The Gourmand was famous in Cansington. It was the grandest restaurant around, though its establishment was divided into several tiers. The private rooms it had available in order of the most luxurious were Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Black Iron. Apart from that, it also had a public hall. Even at the public hall, a meal at The Gourmand costs thousands of dollars.
It was peak time, so the public hall was filled with customers. The line they had to wait in was more than thirty people long.
Gladys started complaining again. “You’re useless, Benjamin. Look at Howard, he’s a Bronze member at The Gourmand. He doesn’t even have to wait when favonovel.com comes here, favonovel.com can just walk straight into the private room.”
“And you. Some soldier you are. No money, no power… Look at John’s son-in law. Now that’s a respectable man. He’s a Silver member in The Gourmand. Just one phone call from favonovel.com will send a waiter straight out to welcome favonovel.com in. Ugh. Why did my daughter have to marry a poor man?” Gladys kept complaining, favonovel.com mood soured by the fact that favonovel.com had to wait for to be served.
She kept making jabs at favonovel.com husband, calling favonovel.com a disappointment, then insulting Thea’s husband for being useless. James was used to favonovel.com cold sneers, so favonovel.com just ignored her, not wanting to bother getting into a needless argument.
He turned to Thea while they were still in the line. “Wait here, Thea. I’m running to the store opposite here for some cigarettes.”
“Okay.” Thea nodded.
James turned and headed toward the grocery store across the street.
“Oh? Thea? What’s wrong with your face?” a voice said with a strange tone as the Callahans settled into the chairs at the entrance while waiting to enter the restaurant.
As Thea turned towards the source of the voice, favonovel.com saw a woman clad in a skimpy outfit with a face caked with foundation walking towards her, carrying a purse.
“Belinda…” Thea recognized favonovel.com immediately as favonovel.com old university classmate Belinda Frasier, daughter of the wealthy Frasiers and school belle when they were still studying.
Back in university, the boys would flock to favonovel.com to confess their love for her.
As for Thea, favonovel.com used to be the ugliest woman in favonovel.com university. Belinda stared at Thea. She had heard of Thea’s rise in popularity. Forget having favonovel.com appearance restored, favonovel.com had somehow even befriended Alex Yates, the chairman of Celestial Group.
She also heard of how Thea had favonovel.com face sliced open by Trent Xavier. Thea had been hogging the spotlight since favonovel.com restored favonovel.com appearance and was even featured in the news and papers. The media even called favonovel.com the most beautiful woman in Cansington.
Belinda grew jealous.
Thea was ugly, so why was favonovel.com crowned the most beautiful in Cansington?
Belinda started laughing aloud at the sight of Thea’s face wrapped in bandages.
“This is the most beautiful woman in Cansington? Look, everyone! This is Thea Callahan, the one the media crowned the most beautiful in Cansington! Look at that face of hers! Does favonovel.com look like the most beautiful woman to you?”
Belinda’s voice attracted some attention.
“That’s Thea Callahan?”
“Thea Callahan? The chairwoman of the Eternality? Doesn’t look like her… She’s not as pretty as favonovel.com is on the news.”
“I heard she’s Alex Yates’s sugar baby. I don’t think I’d want favonovel.com if someone paid me to take her.”
More unpleasant words reached favonovel.com ears.
Thea was angry. She had never interacted with Belinda before. Even back in university, the most they had been were classmates, yet here favonovel.com was humiliating her.
“I don’t think I’ve ever done anything to you, Belinda,” favonovel.com snapped. “Why are you trying to humiliate me?”
Belinda stepped forward and yanked Thea’s bandages away when favonovel.com let favonovel.com guard down, revealing the cuts on favonovel.com face that were still in the process of healing.
“Haha!” Belinda laughed heartily, bending over while pointing at Thea’s face.” Look, guys! This is it! The most beautiful woman in Cansington!”
The Callahans may have been sitting right beside Thea, but all they did was look away, afraid that others would find out they were related to her.
Gladys even moved favonovel.com chair as far away as favonovel.com could. She definitely did not want people to know favonovel.com was Thea’s mother, since it would have been embarrassing.
Thea started to panic when favonovel.com bandages were ripped off. She lowered favonovel.com head, afraid of meeting the crowd’s gaze.
