A Love Forgotten (Arianna and Elijah)

Chapter 210

Upon hearing Elijah's reassurance, Jocelyn's tears flowed even harder, a

(, a full display of "damsel in distress."

Teri scoffed, taking my arm. "Let's go. This place reeks of bad energy." Then, we turned to leave

"Wait!" Elijah called out

I stopped, frowning at him. Elijah seemed to want to say something, perhaps to warn me, but realizing it was neither the time nor place, he simply said, "All, stop picking on Jocelyn for the sake of the child" I let out a cold lauch. "Child? Whose child?"

Elijah's face flushed red, then turned pale. "Ari, don't be unreasonable."The last few words came out weakly, lacking conviction.

I smirked. If there was one change in Elijah's demeanor since my memory loss, it was this. Drece, he'd cheated with brazen confidence, even blaming me. Now, all he had left was guilt and a faltering voice. why she so eagerly came

Not wanting to waste any more breath on him, I replied icily, "Mr. Linden, why don't you ask your precious Jocelyn why she so

With that, I walked away with Teri without waiting for his reaction.

Behindus, murmurs from the guests filled the room.

"So that's Elijah and the mistress? Wow, what a scene. Mistresses are getting bold these days."

"Unbelievable! Bringing a baby bump to make demands? In public?

"She's crying like she's the victim here. V

Who's buying that?"

"That young pianist? I don't care how cultured she claims to be-this is shameless behavior."

Teri andi navigated through the crowd, overhearing the whispered judgments Once we reached the restroom. Teri let out a sigh of relief.

"Whar a headache. At least that two fod act didn't work this time"

I smiled at her. "Thanks to you

She waved it off with a grin, "No need to thank me! That's what best friends are for Let me tell you, the only way to deal with a fake like her is to go all in."

I was a little lost. "Go all in how?

eats just to stir up trouble?-

"Get ahead of her by taking the moral high ground?" Teri explained "Every time Jocelyn pulled her stunts with you in the past, you always took the hit because of your patience." Ashadow crossed my eyes, "I guess I really was clueless before"

Teri sighed. "It wasn't cluelessness. You just cared too much about that jerk, Elijah. Now that you no longer care, they can't hurt you anymore."

At that moment, the restroom door opened, and Dixie spotted us, visibly relieved

"Thank goodness! Ms. York, M. Stuart, Ms. Trenton has asked to see you both."

Teri and exchanged a quick, excited glance

A few minutes later, we were ushered into an office on the second floor where we met Ms. Trenton, who had just wrapped up a round of mingling with the press.

With a smile, the extended her hand to me "Hello, Ms. York 1 invited you here to discuss our partnership"

I was both surprised and delighted. "Ms. Trenton, are you really open to collaborating Wait are you actually interested in my investment?"

She pulled out an old, slightly yellowed contract and smiled.

"About three years ago, Silverwood was just a tiny operation with maybe ten people, including the owner and employees. You were the first to believe in us enough to sponsor one of our brand showcass"

Her heartfelt recollection tired memories for me-t had forgotten it all since the memory loss. But thankfully, Teri remembered prifectly.

"Tes!" she said, thrilled. "Back then, we saw Silverwood's potential from a mile away. I tried so hard to convince her wait, no. It was actually who had the vision to sponset you."

Ms. Trenton glanced at Teri with a knowing smile. "Yes, Ms. Stuart, I remeinter you quite vividly."

I felt aware of gratitude, not just toward Ms. Trenton for offering me the partnership but also toward Teri, my best friend, who truly had my back

After all, it had been bidea all along to push me into sponsoring Sherwood in the first place