Today, Alina came here mainly to ask for news about the land north of the city, conveniently getting acquainted with this place. She would be here for the next half a year, or even a year or two.
Quite a few people in the mall had heard that Alina was the newly appointed general manager of the Circuit Group.
As for the executives here, they were more concerned about whether Alina's appearance would affect their cooperation with the Circuit Group.
Of course, smart people more or less knew that Alina had divorced Bucky, and three years later, she had become the director. As for the reason for this, it was extremely sensitive.
That was why many people took the initiative to greet Alina.
Tonight, Alina came here to socialize with them. Whoever greeted her, she happily responded.
But socializing for too long made her feel a little tired.
Ingrid, who was standing next to her, was not used to such business interactions. Looking at her grimacing face, Alina smiled slightly, quickly ending the conversation with the man in front of her, then went to the food court with Ingrid.
Alina changed the glass of wine in her hand to juice, raised her head, and saw Eloise and her good friends running over angrily.
“Alina, why are you here?”
Alina took a sip of grape juice, smiled brightly at Eloise: “What’s wrong, can’t I appear here?”
Alina’s arrogant and gentle attitude made Eloise’s anger flare up fiercely: “Someone like you doesn’t have the qualifications to appear here, don’t you know? What’s wrong? Which young master invited you this time?”
Hearing Eloise say that, Alina couldn’t help but say: “You know how to speak human language? If you don’t know, then go home and learn a human language and come back here to bark in front of us.”
“Are you calling me a dog?”
Alina looked at Eloise, the smile on her lips still gentle: “If you understand that, then we have no other choice.”
While Eloise was extremely angry, Matilda lowered her head and whispered in her ear, “Eloise, call the security guard to chase them out.”
Eloise suddenly pointed at Alina’s face: “You wait for me, I will call the security guard here, chase you two shameless people out of here.”
Eloise’s words made Alina laugh: “Okay.”
Alina’s calmness made Eloise even more unable to swallow this anger. She still clearly remembered Alina’s slap a few days ago.
She glared fiercely at Alina: “You just wait.”
After speaking, she ran to call the security guard.
At a lavish party like today, the people who came were all honored guests. To ensure the safety of the party, those without invitations would not be allowed to enter. If they were discovered, they would at least be chased away, and in more serious cases, the police would be called to handle the situation.
So Matilda's idea was quite right.
Alina curled her lips as she watched their departing figures.
If Eloise wanted to lose face, she would oblige.
Eloise's group quickly sent bodyguards over. Such a big clash had attracted the attention of quite a few guests.
Eloise led the group, her high heels making loud noises, walking in front of Alina and Ingrid, looking at Alina and Ingrid with an arrogant expression: "It's these two. I don't know whose invitation they stole to come here, they sneaked around as soon as they entered, you guys quickly chased them out."
The Ethelred family had such a reputation that, of course, the bodyguards had to respect the young lady of the Ethelred family.
However, seeing Alina and Ingrid so beautiful, dressed neatly and cleanly, the bodyguard couldn't help but hesitate.
Seeing that the guard didn't seem to understand, Zelda urged, "Why don't you quickly chase them away. Just now, Eloise almost lost her bracelet; it was because they stole it."
As soon as she finished speaking, the people around her began to gossip, their eyes looking at Alina and Ingrid suddenly filled with contempt.
The two security guards could only step forward: "Miss, please go out..."
Alina glanced at Eloise, slowly took out the invitation from her pocket: "My name is Alina, can you see whose name is written on the invitation?"
Eloise sneered, snatching the invitation back: "Who are you trying to fool? This invitation is fake, too. Who doesn't know your identity, Alina? Leaving my house, what qualifications do you have to appear at such a grand event?"
“I’m not qualified?” Alina was not satisfied with this statement. She snorted slightly, looked at the group of people standing behind Eloise, her expression stiff, coldly said: “You can ask Young Master Quetzal if I am qualified or not.”
After hearing the news, Quetzal hurried over, glanced at Eloise, then looked at Alina: “What’s the matter?”
“Quetzal, Alina snuck in here to steal something. Just now, she almost took my bracelet. Quickly tell the security guard to chase these two thieves away, otherwise the distinguished guests will lose all their valuables.”
Alina heard what Eloise said and laughed angrily: “Eloise, you lie without blinking an eye, you are really capable.”
Quetzal was stuck in the middle, trying to mediate: “There must be some misunderstanding. Miss Alina was invited here by me. Eloise, you misunderstood.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Eloise’s face immediately turned pale.
In this dire situation, she heard Quetzal himself say that Alina was invited by his family.
The people who witnessed the commotion around looked at Eloise and then at Alina. Eloise's face was still pale; on the contrary, Alina was extremely calm and stood still, her expression was cold. At this moment, comparing the two, anyone with eyes could see who was the one with the real problem.
Although Eloise did not want to let Alina go like this, although Quetzal himself said that Alina was invited by him, things had come to this point; if she let this go, she would have to be the one to bow her head and admit defeat tonight.
"Then I want her to apologize to me. She almost stole my bracelet just now."
This was not the first time Alina had been unreasonably oppressed by Eloise; in the three years she had been in the Ethelred household, she had been harmed by her no less than three times.
Now that Eloise was acting like this, did she think she was an i***t?
Ingrid stood beside her, trembling with anger. She was about to speak when Alina raised her hand to stop her.