The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 142 A Birthday Party

Susan walked out directly and smiled as she walked toward them. "Excuse me, I need to wash my hands.”

Her two female colleagues were touching up their makeup. They were stunned the minute they saw Susan from the reflection of the mirror.

They quickly stepped aside when they heard Susan.

Susan washed her hands calmly and dried them.

"Susie...Just now, we..." one of the female colleagues said rather awkwardly.

Susan raised her eyebrows. "It's not a big deal. I'm sure you're not the only ones who have such thoughts."

"This..." The female colleague became much more embarrassed now.

"But I'm curious," Susan said calmly. "Before everyone knew that I was Mrs. Shaw, did I have a chance to be promoted to be the assistant director?"

The female colleagues remained quiet.

Susan was a young designer in Lanyard Construction. She got ahead of the others and her achievements surpassed everyone else's for several months. Her professional skills were indeed exceptional too.

For example, Susan and Chance were the only ones from Lanyard Construction who won the qualification for the next round in the design competition after Lily left. 1

Susan was also the head designer for the resort project this time around.

In fact, no one was able to compete with Susan for the assistant director post.

Susan spoke no more when she realized that they had stopped talking. She only nodded and left calmly.

The minute she left, both of the female colleagues looked at each other and heaved a long sigh of relief.

Who expected to see Susan right there in the washroom? Luckily, she did not plan to blame them for it.

It was only a trivial accident in the washroom.

However, Susan was still slightly annoyed.

She felt that being Mrs. Shaw was both glory and a hindrance for her.

Now, she needed to be exceptional if she wanted to get anything. Otherwise, the others would guess that Julian was the one helping her along secretly and let her win the competition unfairly.

"Susan, come on!" Susan clenched her fists and encouraged herself. 1

She would be the head designer for the resort project. So she wanted to do it perfectly to stop anybody from condemning her.

Fortunately, she gained inspiration when she saw the mural previously. She was indeed confident in that project.

Hence, Susan focused all of her attention on her work. Julian was rather sad to see her acting like a workaholic now.

That day, Susan was still burning the midnight oil, drawing the design.

Julian walked toward her and pushed her laptop away calmly.

"What's wrong? I've come to the most important part o f my drawing!" Susan looked at him in confusion.

"Let's take a break for a short while." Julian took out a n invitation card and put it before her. "It's Old Master Leeds' birthday tomorrow. We need to attend the birthday party tomorrow night."

"Old Master Leeds?" Susan blinked her eyes. "Is he Seth’s grandfather?"

"Yes." Julian nodded. "Leeds has gone down the hill slightly these past few years. But in Old Master Leeds' time, Leeds was undoubtedly the most renowned and influential family."

"Is that so?" Susan became rather interested. "Was he that powerful?"

Julian nodded. He appeared to admire Old Master Leeds' strong capabilities. "Old Master Leeds was indeed one of a kind. His capabilities were undoubtedly exceptional. However, the leader from the next generation from his family did not manage to lead the large Leeds Corporation well when it was passed down to him. After around more than ten years now, Leeds did not manage to be categorized as the four most influential families here. But even so, Old Master Leeds is still a much renowned and respected character. No one dares to look down on him. He is indeed the man who made history. It's his eightieth birthday. Those who were invited must attend the birthday party no matter what."

Susan nodded her head. "He’s still Seth's grandfather even if we didn't mention his background and identity. We certainly need to attend the party just because of that."

Julian could not help but smile. "That's true. I've prepared the present. But it's a grand feast given that it's his eightieth birthday. Don't go to work tomorrow afternoon. You need to allow some time for the makeup artist to help you with your look for the night.”

"Sure," Susan nodded.

Although she was in a rush for the designing job, she could not refrain from attending some occasions as Mrs. Shaw.

However, it was indeed the first time for her to attend such a significant and grand feast as Mrs. Shaw.

She was slightly nervous because of it.

The next night.

The garage of Leeds Mansion became an exhibition of all kinds of luxurious cars.

Each and every famous and influential person gathered there.

Even so, both Julian and Susan still attracted a lot of attention the minute they got out of the car.

It only took ten years for Julian to make the Shaw Corporation become the most powerful corporation.

So, Julian could be considered a legendary person.

A while back, as rumor had it, they learned that Julian had married secretly.

They were indeed rather curious toward his wife.

At that moment, Susan could feel their stares clearly. Her hand trembled inevitably as she was holding Julian's hand. 1

Julian felt her nervousness. He pinched her palm softly.

Susan then became calmer.

"Young Master Shaw, Susan, over here!" At that moment, Seth called after them loudly.

The others frowned inevitably. The young master from Leeds was indeed as ridiculous as rumored.

How could he shout like that? He was nothing like the elegant gentlemen.

Seth did not bother about them. He shouted as he dragged Jacob along and ran toward them.

Susan released Julian's hand immediately and went toward Jacob. "Brother, why are you here?"

She called her brother the night before, and he did not mention that he was going to attend the birthday party.

Jacob smiled. Before he could say something, Seth grabbed the chance and said to them, "Susan, I'm going to start a business with Jacob. I asked my grandpa to invest in it, and my grandpa hoped to meet my business partner before he considers investing in i t. So I brought Jacob along. We’re going to meet my grandpa alone after the party ends."

Seth told her the whole story, and all Jacob could do was nod his head.

However, Susan became worried.

Although it had been a long while since her brother showed any symptoms of the disease, there were a lot of guests at the party. Who knew what kind of accident would happen?

"Don't worry.” Jacob consoled her with a deep voice because he saw through her worry.

"Susan, don't worry about it. It's my grandpa's birthday tonight. No one dares to mess around here. It’s fine," Seth said casually.

Susan knew that the probability of such a thing was rather low.

But it was the first time Jacob attended such a crowded party after he fell sick. Susan was indeed rather worried.

She decided to never leave her brother’s side for the whole night no matter what happened.

"Let’s go. It’s almost time, so we'll go first,” Seth looked at the watch and said.

Susan also followed Jacob and entered the large hall.

Julian was surrounded by a lot of people the minute h e reached the place.

He could only say to Susan in a rush, "Susie, I’ll be right back."

Susan nodded.

After a short while, Seth went and helped serve the guests. Susan stayed by Jacob's side without any intention to leave.

Before the meal, there were all kinds of drinks and desserts being served for the enjoyment of the guests i n the large hall of Leeds Mansion.

Both Susan and Jacob were bored for a short while. So they took a plate and started to enjoy the desserts in satisfaction.

In a corner of the large hall, Mandy saw Susan immediately when she arrived. She could not help but curse, "What a misfortune!" "Misfortune? Miss Ainsley, what’s wrong?" Suddenly, a voice was heard. It seemed that the speaker was trying to please Mandy.

"Nothing. I just saw somebody I hate." Mandy averted her gaze and looked at the person beside her.

A pair of sisters stood beside her at that instant.

Yvonne Shelby was the older sister, and she looked attractive. On the other hand, her younger sister Isabelle Shelby was rather charming. They were indeed beautiful. 3

Mandy was filled with a tinge of disdain.

That pair of sisters came from the Shelbys.

In fact, the Shelbys were the nouveau riche. She heard that they spent around five hundred thousand dollars for the invitation card to the birthday party.

Those kinds of people did not belong in the same world as her.

"What kind of people are they? How dare they offend Miss Ainsley?" Yvonne said just to please Mandy.

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Although they were the nouveau riche, she was rather pleased to see them fawning over her like that.

"It's not a big deal. She's just a b*tch," Mandy replied without any facial expression. However, she still could not help but glance at Susan.

Yvonne followed her gaze, and soon she saw both Susan and Jacob, she seemed to be slightly surprised."

Susan?"

Mandy looked at her. "Do you know her?"

Shelby replied immediately, "She's one of my relatives, but we're not that close. We haven’t contacted each other for a long time now." 1

"Relative?” Although Yvonne claimed that she was not close to Susan, Mandy still appeared cold and aloof.

All of a sudden, Yvonne became nervous.

The Ainsleys was one of the four influential and powerful families. She could not afford to offend Mandy.

She yearned for the Ainsleys to help her, maybe Mandy could even introduce a rich boyfriend to her.

Clearly, Mandy hated Susan. So Yvonne could not afford to be hated by her just because she was Susan's relative.

Yvonne said immediately, "Miss Ainsley, Susan has been cunning and wicked since young. She's not a good person. I was always bullied by her when I was young." 2

"Is that so?" Mandy's facial expression became slightly better. "Susan is indeed bad."

Yvonne looked at Susan. Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to her, and she wanted to carry it out just to please Mandy.

She smiled and said immediately. "Susan offended

Miss Ainsley. She’s indeed insensible! You won’t be angry with her given your identity. I'll go and give her a lesson.”

Then, she walked toward Susan in a ruthless manner.

"Sister." Isabelle stood up immediately and rushed after her.

"Brother, this tastes good. Try it." Susan smiled and handed a piece of dessert to Jacob.

"Okay." Jacob nodded his head as he was about to enjoy the dessert.

Suddenly, they heard a piercing sound. "Jacob, Susan, look at how cunning you are! How could you barge into an occasion like this and eat the food recklessly?”