Chapter 39
As Shawn's car as the center, within a radius of one meter, it was like being covered by an invisible vacuum glass cover, turning the inside and the outside into two worlds.
Outside the glass cover, the sky was bright, and the sun was clear, but inside it, it seemed like a vacuum that made people suffocate.
Everyone in the glass, except Shawn, was disturbed by the sudden meeting.
The driver looked at Bianca, Bianca looked at Vanessa, Vanessa looked at Shawn, and Jackson didn't even know who to look at.
They all felt suffocated.
Maybe only Shawn could think normally.
For this reason, when Vanessa found that Shawn wanted to explore the situation at the moment, she felt her scalp numb and had only one word in her mind: It's over.
She opened her mouth but seemed choked and couldn't say anything.
The embarrassment emanating from this small space had been obvious to Hackett.
As the bridegroom today, he could not stand idly by even though he did not understand what was happening at the moment.
When he just came out, he heard what his classmates said about Vanessa and Bianca. He just felt a headache.
Now, when he saw several people gathered together, he knew he had to come to smooth things over.
Through the window, Hackett said, "Vanessa, sorry I didn't take good care of you today. I'm really sorry."
Vanessa's thoughts were finally pulled back by Hackett's voice.
But her eyes were still blurred. She finally focused after a few seconds. "It's all right. I should apologize. I'm sorry for the unhappiness at your wedding."
Shawn's eyes crossed Vanessa and landed on the crowd of onlookers behind Hackett.
Because of the accident at the wedding, some curious people come out to watch the excitement. Naturally, insiders acted as commentators.
"I don't know. It seems that the girl in yellow said that the girl in the car had intervened in other people's marriages and became a mistress for senior executives, making her angry and leaving on the spot."
"Is that the man in the car?"
"Certainly not. He's so young. How could that be him?"
"What's going on now?"
"It seems that her real boyfriend has appeared. Now they are apologizing."
"If I am vilified like this, I must tear the woman's mouth."
The onlookers thought that maybe insiders could explain it to them when they heard them speaking, so they spoke loudly.
Thus, Shawn also heard about it.
At the moment, Vanessa was still talking to Hackett.
Hackett poked his head into the window, frowned, and said in a low voice, "I didn't think she would slander you face to face. I'm sorry I don't know her well. I'll make amends for you alone later."
With that, he glanced at Shawn apologetically.
"It's okay." Vanessa waved her hand.
Hackett, the groom, was also a victim today. How could Vanessa make him apologize?
"It's just a misunderstanding. It's not your fault. Forget it."
But as soon as she finished, there was a cold voice behind her.
"Forget it?"
Shawn put his hand on the seat, bypassed Vanessa's back, and looked sideways at Bianca outside the window, "Slander my woman? Have you asked me for advice?"
His words had different effects on different people.
Bianca and the driver felt cold on their backs while Vanessa straightened her back.
"Stop. You don't know anything. Don't get involved." She thought.
Bianca sweated in the cold wind.
Shawn might not know her, but she knew Shawn very well.
"Mr. Yeats..." As an elder of Bianca, the driver didn't know what happened but naturally wanted to speak for his niece when seeing this scene.
But he hadn't had time to say anything to help.
Seeing Shawn's eyes, he didn't dare to say anything but kept winking at Bianca.
Bianca looked pale and went to see Jackson, eager to get support from him.
But Jackson was staring directly at Vanessa and Shawn. Various complex emotions collided in his mind.
No one could help Bianca now.
Bianca hesitated for a while and finally said.
"Mr. Yeats, it's actually because..."
Shawn interrupted her, "I didn't ask you to explain."
He really didn't know exactly what had happened.
All he knew was that Vanessa, who dared to act recklessly in front of him, was bullied here.
His attitude was apparent. He didn't want to know the process and the truth. He just wanted Bianca to apologize. Bianca knew it too.
For a long time, she tightened her sleeve, faced Vanessa, clenched her teeth, and said, "I'm sorry."
Shawn raised his chin. "That's it?"
"I..." Bianca then bowed hard. "Miss Green, I'm really sorry. I didn't understand the situation and said something wrong. Please forgive me for my recklessness."
Vanessa didn't speak.
"No, it's not you. It's me who was reckless." She thought.
By this time, she had come to her senses. She had to behave well in front of Shawn anyway.
She forced herself to put on an air of relief, sneered, and waved stiffly at Bianca. "Well, that's okay."
When she finished, Shawn slowly withdrew his eyes from Bianca.
Vanessa was not happy with Bianca's apology at the moment.
Instead, she became more nervous.
She looked around and analyzed her current situation.
In front of her was Bianca's real uncle, and next to her was her fake uncle.
She immediately felt that the cushions under her hips were burning hot.
So she quietly reached out and tentatively tried to open the door.
But before she could touch the handle, Shawn suddenly said, "Let's go."
Then the driver started the car at once.
He didn't show mercy to the people near the car nor leave room for Vanessa.
At the moment when inertia made her lean back in the chair, Vanessa instantly straightened her back with her stiff expression.
The farce went away, leaving nothing but gossip.
Hackett was furious when he was disturbed by such an accident on his wedding day. He glared at Bianca and got angry with Jackson.
"Look what you've done for me! Do I owe you?"
With that, he didn't give them a chance to apologize and went straight back to the hotel.
Other onlookers began to comment.
Several people who had spoken for Vanessa directly scolded Bianca.
"Some people think that others would do the same shameful things as she does."
"How can such a normal man bring a partner who talks without thinking?"
"The food is getting cold. Let's go back."
At this time, Jackson and Bianca did not have the courage to return to the party anyway.
The cold wind blew down a few leaves and slowly drifted down in the air.
Bianca looked up, feeling that even the leaves were laughing at her embarrassment.
They stood on the open fountain square like two sculptures, and neither moved.
For a long time, Jackson asked, "What the hell was going on?"
"I made a mistake." Bianca turned her back to him, "I saw that she came to our company, and Mr. Wright was so partial to her, so I thought... "
Jackson suddenly interrupted her, "What's the matter with your uncle?"
His words were like a sharp knife, cutting off Bianca's last nerve.
She stood motionless, but no one knew that her spirit was falling apart. Those bad memories came to her mind uncontrollably.
Since she was with Jackson, security was like a pillar of light in the air for her. She could see it but could never feel it.
She knew why Jackson chose to be with her. She knew how much sincerity and love in his choice.
But she chose her own way. She even comforted herself many late nights that men had feelings. Even if Jackson was with her for money, she still hoped that there would be true love in his heart after a long time.
Her family was well off. Her father had a small car parts factory. Although it was not a big enterprise, she thought she could certainly tie Jackson down.
But before long, she found that Jackson's appetite was much bigger than she thought.
That day, she had been admitted to the hospital in the middle of the night. She could only contact her uncle.
In this way, Jackson acquiesced that her uncle owned the Rolls Royce.
He always mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally during this period, as if he was hinting at Bianca.
Bianca was not stupid and immediately figured out what he meant. Although she felt uncomfortable, she wanted to maintain the relationship carefully. She had no courage to deny it and could only mumble it again and again.
Now she couldn't pretend anymore.
"What happened to my uncle?" Bianca, with red eyes, turned to look up at him. "What does my uncle have to do with you?"
"You..." Jackson was stunned and looked at Bianca incredulously. He couldn't say anything for a long time.
"Did I tell you who my uncle is?"
Finally, Bianca found a vent for her emotions during this period. Thinking of the experience of being humiliated in public, she cried.
"It's all your own imagination! Now you blame me? Are you a man?"
Jackson's mouth was half-opened. In the sun, strong Jackson had a sense of unreal as if his world was falling apart.
He was not the only one having this feeling.
The car window hadn't been closed since they left the hotel.
The cold wind blew in and hit Vanessa's face like a knife.
At the moment, she wished that there could really be a few knives to stab her to death.
"Are you hot?"
Shawn finally spoke.
"Ah?" Vanessa felt her face. It was boiling. "I'm not cold."
Shawn glanced at her and didn't mention the window again. "Aren't you going to explain what happened today?"
"Explain what?"
Vanessa's nerves were tense, and she almost relied on her survival instinct to support her lie. "You mean those people? It's no big deal. The woman said bad things about me at the banquet."
Shawn nodded slightly, not particularly interested in this matter.
He looked down at Vanessa. "Whose aunt-in-law are you going to be?"
Vanessa's heart beat faster in an instant.
She gave a look at the driver in the front row.
"Haha, I'm so young. How can I be someone's aunt-in-law? He's mistaken."
Shawn chuckled, obviously disbelieving.
Jackson recognized his ex-girlfriend as his aunt-in-law? Vanessa really forgot to make her lie logical.
He didn't want to ask about it.
He didn't want to know anything about the stories of her and her ex-boyfriend.
However, Vanessa did not know about Shawn's psychological activities. She was afraid that if he continued to ask, she would be unable to patch up, so she could only change the topic.
"Why did you come all of a sudden?"
Shawn looked at her flushed face, raised his hand to loosen his tie, looked ahead, and casually said, "I come here to see the stars."
Vanessa was stunned for a second, and then her heart missed a beat.
The stars.
She remembered that stars would appear on the screen when she said "miss you" to Shawn on WhatsApp.
No way.
Vanessa was losing her ability to think. She said stiffly, "The air here is not very good. It seems that we can't see the stars..."
Shawn frowned and looked at her again.
Vanessa swallowed nervously.
Just then, her cell phone rang.
Like grabbing a straw in the rising tide, Vanessa answered the phone without even looking at the caller's name.
"Hello?"
"Vanessa, are you home?"
It was Sophia Yost. "I just came to your hometown. Are you free? Let's go to enjoy the hot spring."
Vanessa agreed without even thinking, "Okay, okay."
She urgently needed to leave the current scaring field and think alone.
Fortunately, Sophia called in time when she couldn't think of a solution. Vanessa could only grasp the straw that could temporarily pull her out of the fire pit.