CHAPTER 135: CHAPTER 135: ANNELISE WINTER IS POPPY

Elias Warner looked up and frowned when he saw the newcomer.

"Why are you here?"

"I have some girlfriends here, attending June’s party, so I came along. I didn’t expect to see you here, Elias."

Sylvia sat down beside Elias Warner.

"Really?"

Sylvia said as she poured Elias a drink.

"Yes, quite a coincidence."

Sylvia smiled, sitting on the sofa next to Elias Warner.

Liam Sterling and others were also present.

Liam Sterling was about to gossip when he saw Sylvia.

Someone nearby whispered in his ear: "Captain Sterling, we should be discreet and leave the private room. This is Captain Warner’s fiancée!"

"Huh? Fiancée?"

"Yes, Captain Warner’s fiancée, the eldest daughter of the Lowell family. How can you not know this? Are you really that out of the loop?"

"I... didn’t know!"

Liam Sterling was quite taken aback, since he truly didn’t know. But he took a few more glances at Elias Warner’s girlfriend.

Pretty, yes, but compared to Annelise Winter, not quite as much.

"Captain Warner, it seems Captain Perry wanted to cheer everyone up by booking the most famous dancer here, Poppy, to perform a pole dance for us!"

"Wow, then let’s hurry out. Captain Warner, we’re heading out to enjoy the pole dance!"

Everyone started leaving.

Now, only Elias Warner and Sylvia were left in the private room.

It felt like the room was especially reserved for the two of them.

But, someone just mentioned, the dancer is Poppy?

Elias Warner frowned deeply.

Poppy?

If he remembered correctly, when he and Eric Thorne came here for a drink before.

That was when he returned from abroad.

Young Master Lockwood had booked a companion dancer named Poppy, who turned out to be Annelise Winter.

Could it be Annelise is back to dancing at this bar?

What on earth is this woman up to?

Frustration flared up inside Elias Warner.

"Elias, let’s go out and see too. This dancer called Poppy is considered a goddess here and is said to dance incredibly well."

Sylvia eagerly awaited Elias Warner’s response.

Elias Warner had planned to go out and have a look anyway, and hearing Sylvia’s suggestion, he stood up and walked towards the exit.

As soon as he stepped out, he saw Lucas Lowell.

His brows furrowed tightly.

Lucas Lowell always felt that Elias Warner’s gaze on him was strange.

"Elias, you’re here too!"

Lucas Lowell greeted him first.

"Hmm!" Elias Warner didn’t pay much attention to Lucas Lowell and walked past him.

Lucas Lowell felt awkward.

He said to Sylvia: "Sylvia, it seems Elias has a bias against me?"

"You’re overthinking. He just naturally doesn’t smile that much!"

Sylvia said these words but suddenly thought of Annelise Winter.

Perhaps Elias does have exceptions sometimes.

Now everyone gathered in the hall.

"This dancer called Poppy is really in high demand, charging five hundred thousand for a dance. Captain Perry, thank you for such a visual treat!"

Chase Perry was a bit stunned. He hadn’t ordered any dancer, but he kept thinking whether the Poppy June Winter mentioned could be Annelise Winter.

Because he remembered, at the bar earlier, Young Master Lockwood had ordered a companion dancer, and it was Annelise, just called Poppy.

He hurried over to June Winter, pulling her aside and quietly asked, "Did you book this companion dancer?"

"I didn’t, but a friend of my sister did!"

June Winter thought Chase Perry was chiding her for spending a million on a companion dancer.

But she really didn’t book this dancer.

She glanced at Sylvia.

Sylvia waved at Chase Perry.

"Captain Perry, it was me. I wanted to wish you and June a happy marriage, but I didn’t know what to get, so I booked you two a dancer. But this dancer is allegedly quite the celebrity here!"

Sylvia smiled casually.

Chase Perry was a bit flustered, but Eric Thorne was even more panicked.

"Young Master Perry, if this is her, what then..."

Eric Thorne glanced at Elias Warner.

He worried that Elias Warner might explode.

Chase Perry said to June Winter, "Stop the nonsense, cancel it right away!"

"Cancel it? Chase Perry, I’ve already told everyone that a dancer’s going to perform soon to entertain everyone. It can’t be canceled!"

Sylvia quickly said, "Young Master Perry, you wouldn’t refuse my gift, would you?"

Chase Perry was at a loss for what to say, glancing over at Elias Warner.

Elias Warner’s face was ashen.

"Let’s welcome Miss Poppy to do a pole dance for everyone!"

The host was already on stage.

The lights came on.

All eyes focused on the stage.

A slender figure, dressed in a white mini-skirt reaching only to the top of her thighs, revealing hot and snow-white long legs.

The white lace design narrowed down to expose a strip of skin at her waist.

Her full chest was about to burst out.

But her face wasn’t visible under a dancer’s mask.

The spotlight concentrated instantly on the body.

Eric Thorne’s expression darkened immediately.

Chase Perry shared the same expression with him.

Relying on their intuition, they confirmed it was Annelise.

They hadn’t expected her to still be here.

Eric Thorne downed a glass of wine anxiously, but his gaze turned towards Elias Warner sitting in a corner of the hall.

Even if he sat at the farthest corner, his presence radiated a kingly aura throughout the hall.

No one would mistake this man; he was the true king of the room.

At this moment, he was glaring coldly at the stage, seemingly trying to see through the mask and uncover the hidden face.

The person on stage began the intense performance.

Her flexible waist turned, clinging to the pole, the whole figure was hot and sensational.

Nobody could tear their eyes away from that figure.

The men present swallowed hard.

The atmosphere suddenly turned explosive.

Someone shouted amidst the crowd: "Doesn’t anyone feel that this dancer looks familiar!"

"Yeah, I also think she looks familiar!"

Ivy Willows spoke first.

"What are you saying, do you know her?" someone asked.

Chloe Joyce was also stunned staring at the person on stage.

So incredibly beautiful, that body enough to make everyone envious to madness.

Too bad the face behind the mask couldn’t be seen.

"It’s Annelise, this person looks like Annelise!"

"No way, it’s really Annelise!"

The crowd erupted into discussion.

The buzz was instantaneous.

Elias Warner’s face turned ashen; no one knew this body better than him.

He couldn’t understand why this woman would start flaunting herself here again.

His clenched hands dug into his palm painfully.

"Elias, do you think this dancer is good?"

Sylvia seemed oblivious to the surrounding murmurs, turning to Elias Warner.

Elias Warner remained silent.

"Annelise, it’s definitely Annelise!"

Someone shouted out loud from the crowd.

When the news spread across the hall that the dancer was Annelise, the music came to a halt.

The dance concluded.

Although Annelise was far from the hall, she could hear the speculations of the crowd.

She didn’t take off her mask, showing no hint of anxiety.

She seemed prepared for her identity to be exposed.

Ivy Willows glanced at Annelise on stage.

She smirked: "Poppy, you’re Annelise, aren’t you? Why the mask? Are you afraid to face people?"