You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)
Chapter 379

"Mom, I earned the money myself, and I'm willing to give her anything. I hope you can attend the banquet quietly."

Skylar's statement of severing ties with Lillian was just to scare her.

However, he would chase her out should she continue to make a scene.

Lillian raised her head and met her son's displeased black eyes. Her high-pitched tone immediately faded, but she said fiercely, "Let's talk after the banquet is over!"

It took Lillian a great deal of effort to sit at the Holland family's table.

Queenie was also sitting at that table.

Skylar was never fond of Elsa, so he did not invite her to the banquet.

By that time, Jamie had already gone to Wayne's table to sit next to him. As Queenie's husband relied on Skylar's help in his business and seeing that it was Carolie and Skylar's engagement, she had already made up her mind not to lose her temper today.

As soon as Lillian sat down, Queenie immediately said, "Why would you get into such an unpleasant situation with your son?"

"I'm so mad. What is so good about Coralie? Why does Skylar like her so much?" Lillian immediately complained about Coralie to Queenie. "Look at him now. If they get married in the future, will he still treat me as his mother? Impossible!"

Lillian was sure that once Skylar and Coralie were married, they would definitely be against her.

She preferred obedient girls like Valerie as her daughter-in-law, who would obey her and buy things for her. Unlike Coralie, who did not even visit her and would quarrel with her every time they met!

"Alas, forget it. The children are all grown up," Queenie glanced at Jamie, who was next to Wayne, and said, "Look at my daughter. Coralie's brother had also blinded her. She was not interested in the guy I introduced to her before. She is too captivated and loyal to that b*stard."

Lillian heard Queenie's words and immediately responded, "You were right before. Come to think of it, I also agree that Coralie's parents only taught them how to seduce the children of rich families." On that day, Queenie saw how Skylar treated Coralie and how he had given her a diamond ring worth more than 30 million dollars. Her attitude towards Jamie and Wayne had changed.

She was not entirely against them anymore.

When she heard Lillian's words, she immediately answered, "Oh, I never said that."

"Didn't you mention it before?"

Lillian remembered clearly that it was Queenie who had said those words last time.

She did not expect that Queenie would raise her head and looked at Valerie, who was sitting next to her, and continued, "That was what Valerie told me before. Initially, I did not know that Jamie was in a relationship with Wayne, and Valerie had told me about it."

Queenie's words had directly trapped Valerie.

Queenie heard Skylar's words just now and realized that there were many things going on between Skylar, Coralie, and Valerie.

However, when Skylar mentioned the car accident, Valerie's expression was obviously guilty. How could such a smart person as Queenie fail to see that something was going on?

"Auntie Holland, I was just trying to tell you out of goodwill. How could you misunderstand what I meant?"

Valerie smiled sweetly, but the muscles on her face were slightly stiff.

She would never expect that a sentence she said a few years ago would actually set a trap for herself that day.

Fortunately, Lillian's trust in Valerie was deep-rooted.

Even after Queenie's words, Lillian still said, "Valerie is doing this for your own good. That's just who she is. Whatever comes to her mind, she will say aloud so don't take it personally. If you like Wayne, just let your daughter marry him."

Lilian's tone was evident that she was rejoicing in Queenie's "misfortunate".

In her opinion, if Jamie was to marry Wayne, it would be the same as olden times whereby a princess would marry a poor scholar. It would be a complete disgrace.

Valerie knew that Queenie was not fond of her. Therefore, after sitting a while, she quickly got up and said, "Excuse me, I'm going to head over there and propose a toast."

As she spoke, she left with her wine glass.

Valerie left because she saw that no one was sitting at Hera's table.

No one knew where Jamie and Wayne had gone, and Hendric had gone to Coralie's side.

Valerie walked over to Hera with a glass of red wine in her hand and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you, Auntie Jean. I'm Valerie."

"Ah? Hello."

Hera was sitting there alone. When she saw Valerie walk up to her, she immediately stood up and greeted her.

She knew that Valerie came with Lillian, but she did not expect that she would come to talk to her.

Valerie could tell that Hera was a good-natured woman from the suburbs. She must have never been to such a place before. Thus, an idea arose in Valerie's mind.

"Aunty, please do not misunderstand what happened just now. Although I like Skylar, I also know that liking someone isn't to possess him but to wish him happiness. I saw how Skylar and Miss Chariott are today and I believe they will be happy. This way, I can rest assured."

Valerie pretended to be kind, which was her special skill. She had deceived many people with her seemingly- kind face, and none of them had seen through it, let alone Hera, who was not used to the city life. Valerie looked and sounded so sincere that Hera had really believed that she was the person she said.

"Thank you."

Hera knew that Valerie was there to propose a toast to her, so she took the red wine in front of her and raised the glass.

"Well, Aunty Chariott, you are my elder, so I will drink it all. You can drink however much you prefer."

Valerie raised her wine glass and clinked it against Hera's as she spoke. Then, she drank the red wine in one go.

When Hera saw Valerie drank all of her red wine, she followed and finished her red wine too.

"Ahem!"

Hera was not good with alcohol.

As she drank too fast, the bitter liquid slid down her throat; she got nervous and choked.

Valerie noticed that and immediately pretended to be nervous and patted Hera on the back. She pointed in a certain direction and said, "Aunty, you are too polite. Drink some water to flush it down." There was a basin of lemon water on the table in the direction she pointed.

Usually, people who went to high-end restaurants knew that the small basin of water was used to wash their hands. However, Valerie was sure that it was Hera's first time at such a place and did not know that, so she deliberately misled her.

Sure enough, Hera followed the direction Valerie pointed and saw a small basin of water. She picked it up and drank a big mouthful.

After she drank, she thanked Valerie.

After Valerie saw Hera gulp down the water in the basin, she asked, "Aunty, that water was used to wash your hands. How can you drink it?"

She did not speak very loudly just now, but after Hera drank the water in the basin, her voice suddenly became louder, and the people surrounding them looked in their direction.

Seeing that the lemon water in the basin on the table had lost a portion of it, and Hera unnaturally wiped her mouth, everyone had a strange look in their eyes, especially the Holland family, who was sitting at the table next to them.