CHAPTER 233: PLEASE CALL ME MRS. ANDERSON

Seeing that they had returned, Orlenna was relieved. She walked toward Hilla and asked with concern, "How do you feel? Is it hot outside? Have some orange juice, Hilla. Don’t get heatstroke."

Seeing that Orlenna was so concerned about Hilla, Margaret was upset, "Mom, I’ve just come back as well. Why don’t you get me a glass of orange juice? Aren’t you worried that I get heatstroke?"

Orlenna turned to Margaret, who was unhappy, and said, "Have your brain been damaged? Why don’t you get yourself some orange juice if you need it? You’ve grown up. If you get heatstroke, you’d better see the doctor."

Margaret was even unhappier after being scolded by her mother. She even witnessed that Hilla was so closed with another man.

Having Bruce’s child, Hilla flirted with another man. Moreover, Orlenna was more caring about Hilla. As an Anderson, Margaret made Anderson’s interests a priority, but Orlenna disliked her.

"Mom, you are biased. Hilla is pregnant. Will you take care of me like this if I am pregnant?"

Hearing this, Orlenna’s expression immediately changed. She turned to Margaret and shouted, "Margaret, have you had an affair with a man? Are you pregnant?"

She always told Margaret to be self-esteemed and self-reliant. No man would care about a slut.

But Margaret was pregnant and she had not even gotten married. What disgraceful it was!

Orlenna’s expression was extremely ugly. Margaret finally realized that her mother had misunderstood her. She waved her hand and explained, "No, it’s not like what you think. I didn’t."

"Margaret, who is that man?"

Orlenna picked up a badminton racket beside her and was about to hit her. Margaret was agile, hiding behind Hilla.

Orlenna stopped before she hit Hilla. She nervously said, "How dare you run away, Margaret!"

"You will beat up me if I didn’t. I am an Anderson and your only daughter." Margaret hid behind Hilla and complained.

Orlenna’s face was getting uglier. Before she took any move, Hilla hurriedly stood in front of her and said, "Mom, Margaret is not that kind of girl."

"Look, even my mother doesn’t trust me!"

Margaret mumbled, taking Hilla upstairs.

Seeing this, Orlenna said anxiously, "Margaret, you must be careful. Don’t harm my grandson."

"I got it!"

Hilla was taken back to her room by Margaret. Seeing that Margaret fell onto her bed, Hilla asked, "Has Julian sent you the sizes?"

"Not yet!"

Hilla frowned. This was not Julian’s style.

But she didn’t care much about it. She walked toward her workbench and continued her work which she hadn’t finished.

After staring at Hilla’s back for a while, Margaret asked, "Hilla, who is better in your mind, Julian or Bruce?"

Margaret thought they were the same, but she must make Hilla choose Bruce.

Hilla was busy with her work. Without raising her head, she simply replied, "They are both good. But they are different, aren’t they?"

After saying that, she thought it over and continued with a smile. "I do think that my husband is the best."

Margaret’s eyes lit up. She was happy as long as Hilla didn’t cheat on Bruce.

"Well, I think so too. Bruce is handsome and has a good figure. He is also rich. He is generous to you. He is also considerate and gentle."

When praising Bruce, Margaret felt that she was telling a lie.

Hilla said, "It is because Bruce is your brother. You like your brother than anyone else."

It was just like how she treated Halle. They were more tolerant of each other because of blood.

People looked down on Halle, a divorced woman with a child. Hilla felt sorry for Halle and Emily because Halle was her sister.

"I don’t think so."

Margaret curled her lips and whispered. She did this for the sake of the Anderson family. It had nothing to do with Bruce.

They didn’t continue their conversation.

The design competition was in full swing. In this hot summer, the competition was an attraction in the entire River City.

Companies would recruit talented designers and signed contracts with them in advance. Once designers were rewarded, companies would also benefit.

A cocktail party was taken place before the competition. Besides designers, judges and famous designers would also arrive in advance.

Many entrepreneurs, who always took their business interests as a priority, were also invited.

Hilla attended the party with Bruce. Margaret also joined them, claiming that she was protecting Hilla’s baby.

Hilla held Bruce’s arm. Mrs. Anderson was an attractive title. Moreover, Hilla was a beautiful woman.

With gorgeous facial features and nicely dressing up, Hilla was the focus of this party.

Hilla was Bruce’s wife. Margaret was different.

As an Anderson, she hadn’t even had a nice boyfriend.

Instead of getting to know Bruce, social climbers were eager to please Margaret. To marry into the Anderson family was a more convenient way to be a part of respectable society.

After taking seats with Margaret, Hilla was surrounded by several rich ladies.

One of them looked at Hilla and said, "I’ve heard that Mr. Anderson secretly married a generous girl. We finally meet in person."

Hilla had no choice but to ask them to take seats.

Once they took seats, Hilla noticed that Mrs. Hutt, who tried to use Hilla to threaten the Anderson family last time, came over with others.

Mrs. Hutt dressed up gorgeously and looked stunning. Horton’s father adored her so much because she was young. Mrs. Hutt had taken a lot of time to maintain her beauty.

Seeing them, Mrs. Hutt warmly held Margaret’s hand and ignored Hilla.

"Margaret, you’ve grown up. You were a little girl when I married into the Hutt family. You are so beautiful."

Margaret was familiar with such a situation. When she stayed at Halle’s little farmyard, a woman warmly held her hand and asked her to have a blind date with her son.

As expected, Mrs. Hutt’s said, "Do you remember my son?"

"Who is your son?"

Margaret innocently blinked her eyes, making people giggling.

Mrs. Hutt’s face immediately darkened. She didn’t expect that Margaret would make the Hutt family lose face as Hilla did before!

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Mrs. Hutt was so embarrassed and her face was extremely ugly.

Hilla frowned. Although being embarrassed by Margaret, Mrs. Hutt was indeed annoying.

Hilla didn’t understand what was wrong with the Hutt family men’s taste. Except for Horton, others had a really bad taste in women.

"You are so thick-skinned. Your son is younger than Miss Anderson. Do you want to get them together?"

"Miss Anderson is a beautiful and independent girl. I don’t think that she loves a ’mama’s boy’."

"Her son is a grown-up. I heard that he kept looking for his mother after he was sent to jail a few days ago."

Rich ladies whispered and laughed at Mrs. Hutt.

Mrs. Hutt’s expression changed suddenly. She would have cursed them if she was not in a cocktail party.

Her son, who was in his twenties and younger than Margaret, was disappointing her.

A young man at this age was rather frivolous. These women were so picky. They tried to tear down her son’s reputation to ruin the match with the Anderson family.

"You know nothing about it. When young people fall in love, it is a matter of consensual. How do you know that Margaret does not like my son?"

Mrs. Hutt was not fully convinced. Rich ladies even laughed louder after she finished her words.

"In my opinion, your son is not even as good as a Hutt family’s illegitimate son."

"Exactly. It seemed that Mr. Hutt doesn’t care if he is an illegitimate son. They are all his sons. They will divide the family property equally in the future, won’t they?"

Rich ladies were not equal. Although the Hutt family was rich, Mrs. Hutt was nothing.

People knew how she became the Hutt family mistress. She was just a joke in their eyes. Without the title, Mrs. Hutt was no different from other Mr. Hutt’s mistresses.

They never invited her to participate in any of their gatherings. Mrs. Hutt could not swallow this.

When they were laughing, a lady spoke gently behind them, "I’ve kept looking for you. Here you are."

Queeney walked over with an elegant smile.

These ladies, who were laughing, quickly changed their expressions.

Among the four major families in River City, Hilla was young, and the two girls from

the Key family and the Fenton family had not married yet. Queeney was an important one in respectable society. "Mrs. Richards."

Seeing the woman in front of her, Mrs. Hutt was elated and put on an obvious ingratiating smile on her face.

Queeney smiled calmly and spoke to everyone, "Mrs. Hutt is my guest. Please be nice to her!"

Queeney spoke gently, but it was like an order.

Queeney was calm. She was the one to give orders here.

Those ladies were extremely embarrassed at once.

They laughed at Mrs. Hutt because Margaret was there.

The Anderson family became more powerful and had gradually surpassed the Richards family in the last several years. Because of the Holt family’s social status, Hilla was not a part of them.

"She is your guest. Then we are all friends. We just teased her. You can’t take that seriously."

There were always some tactful people. Hearing their talking, Hilla got antsy.

She subconsciously took Margaret to the corridor that had fewer people. Hilla was in a low mood because of her pregnancy. She was getting tired.

"Ms. Holt!"

Queeney followed her and said with a smile.

Hilla knew that Mrs. Richards didn’t want to chat with her. She must have some purposes. Hilla reluctantly answered, "What’s up, Mrs. Richards?"

The Richards Group was the host of tonight’s opening cocktail party. Mrs. Richards would hope that the design competition could be completed smoothly. Hilla thought that Mrs. Richards would not make any trouble for her.

"It is about the matter I mentioned to you last time, Ms. Holt."

"Sorry. It would be more appropriate to call me Mrs. Anderson."

Hilla thought that she could rely on herself and used her maiden name. When approaching Queeney, she suddenly wanted to show off.

She wanted to tell Queeney that she could be officially called Mrs. Anderson, and not accept threats.

As expected, Queeney’s expression changed. She quickly said with a smile, "I’ve heard that Mrs. Anderson is a fashion designer. I wonder if you have any suggestions for this design competition."

Queeney kept reminding Hilla that there was something she cared about the most in this competition.

However, that was in the past. Now, she cared about the man who was talking and laughing with others not far from her, and the baby in her belly.

"You must know a lot about design, Mrs. Richards. This competition is very special. I believe that the Richards Group will officially start its business in the apparel design industry after this."

Queeney’s expression went ugly. The design competition was only for her and had nothing to do with the Richards Group. She had used a lot of money which made the Richards Group was shaken.

Queeney didn’t worry about this. She believed that Hilla would beg her soon. Even the Anderson Group would pour a large amount of capital into the Richards Group.

"You must be joking, Mrs. Anderson. The Richards Group has no business in the clothing industry."

The Richards Group couldn’t take more risks.

Hilla didn’t say anything else and was about to leave.

After turning around, she saw an acquaintance. Queeney greeted that person with a smile.

"Do you come with Mr. Cornel, Ms. Green?"

Hilla was surprised when she saw Julie.

She thought that Julie had resigned from the Anderson Group and left River City after Rudi was sent into jail.

She had never expected that Julie stayed in River City and found herself a new backer.

The Cornel family was only second to the four big families of River City. Hilla had never expected that Julie would be in the Cornel family. She even had hooked up with Mr. Cornel.

Julie walked over gracefully. She looked at Hilla with a smile, "It’s been a long time since we met last time, Mrs. Anderson."

Julie felt hurt when she said ’Mrs. Anderson’.

She might have married Rudi if it were not because of Hilla and Bruce.

Although she had joined the Cornel Group now, she was just Mr. Cornel’s toy.

She had lost everything that took her painstaking efforts due to the woman in front of her!