Chapter 23 I Come to Take Her Home
"Even you boys agreed to help him, not to mention us. The moment he opened his mouth, we agreed to vote for Rae unconditionally." A woman teased. "It was the same man who registered and asked support for Rae? Why didn't you talk about that earlier? Perhaps we could do this altogether!" A man spoke.
"He didn't allow me to say that... Since Belle insisted, I could only tell the truth." Someone muttered.
"Are we talking about the same person?" Someone whispered and gave an answer, "He is..."
"Jensen." "Jensen." "Jensen."
They said at the same time.
Rae was a little stunned when hearing that. She had suspected whether Eric did it or not, but Eric didn't admit it. She never expected Jensen to do that. Though Jensen was nice with her at high school, she had no crush on him and just felt that they were friends. She thought Jensen had his principles to her, but she was wrong.
He even signed up the beauty queen contest for her and sought support.
Rae laughed and felt confused about that man. He looked so smart, but why did he act dumb sometimes?
It was no good of that title. Why did he do that?
Belle found Rae was also confused. She felt a heavier blow. Jensen was reluctant to have contact with others in the school, but he went to ask every student to vote for Rae and hid it from Rae. Thinking about that, Belle knew she would never win because of Jensen.
It was not because she was not so beautiful. She just didn't meet a man that gave anything to her.
Belle was generous. Hearing that, she said, "Alright, I know the truth and have nothing to say. You can't blame me for what I have done to you. After all, anyone would think that way if they were me. I hated hypocrites very much."
"You are very frank. I like it." Rae raised her eyebrow and wanted to make friends with Belle since Belle was so frank.
Belle no longer provoked her. The reunion was quite pleasant, though Isabella had been missing for long. It was getting dark. They were ready to go back to their own homes. Someone paid for tonight's expenses. Most of them didn't drive a car because they had expected that they would have drunk wine. They decided to take a taxi back home. When they were waiting for taxis, Rae let people who had children waiting at home get on the taxi first and she continued to wait. Jensen said he would pick her up. However, she saw Louisa.
Louisa was wearing sunglasses and cap. She came over to Rae, with her arms crossed and a proud look. Rae stepped forward. Louisa was aggressive. It was even better, Rae thought. She wanted to vent he anger and even prepared to start a fight. But Louisa said, "Look at these limited edition clothes. Your taste is good. However, to prevent others from wearing the clothes as I do, I bought it all. Where do you find the fake one?"
"Who are you? Watch your words!" Some people drank too much and immediately defended Rae without thinking.
Rae's lip was pale and she felt embarrassed. She didn't expect that Louisa would be aware of that. Her clothes looked well-made. Were Louisa's eyes a scanner? She bought these outfits because she didn't want to looked down on, so she made preparations in advance. But they were reconciled because of the truth. Therefore, these outfits became useless and she was somewhat indecent with this. Rae was silent because of guilty.
"I just asked her where she bought her fake clothes. And I'm afraid she has no moral beliefs." Louisa held her sunglasses and continued, "Now I know why you slandered me before. It's quite normal for you to do all these disgusting things just for money since you wear fake clothes."
"What are you talking about!" Belle defended Rae. Though she was a bit confused about what happened, she felt Louisa looked for trouble on purpose.
When Belle spoke for her, Rae felt embarrassed and overburdened.
Rae once thought that her classmates would show off what they had during the class reunion, but she didn't expect that they would be so warm to her. She must be brainwashed by the TV series. She was wrong.
Rae who was always sharp-tongued could not speak anything because she felt guilty.
"She is poor and hypocritical. She want to show up with an fake outfit. You guys even defend such a cheap woman. No wonder you can have fun together."
"Dare you say that again?"
A cold voice came from the foot of the stair.
A tall man went upstairs.
"Jensen!" Someone called his name in surprise.
Rae took a glance at him and felt sadder. He was always here when she was embarrassed. Jensen had given her money, but she bought fake clothes. He used to buy her a lot too, but she sold them for money. He must look down upon her very much. The point was, she had just known how nice Jensen had been with her...
Thinking about that, Rae lowered her head and felt too ashamed to look at him.
"Mr Knight, I..." When Louisa saw Jensen, she stammered. Though Jensen didn't invest in entertainment industry, he was rich and influential. She could not offend him anyone.
"I come here to take Rae home." Jensen said to Rae's classmates.
"Oh, my goodness, so Rae is with you now..." Someone exclaimed.
However, shouldn't the Knight family be united with the Clark family through marriage?
Why...
Hearing that, Louisa turned her gaze at Rae in confusion.
"I... Let's go." Feeling Louisa's gaze, Rae felt ill at ease and wanted to leave here at once. She came down the stairs. Unluckily, the heel snapped off. If it weren't for Jensen, she would have thrown herself on the floor. It confirmed what Louisa said.
Rae was too embarrassed to raise her head.
Jensen held Rae in his arms and walked towards his car.
Rae heard a burst of exclamation. She looked back at them. As Isabella said, they would be jealous of her as long as they knew that she was with Jensen. They wouldn't care about if she wore fake brands. Because Jensen was so rich and excellent that everyone believed Rae could live a comfortable life with his support.
He put her on the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt.
Rae could not help but ask, "I embarrassed you, right? I wore fake clothes. Would they think that you are stingy? If I had foreseen that, I wouldn't do this!" Rae felt regretful. She didn't mind if they made fun of her, but she felt ill at ease if Jensen was involved. Jensen was a perfect man and now got into trouble because of her. He remained indifferent, but she had no idea if he would blame her when they were back home.
Seeing Rae's cautious and embarrassed look, Jensen reached out to caress her face, "Rae, don't care about these trifles. Why do you think I may care about it?"
"I..." Rae didn't know what's wrong with her tonight. She became sensitive because she knew that Jensen help her win the contest. She realized that Jensen paid a lot for her, so she needed to give something in return.0000☐☐☐☐