She didn't blame those men for their choices, for being utterly infatuated with Juliana Vanderbilt.
However, Oliver Timmerman was the only exception.
For the past eight years, she had been like this, all for whom? He should be the one who knew it best.
In her eyes, she also believed that only Oliver Timmerman would not be such a superficial man.
But, in the end, it was only what she believed.
"What are you here for?"
After a brief moment of distraction, Arabella Vanderbilt immediately regained her usual cold demeanor.
Juliana Vanderbilt bit her lip, her hand clutching Oliver Timmerman's arm tightened slightly, her expression somewhat gloomy.
Seeing Arabella Vanderbilt's cold and distant demeanor, making her seem thousands of miles away, Oliver Timmerman furrowed his brows slightly.
He walked into the hospital room, with Juliana Vanderbilt following timidly at his side.
"Juliana is getting much better and is being discharged today. She came specially to say goodbye to you."
Arabella Vanderbilt sneered, "What kind of farewell? A farewell like life and death? If not, then get out, all of you."
"Arabella!"
Oliver Timmerman suddenly scolded her in a low voice.
"When did you become so harsh and sarcastic? You have always been clear about right and wrong; Juliana has never been the one to do anything wrong, you—"
Arabella Vanderbilt looked up; Oliver Timmerman's face was darkened, his eyes filled with accusation and disappointment,
She rarely saw Oliver Timmerman looking at her with such eyes. The man who was once so tender, she had never imagined him showing anger or coldness towards her.
Yet in their recent three encounters, his gaze had always been like this.
She had thought that her heart would ache like before, but now, she felt surprisingly calm and numb to the point that even she was astonished.
Arabella Vanderbilt put down the chopsticks in her hand, took the glass of water she had poured earlier, sipped it from the edge of her lips, and then interrupted Oliver Timmerman with an indifferent tone.
"If not her, then me?"
Arabella Vanderbilt held the glass, feeling the water a little too hot to the touch.
She stood up slowly, walked over to the two of them, looked at Oliver Timmerman, and hooked her lips into a slight smirk.
"I'm harsh and sarcastic? May I ask, in what capacity are you accusing me now?"
"I..." Oliver Timmerman moved his lips but didn't know what to say.
"Sis, don't blame Brother Oliver, it's all my fault..."
Juliana Vanderbilt's voice hadn't fully fallen when Arabella Vanderbilt's chilling gaze suddenly pinned Juliana's face like an ice blade.
Juliana Vanderbilt's voice faltered, and simultaneously, her entire body stiffened noticeably.
"Of course, it's all your fault! I never said I didn't blame you!"
Noticing Juliana Vanderbilt's stiff body, Oliver Timmerman hugged her and moved her slightly behind him, "Arabella, this isn't Juliana's fault. Blame me if you must..."
Arabella Vanderbilt slowly shifted her gaze onto Oliver Timmerman's face, staring at him for a moment with a cold, indifferent smile, then looking at him with detachment and numbness.
"You think you shouldn't be blamed?"
Oliver Timmerman's brows sank once again.
"Which of you two can substitute for the mistakes made by the other?"
Oliver Timmerman pursed his lips, powerless against Arabella Vanderbilt's aggressive demeanor.
"Do you think just because you want to be together, you can be together? The whole city of Krent knows that you, Oliver Timmerman, are my fiance, and she, Juliana Vanderbilt, is my sister in name, my future sister-in-law. For a future brother-in-law and sister-in-law to be together! How could you two have the face to act lovey-dovey in front of others?!"
Hearing Arabella Vanderbilt's words, Juliana Vanderbilt immediately turned pale.
Her popularity in the entertainment industry had just started to rise in the last two years. Even though true love is supreme nowadays, there are still those who hold traditional family values.
If the two sides really start to confront each other, it would be inevitable for others in the industry to take the opportunity to suppress her.
At that time, it would really become troublesome.