Mr. CEO, You're Just A Substitute

Chapter 21 Dating Other Men?

Frances was in the lounge, chatting with Martha.

Frances had always loved fashion since she was young. Even though she had aged now, she would

never stop seeking beauty.

It's just that no one can erase the marks of time. We all will grow old. No matter how hard she tried, she

could not go back to her radiant 20's.

So, when Starry pushed the door and came in, Frances was amazed.

In just two months, her temperament seems to have changed for the better.

Seeing her in the gown, Frances adored it even more, "There you are."

It's just that she was used to being a "wicked person" in front of Starry, so the joy just flashed across

her face for a few seconds. Starry walked over to her and Frances returned to her usual expression.

Starry has long been used to it. She smiled as she handed over the gift, "Frances, I wish you good

health and a happy birthday."

Frances glanced at Starry, "You are so considerate."

Martha on the side took the gift, "Ms. Bradley seems to have lost weight."

Starry looked at Martha and said, "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Martha. I caught a cold a few days

ago."

When Frances heard this, she frowned, "You're still young. How come you've caught a cold twice in just

two months?"

"I was accidentally drenched in snow."

Frances glanced at her, "You're a grown up. You don't even know to bring an umbrella with you when it

snows?"

Starry smiled and responded humbly, "Not gonna happen next time."

"Fine."

After all, she was not her granddaughter-in-law anymore, and Frances felt it was better not to continue

with this topic.

"There is a lot of delicious food downstairs. Help yourself. And you young people can hang out

together."

Starry nodded and left politely.

As soon as she walked out, Martha opened the gift from Starry and handed it to Frances, "Old lady, it's

a silk handkerchief."

Frances likes these delicate things. The silk handkerchief looks pure handmade, Chinese embroidery,

with roses on the front and irises on the back.

Gifts are about the heart, not the money.

Frances liked it, because Starry picked something to her liking, which meant Starry was considerate.

"It's a nice handkerchief and it seems that Ms. Bradley chose it herself."

Frances took over the handkerchief and looked at it, "She did a good job."

Then she handed the handkerchief back to Martha, "Put it away gently."

Lucia hadn't figured out why Starry was here tonight, then she saw Starry come downstairs.This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

The birthday party had not yet started, and Frances was resting upstairs. Unless Frances requested,

no one could go upstairs during this period.

But Starry was invited to see Frances as soon as she came, prompting a lot of speculation.

"Starry met Frances as soon as she came. It seems that Frances is very satisfied with this ex-

granddaughter-in-law!"

"Of course. Starry has been married into the Pearson family for five years. She treated people and

arranged things nicely every time. Look at her today, although she is divorced from Filip, she still came

to the Frances's birthday party. How graceful is that!"

"Right, Starry maybe not be worthy of Filip in terms of her background but she is a good match for Filip

in other aspects!"

Lucia couldn't bear to listen to them any longer. She walked up to them with a red wine glass, "Ms.

Bradley and Filip are divorced. Let's talk less about whether they match up with each other or not in

front of the Pearsons."

They saw Lucia with different expressions, but they didn't refute, "Ms. Scott is right."

Lucia snorted and looked at Starry not far away, the expression on her face getting worse.

She kept tightening her hand holding the glass. After a while, she suddenly had an idea.

Starry liked to show off so much, didn't she?

Then she would let her show off tonight!

After Starry came down from the second floor, she met a lot of acquaintances, but those acquaintances

were all she knew when she was Mrs. Pearson before.

Now that she and Filip are divorced, Starry doesn't need to maintain their relationship, so she just

greeted them and went to find Izabella.

Izabella worked overtime tonight and came a little late. When she saw Starry, her eyes lit up, "Little

Starry, you are too amazing in this dress!"

She hadn't seen Starry in a gown for a long time. Izabella had been amazed when Starry put on a

gown for the first time. It was just that Starry seldom wore gowns on big occasions, and thus Izabella

lost the chance to see such a gorgeous Starry.

The last time Starry wore a gown was a year and a half ago on the anniversary of the Eternal Group.

Starry, as Mrs. Pearson, more or less the hostess, appeared in a dark green dress and was

photographed by the Eternal Group staff. They posted her photos on the Internet, which caused a

heated discussion on the topic of "beauty in gowns".

But Filip got angry with Starry because of this, so Starry didn't wear dresses again after that.

Unexpectedly, after a year and a half, she saw Starry in a dress again.

Starry smiled, "I'll take you to the haute couture store another time?"

Izabella is very modest, "No, I can't handle such a dress at all. If I wear this dress, it would look weird!"

"You overly belittled yourself, Izabella."

"The beauty is in front of me, of course I have to be modest."

Izabella quipped, "Have you met Frances?"

Starry nodded, "Yes, I met her just now."

"Oh, then I won't go up."

Izabella was quite afraid of Frances, which was why she admired Starry for actually having managed to

"conquer" Frances.

The two of them were chatting and Izabella had quite a few of her friends over. Starry didn't mind, so

she put down her glass and wanted to get some air.

Through the side door of the banquet hall was a corridor leading to the bathroom, and there was a door

leading to an open-air garden in the middle.

Starry wanted to sit in the garden for a while because she didn't like being approached very much and

she was too lazy to deal with people.

But she met Lucia before she reached the entrance of the garden.

"Ms. Bradley, you are very beautiful tonight."

Starry looked at her and smiled lightly. "Thanks, Ms. Scott. You look great tonight too."

Lucia dressed up tonight and she thought that the focus of the evening would be herself, but she didn't

expect that when Starry appeared, everyone's eyes were on Starry.

Thinking of this, there was a trace of unwillingness flashed on her face. She happened to see the

person behind Starry, and Lucia was overjoyed, "Are you bored?"

Starry didn't really want to talk to Lucia, "Hmm."

"Mr. Matthews has been held up. You'll have to wait."

There was something in her words, so Starry ignored her and said, "I'll leave you to it, Ms. Scott."

As she spoke, she lifted her leg and walked over to Lucia, then turned and walked out of the small

garden.

Lucia raised her eyebrows and looked straight at Filip, "Are you looking for Ms. Bradley?"

Filip gave Lucia a cool look, turned, and left without answering.

He did come to Starry, but what Lucia said just now infuriated him again.

He had seen her go to dinner with Wyatt the last time and what Lucia meant just now was that Starry

was bored because Wyatt was late.

They had only been divorced for a month and she has already dated other men.