysts are expecting Parks Group’s profits to increase by more than 40% this year.”

“I heard it’s all thanks to Julian.”

“He’s really good at business!”

“It’s not the only thing he’s good at. He’s simply perfect, okay? He comes from a good family, is handsome, has strong business skills, and has no scandals. Whoever marries him in this life must have done a lot of good deeds in her previous life!”

“Who’s worthy of him? Only Lianne Blake and Sybil Xander are compatible with him. We can only dream!”

“I heard that he went to Horington and brought back a woman from the countryside.”

*Really?”

“Yes. Didn’t you see the news some time ago? I heard that the woman’s name is Annalise Barton. She’s quite good-looking, but she has a bad family background. I heard that she’s illiterate.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“That’s Jessy Parks over there. Let’s go and ask her.”

Hence, the women asked Jessy about Annalise.

Jessy looked around. When she didn’t spot Cassandra or Julian, she immediately added fuel to the fire and told the women that Annalise was old-fashioned and that after coming to Jadeborough, she still couldn’t change her bad habits.

Not only was she bare-faced every day, but she also wore a T-shirt every day. She even barbecued in the Parks residence, which was ridiculous.

When the women heard Jessy’s words, they laughed and immediately spread this news to the people they knew.

“Hey, did you guys see the news some time ago? It’s about Mr. Julian and the country bumpkin Annalise. I originally thought that the unscrupulous media was spreading rumors just to gain more attention, but I didn’t expect it to be true. I heard that not only is this woman from the countryside, but she’s also illiterate. She

doesn’t even know what makeup brand is out there and how to put on makeup. Also, she only wears T- shirts. and never wears gowns.”

“Haha. Then what does Mr. Parks like about her?”

“Tsk, he’s a man. He thinks that such a woman is innocent.”

“Pfft, she isn’t innocent but simply stupid!”

“What should I do? Am I too evil? I really want to see her embarrass herself in public!”

“Me too, haha!”

“I really don’t understand Mr. Parks. He gave up on a beauty like Lianne Blake and brought back a country bumpkin. Is his brain fried?”

“Look, Lianne is here!”

Amidst the women’s discussion, the Blake family walked in.

Six people from the Blake family came: Lianne herself, Madam Blake, Lianne’s father and stepmother, and Lianne’s half-sister and half-brother. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Lianne’s half-sister was a cheerful person while Lianne was as cold as ice. Because Lianne was beautiful, she exuded the temperament of an ice queen.

It was also because of this cold aura that everyone regarded her as ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in Jadeborough.

When Alexander saw Lianne, the smile on his lips faded slightly, but then he beamed again.

Back then, after he failed in his pursuit of Lianne’s love, he was worried that he would feel pressured if she married Julian. He did not expect that Julian would not be able to woo this woman either.

He felt better knowing this.