“Ugh, how come I don’t have any luck?!” After a few rounds of poker, Jolly lost her cool. “I’m not playing anymore. It’s your turn, Chris.”
“What’s with that attitude?” Amid the contemptuous boos from everyone, Jolly resolutely quit the game and declared confidently, “My dad told me that whether we win or lose in the game of poker, we should be free to leave the table whenever we want. That is called good attitude!”
Rachel took Jolly’s seat and said calmly, “I’ve known Mr. Carter for so long, but I haven’t heard him say that before.”
Jolly glared at her. “He said that a long time ago!” “I don’t want to argue with you people anymore. I’m going to cook some pasta.”
“Cook a plate for me too!” Hernandez immediately raised his hand. “I want it with a lot of cheese!” “Dream on! I’m not cooking it for you!”
Jolly rolled her eyes at him and walked straight toward the kitchen. The homestay owner was kind enough to bring some food to them despite the heavy snow at noon, as he was afraid that they would lack supplies while being trapped here. Most of the food he delivered was instant food.
While the pasta was being cooked, the doorbell rang. It rang for a long time, but no one went to open the door.
Jolly was cooking the pasta as she leaned half of her body out of the kitchen to scold someone. When she saw the group playing cards intently, and the two children running around the room, she could tell that nobody would hear her scolding since it was so noisy out there.
Stomping to the door, she went to open it. Not to mention that she lost some money during the game of poker, but now they were also expecting her to be a nanny?!
When she opened the door, the anger on her face hadn’t disappeared. The moment she saw the person in front of the door, her pupils dilated because she could not believe who she saw.
“You… Oh! Oh! Oh!” After screaming at a high pitch, she managed to attract the attention of the rest in the living room. “What’s wrong?”
Leroy rushed out first, for fear that she might be in danger, but he was stunned to see the visitor. Rachel, Justin, and the rest came out. The last one to come out was Victor, who was still holding a handful of cards. “Who is…”
The word ‘it’ did not manage to escape his mouth for a long while. The wind was howling outside, and the blizzard was raging. Throughout the morning, almost half of the town was submerged in snow, and the stairs were also covered with knee-high snow.
At this moment, the figure standing outside came out of the snow one step at a time. Besides a blue parka, she also wore a scarf, a hat, and a pair of gloves. Only her sparkling eyes were exposed, and when she saw them, her eyes went misty.
“Ria?” Rachel exclaimed, “Oh my goodness!” Gloria’s gaze scanned them all and finally landed on the last person to come out. She questioned, “Didn’t you tell me you were in school? Why are you here? Care to explain?”
Victor was instantly speechless. As if they were all communicating through telepathy, the rest avoided the couple and returned to the room, giving them some private space at the entrance. The bouquet of roses in the refrigerator might come in handy now.
Gloria took off her scarf and hat, revealing her flushed, delicate face that was either due to the tight cover or the cold. She looked like an innocent girl next door right now, which was a huge contrast to her usual princess vibes on stage.
“How did you get here?” Victor brushed the snow off her body and hung her coat on the rack. “Took the train, of course. It just so happened that the one I took was the last, and all the trains behind it were out of service.”
“Why did you lie to me on WhatsApp saying that you were in Geneva then?” “Didn’t you lie to me too?”
Gloria looked at him calmly. ‘I’ve been here for so long now. Do you have something to tell me? For example, explain why you’re not in school. but here with Miss Rachel and the others.” Victor froze for a while before stammering, “I… I didn’t mean to lie to you. I… I…”
“Where are my flowers?” Gloria reached her hand out to him. “My roses.” Victor was startled before asking, “You knew?”
“Know what?”
“Know that I want to propose to you!” The moment Victor blurted it out, the air suddenly became quiet. Gloria put on a generous and honest expression, waiting for Victor’s next words. Instead, Victor panicked. “I thought you wouldn’t come, so I planned to prepare again next time. I…”
He struggled to form a coherent sentence. At the same time, his stammering appearance was recorded by someone with a camera.
Jolly was lying at the entrance of the living room, peeking while holding the camera that she had prepared beforehand. She was getting anxious while taking pictures. “What’s wrong with this brat? Why did Gloria go through the huge blizzard if she didn’t know? Could she be here just to ski, silly?!”
“Exactly. Why isn’t he taking out the ring yet? What is he waiting for?” “But how did she know that Victor was here?
Did we expose him in our videos?”
“I didn’t tell her.”
“Me neither.”
“Not me.” Leroy and Hernandez stood behind Jolly, and the three of them denied that they were the ‘spies’. Rachel was far away from them, occupying a favorable spot to watch the show. Therefore, she instantly knew who the ‘spy’ was after hearing the denials of the three..
Except for Justin, no one else in this room would tell Gloria about it. However, no one expected that Justin had told Gloria about Victor’s proposal the night before.
Firstly, he hoped that Gloria would think about it, and secondly, he also hoped that there would be no accidents that would cause her to temporarily cancel the trip because she was not keen on skiing.
Sure enough, there was a big blizzard. If the original plan was to come skiing, she would have ditched them long ago.
Rachel turned around and saw Justin standing in the living room, stretching his neck hard toward the door, like a father trying to watch the show.
When their eyes met, Justin coughed dryly and avoided her gaze. Rachel motioned for him to come over, in a lowered voice, “How about you come here to watch?”
Justin shook his head. “No. I don’t want to watch.” “You don’t want to? Then why are you stretching your neck so hard? Are you doing stretches?”
After being exposed, Justin froze, feeling embarrassed. Rachel suddenly took a sniff and wondered aloud, “Is something burning?”
While Jolly was lying on her stomach to record a video, she suddenly heard Rachel’s words, so she sniffed and leaped up at the sudden. thought of something. “Oh no! My pasta!”
At this time, Victor, who had already taken out the ring box, was so nervous that his hands trembled. With a snap, the ring box was opened, but the ring fell to the ground. The diamond ring, visible to the naked eye, spun around on the ground, rolled down the steps, and slipped out through the crack of the door.
Gloria quickly opened the door and was staggered by the blowing blizzard, almost falling over. “Be careful!” Victor supported her from behind. “Forget about me. The ring! Where’s the ring?”
Everyone ran to the door except for Jolly, who went to the kitchen to clean up the mess. At that moment, the snow outside was higher than the steps. How could they possibly see where the ring went?
Gloria turned her head sharply and glared at the culprit. The most important moment in her life was ruined by a scream.
“Jolly Carter!”
