Chapter 381
Nicolas pushed Trisha away again.
Trisha’s muscular body wasn’t just for show. She tightly hugged Nicolas’ waist, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shake her off.
If Trisha treated Liam this way, he would definitely push her away without any hesitation. But Nicolas was different. He really thought Trisha was some rich girl he had forgotten and didn’t dare offend her or use too much force
He patted Trisha’s shoulder, smiling. “Let me see your face, then I know if you’ve changed or not”
See her face? If he saw it wouldn’t her real identity be exposed?
Trisha buried her head in Nicolas chest, “Nicolas, stop teasing me, I’m shy.”
Nicolas wondered. Is this a special show someone arranged?
So short” Short legs? And so strong”
Jace looked at the intimacy between the two and was a bit surprised, “Ms, Colton and Mr. Francis are childhood playmates?”
“Not exactly, we just played together for a while when we were kids.” Nicolas replied.
Trisha was worried that continuing to entangle would arouse Nicolas’ suspicion, so she quickly found an excuse to leave: “Nicolas, happy birthday please accompany your friends first, I’ll go to the restroom.”
Without waiting for Nicolas to respond, she let go of him and disappeared into the crowd.
Nicolas never saw Trisha’s real face clearly, only remembering her sparkling eyes when she talked to Jace.
Jace asked. “Mr. Francis, which family’s daughter is she?”
Nicolas didn’t know either, so he casually replied, “A distant relative.”
Jace laughed, “Interesting.”
Trisha didn’t look back until she was far away, seeing Dr. Ledford looking calm and relieved.
That was close, but luckily she reacted in time.
Looking down at her hand, thinking of hugging Nicolas just now, her face filled with disgust.
She found a corner to hide in, waiting for the opportunity to act when Dr. Ledford was alone.
Nicolas chatted with Jace for a bit, then saw Celeste and her group and immediately walked over with a smile.
“Liam, Celeste, Mason, why are you guys so late?”
Mason replied, “Traffic was bad on the way, got stuck for a while.”
Liam was not so polite and said directly, “If it weren’t for the registration booth set up at your doorstep, could we have waited so long?”
They had been here for a while, and it took them more than ten minutes just to queue up and register their gifts.
Liam had only seen this kind of procedure at elder’s birthday parties before, and Nicolas really wasn’t afraid of losing face.
Nicolas didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. He was throwing a birthday party, and although he wanted it to be lively, he didn’t want just anyone to be able to get in.
His friends were all socialites, and of course, some people would try to blend in and climb the social ladder.
By setting up a registration booth at the entrance and where gifts are registered in person, it made it harder for those people to sneak in. If the gift. was too cheap, it would be embarrassing to bring out, if it was too expensive, well, it wouldn’t hurt him anyway.
In fact, it would be best if more expensive gifts were brought, who would complain about having too much money?
“Hey, you guys are here, no need to be so formal. Just give me a call, and I’d come to pick you up.”
Liam didn’t want to respond to him.
Jace looked at the Reed family couple, his eyes lingering on Celeste, and walked over with a glass, “Mr. Reed, long time no see.”
Celeste was surprised Actually Dr. Ledford knew Liam.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Since Nicolas’ birthday party was attended by Dr. Ledford, there’s no way he wouldn’t know Liam.
Liam nodded slightly with a calm expression in response.
At this time, Trisha cent Celeste a text message. “Does Liam know Dr. Ledford?”
Celeste replied, “Seems so.”
