When Marianne saw it was Adrian calling, she frowned immediately. "What is he calling for? Hasn't he caused you enough trouble? Caused our family enough trouble?"
She had never seen a man who, after his own stunt backfired, would try to make his fiancée shoulder half of his gambling debts.
And then he just vanished.
Absolutely gutless.
She had heard that Adrian was very likely to lose his position as the heir to the Cole family.
The Coles were currently in an uproar over the succession issue.
If Adrian wasn't the Cole family heir, then he was no longer worthy of Hailey.
The call disconnected automatically while she was hesitating.
Hailey looked at the dark screen and bit her lower lip.
After seeing so many top-tier, powerful people at the party today...
Adrian really didn't seem so impressive in her eyes anymore.
A family that wasn't even qualified to attend the Blackwood heiress's coming-of-age party-what kind of future did they have?
They were nothing in Vaelion City!
He didn't even have the power to put Serena in her place!
Hailey's ambitions were growing by the minute.
She felt that she had finally climbed from the bottom to become a true heiress of a wealthy Vaelion City family.
Only a man like Nicholas, a god-like figure who moved with an otherworldly grace, was worthy of her.
And if not him...
Then it had to be one of the elite heirs she had seen at Brianna's party today.
As she thought about it...
Hailey found Adrian even more wanting.
She had no intention of calling him back and was about to put her phone in her purse.
Then, the phone rang again.
It was Adrian.
Hailey frowned, about to decline the call.
But Marianne grabbed her wrist. "Hold on! Hailey, pick it up!"
Hailey pursed her lips, clearly unhappy. "I honestly don't see the point, Mom."
"Don't be stupid," Marianne said, poking her head. "Until you find a better
replacement, the Cole family is still somewhat useful."
Hailey thought about all the calls she'd made to Adrian over the past few days, none of which he'd answered.
She'd even gone to his usual haunts, only to be turned away.
Anger simmered inside her.
"Maybe he knows he was wrong and is calling to make it up to you," Marianne said, nudging her with her elbow, "Guys like him don't just use sweet talk to win a gift back, they use gifts. You can use this opportunity to ask him for some jewelry, which you can wear to other events, right?"
Hailey glanced at her dress, which, was now loose and rumpled from being pulled, then touched the necklace on her neck, worth only few hundred thousand dollars.
Her eyes shifted, and she immediately answered the call.
Hailey was about to adopt an angry, cold tone with Adrian. But before she could speak...
She heard Adrian's rushed voice. "Hailey, where are you right now?"
The man's breathing was heavy, and his voice was a bit muffled, as if he'd been drinking.
His questioning tone made Hailey frown slightly, and her voice carried a hint of displeasure. "Where I am is none of your business, is it?"
There was a few seconds of silence. before Adrian's voice came through again. Hailey, are you at the Blackwood princess's
Coming-of-age party right now
Hailey froze.
How did Adrian know she was at the Blackwood estate?