Wilhelmina sat on the cushion in Sophie's room.
"Grandma, there are only two more times left before you can go."
Sophie looked down at her, tears welling up in her gloomy eyes.
"Wilhelm, you must go to the dinner party tonight."
"I don't want to go anymore, Grandma."
"As long as I'm still alive, you'll still be Leon's fiancée."
Sophie's voice choked up.
"If you don't go, won't you let that cunning girl to humiliate the Pietersons?"
Speaking of Tessa, the old woman was so angry that she trembled all over.
Wilhelmina looked at the furious expression on her face and finally couldn't bear to disappoint her, so she nodded slightly.
"Okay, I'll go."
Wilhelmina returned to the guest room and when she opened the door, the room was silent.
The dressing table was empty, without any prepared dresses or matching jewelry boxes.
Back then, on such occasions, Leon would always order someone to deliver the latest haute couture items of the season and even carefully select the matching jewelry.
Nowadays, he was too lazy to even do such trivial things.
Wilhelmina stood in front of the wardrobe, her fingertips gently brushing across a row of plain dresses.
In the end, she chose an old-style dress in moon-white color.
It was the one she brought herself when she first came to the Pieterson Family, the material wasn't really expensive, but it was better because it was well-tailored.
She took out the star-shaped diamond necklace Sophie gave her from the bottom of the jewelry box.
She walked into the venue alone. Her plain dress was out of place among the gorgeous outfit in the venue. She only wore the diamond necklace around her neck.
Tessa held Leon's arm, her eyes fell on the diamond necklace and she gritted her teeth in jealousy.
"Wilhelmina, why are you wearing so plain dress?" She raised her voice to catch anyone attention. "Didn't Leon prepare a dress for you?"
He stared at Wilhelmina, frowning.
He clearly asked the butler to prepare a haute couture dress and matching jewelry from the latest season, so why didn't she wear it?
She was deliberately embarrassing him. It made him very unhappy.
Tessa was wearing a floral yellow dress with a slightly bulging belly. She had a smug on her face as she walked onto the stage holding his arm.
"Thank you to all the guests for taking your precious time and witnessing this evening."
Leon's voice was low and clear. "My engagement to Wilhelmina is officially terminated today."
The whole room was in an uproar.
Wilhelmina stood still, calmly facing the sighs and various gazes around her, but she didn't feel any pain.
Meanwhile, Leon unconsciously glanced to see her reaction, but he couldn't find any sadness or concern on her face.
Tessa keenly noticed that her man's eyes were always on Wilhelmina. She immediately held his arm tightly and her eyes instantly turned red.
"Leon ...." She cried, her voice trembling. "Are you lying to me? You actually like Wilhelmina, don't you? Shouldn't I come back?"
He retracted his gaze and lowered his head to comfort the girl beside him. "Don't let your imagination run wild. I've always liked you."
"In the past three years, I've been thinking about you all the time. Wilhelmina stayed in the Pietersons' house was only because of grandma's coercion. I don't have any feelings for her."
She felt a pain in her heart like being stabbed by a knife.
Even though she had long been numb, these words coming out of his mouth still hurt her deeply.
Seeing her was about to leave, Tessa immediately let go of Leon's hand and took a few steps forward to stop her.
"Wilhelmina, don't leave in such a hurry."
Her eyes fell on the star-shaped necklace on Wilhelmina's neck and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.
She turned her head to look at Leon and said in an aggrieved voice, "Leon, didn't you say your family inheritance would be given to someone important?"
Leon furrowed his brow as he stared at Wilhelmina and Tessa.
Finally, he said in a cold voice, "Wilhelmina, give the diamond necklace to Tessa."
Wilhelmina's fingertips gently stroked the diamond necklace around her neck, which inexplicably reminded her of that snowy night three years ago.
At that time, she had just been neglected by Leon and lived alone in the side yard of the Pieterson Family's old house. Sophie stepped on the snow to see her with her crutch.
"Leon, that bastard, doesn't know how to cherish you, but I recognize you and will always recognize you."
Now, Tessa was pointing at her diamond necklace and crying in grievance. "Leon, I am your fiancée now, but why did you pass on your family heirloom to her?"
Leon frowned at Wilhelmina, his voice cold. "Take it off!"
However, she didn't want to give it to Tessa.
Not because she was attached to the Pieterson Family, but because it was the last thing the grandmother gave her.
In the past three years, every time she was ignored by Leon and humiliated by Tessa, Sophie would secretly send someone to take her to her room, cook her a calming soup, pat her on the back of her hand.
She said, "Wilhelm, bear with it a little longer. Grandma is here. Leon will eventually understand your feelings."
Now, Sophie's legs had not healed yet and she was still waiting for her last acupuncture tomorrow in her room.
How could she give up the old woman's kindness to Tessa?
"Wilhelmina." Leon's voice grew even colder. "You're no longer my fiancee. You're not qualified to wear anything belonged to the Pietersons."
Again and again, his words were like a knife, stabbing into Wilhelmina's heart.
"Not qualified?"
She had devoted three years to the Pieterson Family, broke her leg while collecting herbs in the rain for Sophie and shed three drops of her heart's blood for Leon's poisoning ....
Now, he was going to wipe out everything with a simple "not qualified" sentence.
Wilhelmina raised her head and stared calmly at him, asking, "Leon, are you sure you want this?"
Leon was startled by her calm expression, but then he said coldly, "Take it off, don't make me say it for the third time!"
Wilhelmina slowly raised her hand and touched the knot of the Diamond necklace with her fingertips, gently taking it.
