Mia strode toward the banquet hall without looking back, not wanting to waste time with the reporters.


    She didn''t have the luxury of time to reveal her personal information to feed the reporters some juicy headlines.


    She barely took a few steps when she suddenly felt a scorching gaze on her.


    Turning her head to look outside the hall, she didn''t notice anything out of particr.


    Frowning, she wondered if she was overthinking it.


    Slowly, she turned back and shrugged it off as being oversensitive. After walking into the hall, she noticed that many were looking in her direction.


    They obviously knew that Timothy was her ex-husband.


    After all, Timothy was on that list enumerating possible names that could be her ex-husband.


    People would only buy it when there was a mixture of truth and lies.


    Although Mia could do something to the headlines published out there, she couldn''t stop words from spreading among the insiders.


    Now, a lot of people were aware that she had married the president of Barrett Group before.


    "Ms. Mia, why are you here today?" A sweet-looking blonde approached Mia and linked her arms so intimately.


    That was Raymond''s daughter, Jasmine Shelbert.


    Mia wasn''t used to profusely enthusiastic wees.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    It was clear that Jasmine was aiming to get together with Nathan, in other words, Mia''s sister-inw!


    Mia forced a smile. "I dropped by for fun after hearing that there''s a charity banquet going on. Why? Am I not wee here?"


    "Of course, you''re wee here! But I heard that the president of Barrett Group is your ex-husband. Is that true?"


    Mia saw thising the moment Jasmine started talking about her ex-husband. "Ms. Shelbert, my ex-husband and I have signed a confidentiality agreement, so I''m not allowed to say whatever I want. Whatever everyone knows is enough."


    That answer was neither an admission nor a denial.


    The clever Jasmine naturally understood what Mia meant.


    Jasmine smiled. "Don''t take it to the heart, Ms. Mia. I asked because it''s on everyone''s lips. Besides, the reporters were asking who your ex-husband was when you came. I wasn''t trying to gossip. "A lot of guests are invited today. Some of them are rich families from Bern City."


    Mia asked, "Are the Barretts invited too?"


    "Yes. Ms. Mia, I''ve nned for today''s charity banquet for a long time. And I didn''t know about you and your ex-husband back then, let alone the fact that he''s from a rich family in Bern City.


    "I invited the rich families from Bern City simply to build a bridge between the two cities. Nothing more. It''s definitely unintentional. The story about you and your ex-husband just happened to be exposed only recently."


    Mia nodded. "I''m not that petty. I know, so you don''t have to take it to heart."


    So what if the Barretts were invited? She wasn''t afraid of them.


    "I''m d to hear that, Ms. Mia. I was so worried."


    "There''s nothing for you to be worried about. I''ve severed all ties with my ex-inws anyway. It won''t hurt to meet them," Mia assured.


    Despite her distaste for such a pretentious character, Mia had to show respect because Jasmine''s father was the mayor.


    "That''s great! Thank you for understanding. There are a lot of guestsing today. I should get going."


    "Sure, go ahead. Don''t mind me."