Maria looked towards the woman. They were about the same age. She was stylish and tall, looking down at Maria disdainfully with slanted eyes.Maria was sure that she didn't know this woman, so she couldn't understand why she suddenly attacked her.Ben frowned and looked at the woman standing next to him, "Angel, watch your manners. This is my buddy's wife. Be polite!"Angel scoffed, "Young Master Thomas, Mia is pretty confident. She doesn't need you to speak for her."Upon hearing that, Ben realized that something must have happened between Angel and Mia before. Angel wasn't his girlfriend. She was justsomeone he paid to accompany him to play pool when he wasn't busy. They weren't close.So naturally, he sided with Mia."Enough. Don't be so sarcastic. I paid you to accompany me, not to see your attitude!"Angel pursed her lips. Ben paid her, so she dared not offend him. But she was still unhappy.Seeing Maria staring at her, Angel scornfullysmirked, walked over to Maria and raised h

Charles looked at Maria in surprise. He was confident in his own skills. If Maria started the game, even if he couldn't pocket all the balls, he was confident of pocketing at least half. But Maria wanted him to start it. She might hand over their only chance of winning to their opponents.Seeing his look, Maria smiled. She raised her hand to pat his shoulder, “Don't worry, hit hard. Leave the rest to me.”Charles, “...”Shouldn't such domineering and confident words be his lines?Maria’s fingers squeezed his shoulder hard, "Go on. Remember to hit hard."So she liked it rough...Huh...Charles chuckled softly, taking his cue and walking to the pool table.A glance at the rack, he took the cue ball. Then he placed it directly on the edge of the table, using the cue ball to aim for the middle of the rack's slope. Afterwards, he bent, his left hand supporting the cue, his eyes aiming for the middle of the stack of red balls. Suddenly, his right hand exerted force. With a ‘boom’, after the

Angel's face flushed, then turned pale.Just having Charles around was enough to turn her world upside down, let alone that this place was filled with the rich heirs of San Diego.She stood there helplessly, then her eyes welled up with sudden tears, which rolled down her cheeks."Young Master Smith, I'm sorry, I got very much carried away just now. I shouldn't have done that..."Charles interrupted her coldly, "Pick it up!"Upon hearing that, Angel bent to pick up the card she had dropped, then offered it to Charles with both hands.Charles didn't even look at it and suddenly softened his voice, "Mia...""Hmm?" Maria looked up at him, "What?"With a deep gaze, Charles sternly stared at her, "Throw it back!"Maria was never a saint. From the moment Angel saw her, she had ill intentions towards her.Just then, this card hitting her face really hurt!Besides, she knew that if she didn't throw it back today, this drama wouldn't end.She went around under Mia’s name. If it caused a sensat

Maria turned her face towards the car window, completely ignoring him.Charles glanced at her with indifference, and his voice suddenly deepened, "I saw that you were in a bad mood, so I took you out."Maria was a bit taken aback, turned her face from the window, and looked at Charles in surprise.He came to pick her up from school today, and took her out to have fun because he had noticed her bad mood?Charles didn't wait for her to answer and continued, "I admit that you played a good game of pool. But after winning, you took the money, turned and left me behind. Maria, do you think that's right?"Maria felt a bit guilty. If it hadn't been for Charles taking her out, even if her pool skills were superb, she wouldn't have been able to win much in the ordinary games...Charles scoffed, "When you needed me, you called me darling and even kissed me. After using me, you just left me behind. Maria, you really kicked down the ladder after climbing up!"Looking at the disappointment on his

Maria sent her luggage to the school dormitory, then headed to Mia’s house.After leaving the Smith family's mansion, she turned off her mobile phone. She just wanted to quietly pick up her father.As soon as she arrived at Mia’s villa, she rang the doorbell. The door quickly opened. Taking a deep breath, she walked in.Upon reaching the second floor, in the guest room, she saw Luna with an odd expression, Mia glaring at her in anger, and... her expressionless mother.Once Maria saw Lily Dench, her eyes welled up instantly. She took a couple of steps in and called, "Mom...""Don't call me mom!"Lily looked disdainfully at Maria’s cheap clothes and flicked her silk dress elegantly,"I only have one daughter, and her name is Mia!"Maria stopped and stood frozen, not daring to move another step forward. She knew her mother didn't like her. But she never thought that hermother would hate her so much like this...Her heart was bleeding.Maria forced back the tears in her eyes, taking a de