Filed to story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
After
Nora gave Cora a cold look, she brought up the topic of Evelyn’s participation in the shooting competition.
Margaret simply forgot the unhappiness just now and smiled.
“She passed the trials already, and the result was among the best. After participating in the national finals this time, she will represent our country in international competitions.”
Among the younger generation of the Cross family, Harry was a well-known player, and Mia was too fat and got pregnant before marriage, so only Evelyn, who looked beautiful and was still quite successful in shooting, was who Margaret liked to talk about most at parties.
With Nora taking the lead, others also joined the conversation about Evelyn.
“Evelyn has won the gold medal in the international shooting competition before, right?”
“Not really. Just a silver medal. At that time, Evelyn was younger than the other contestants, and her arm strength was not strong enough, so she won the silver medal, but this year she will go for the gold medal.”
Margaret explained.
“Great. I see that some major news channels in New York all have news about Evelyn, saying that this time the gold award is guaranteed. They encourage all young people in New York to learn from
Evelyn!”
“Actually, Evelyn is only good at shooting and still needs to learn more about other areas.”
Evelyn was praised by others, and Margaret felt happier than she was praised, laughing nonstop.
“It’s amazing to be so good at shooting. I don’t think you can find anyone who is better than Evelyn in
New York.”
“There is. I heard from my coach that he had an apprentice before, who can shoot at the bull’s-eye every time.”
Evelyn said so, but in fact, she didn’t believe that this person really existed.
The reason why she said this was nothing more than relying on the fact that she was under the spotlight now, and people would praise her no matter what she said.
Nora said,
“Your coach must have lied to you. He just made up a story to encourage you. Maybe he was secretly happy when he saw your results!”
Then, Nora gave Cora a look, asking her to join the conversation.
Cora saw Nora’s signal, followed up, and said,
“Is your coach Mr. Steve Crawford?”
Evelyn was slightly surprised.
“Do you know him?”
“So your coach is really him!”
Cora just asked casually in order to complete the task given by Nora.
It was just that Evelyn’s coach was really Steve.
“You really know my coach, don’t you?”
Evelyn frowned slightly.
“No. I’m just asking casually.”
Cora replied.
“Is that so? I feel what you meant just now is that you were telling us that you are the sharpshooter talent that Steve talked about.”
Evelyn seemed to be joking, but she was silently making fun of Cora.
“You misunderstood me.”
As soon as Cora finished speaking, she felt that Nora gave her a sharp glance, obviously blaming her for not saying the wrong thing and for bringing up topics indiscriminately, which made Nora ashamed.
Cora was also quite distressed. She just joined the conversation at the request of Nora, but Evelyn would not let her go.
“No. I really think you are the person my coach said.”
Evelyn said with a smile.
“I’m not. You overthink it.”
Cora had been desperately denying it.
Nora also helped her explain,
“She has been busy studying medicine all the time, so she doesn’t have so much time to spend on other things.”
Others also said,
“That’s right, and she looks so weak. She can’t shoot.”
Evelyn insisted and said,
“But I really think she is the person my coach talked about. Why don’t you compete with me? I have been wondering whether the person my coach said really exists, and I have been thinking about it for several years. If you don’t compete with me, I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
Evelyn also said,
“The party happened to be in the Cross Mansion today. There is a shooting range specially built for me to practice shooting. Just compete with me, okay? It won’t take too much of your time anyway.”
Cora suddenly felt that Evelyn was much more difficult to deal with than that chubby Mia.
She could only look back at Nora to see whether Nora wanted her to compete with Evelyn.
Nora seemed to have completely given up on her and didn’t even look at her.
Sara suddenly said,
“Since Evelyn already said that, why don’t you just compete with her? Anyway, we are just sitting here and chatting, so why don’t you just do it as entertainment for us?”
Although the reason why she was able to leave the detention center this time was because of Cora,
Sara didn’t forget that she went in also because of Cora.
If she hadn’t promised William to restrain herself during this time, when she saw Cora appearing at such a party just now, she would have rushed to strangle Cora to death.
Now it was rare to have such an opportunity to see Cora make a fool of herself, so Sara naturally would not let it go.
Sara was also the hostess of one of the four major families in New York. With her words, others also began to encourage Cora to compete with Evelyn.
“We know you can’t beat Evelyn. After all, she is a professional shooter. You just consider this as entertainment for the party.”
“That’s right. We haven’t had any young people participate in our party for a long time, so you two just think it’s to make us happy.”
The rich wives said it lightly, but in fact, they completely regarded this competition as a clown show.
Evelyn was the protagonist, and Cora was the clown who was about to make a fool of herself.
Cora looked at Nora again and wanted to ask her opinion, but Nora still ignored her. She didn’t know if
Nora was pissed off by her or if Nora just wanted her to embarrass herself.
Before Cora couldn’t get the answer she wanted, she was already pushed into the shooting range.
Evelyn also took the initiative to put the protective gear on her. When everything was ready, Evelyn suddenly said to Cora in high spirits,
“It seems a bit boring to just compete like this. Let’s raise the stakes and bet on the leather purse you brought today!”
Cora paused and looked back at Evelyn.
“What’s wrong?”
It was the first time Evelyn looked at Cora at such a close distance, and she had to admit that this woman was really not ordinary beautiful.
Her skin was so fair and smooth that it seemed to glow, making it impossible for people to take their eyes off her.
Moreover, her facial features were delicate, and her figure was hot…
Compared with Cora, Evelyn looked like a dude.
“It’s nothing. I just didn’t expect Miss Evelyn Cross to be obsessed with that purse.”
Cora covered her lips and smiled as if she was teasing Evelyn.
Her smile was so coquettish and alluring in the eyes of others. Even those middle-aged women on the field were stunned by her appearance, and the men probably had their souls taken away by her.
In Evelyn’s eyes, this smile was ironic to the extreme.
She didn’t understand how such a woman, who only got the look, could make Byron fall for her.
“It’s not like I’m obsessed, but I just feel that if we don’t bet on something that Dr. Lane cares about, maybe you won’t show your real ability to compete with me.”
Evelyn paused for a moment and said,
“I’ve always wanted to see if the talent my coach talked about existed. Dr. Lane makes me feel like you are the talent, especially when you asked me about my coach just now…”
Although what Evelyn said was high-sounding, Cora still knew that Evelyn intended to get her purse or even wanted to take away the person who had given her the purse.
With such obvious hostility, it was naturally impossible for Cora to ignore it.
“If anyone who casually asks about your coach is that talent, Miss Evelyn Cross, you are probably going to be too busy to even have time to participate in international competitions.”
She almost pointed out that Evelyn was targeting her, trying to embarrass her, and wanted to take away the gift Byron had given her.
Her words, which provoked Evelyn, not only made everyone quite astonished but also made Margaret angry.
Even Nora glared at her, signaling her not to provoke Evelyn anymore. She didn’t want Cora to embarrass the two families.
Cora only looked at Nora calmly, thinking even if she had stopped now, the dispute would have ended because Evelyn had no intention of letting her go.
Furthermore, she had hoped that Nora would give her advice on whether to compete or not, but Nora turned a blind eye.
After she was forced to go to be in this position, what right did Nora have to tell her what to do now?
Nora was annoyed and wanted to stop Cora.
Unexpectedly, Evelyn spoke up first,
“Dr. Lane, you are so funny. Okay. Let’s stop talking and prepare for the competition. The bet is the purse. Deal?”
It seemed that no matter what, nothing could change her determination to get Cora’s purse.
Cora also smiled,