Chapter 745 VIP

Hayley's POV:

Our group soon arrived at the VIP lounge.

"Ms. Carson, if you need anything, just let the servers outside know. They'll do their best to assist you, the man said with a polite nod. "I have other matters to attend to, so I'l

xcuse myself now.

As he spoke, he gave Henry and the others a courteous nod. But when his gaze passed over Zayd, it lingered for just a second longer.

I caught that subtle pause and stopped him with a calm voice. "Hold on. You haven't even told me your name. I can't exactly call you randomly, can I?"

"My mistake," he said, stepping back respectfully. "Nelson Smith. Ms. Carson, you may use my full name if you prefer."

"Nelson Smith?" Henry laughed, nudging Zayd with his elbow. "Hey, he's got the same last name as you Could he be your long-lost big brother?"

Zayd's face didn't change. He didn't even bother responding.

Nelson offered a light chuckle and explained, "That's a misunderstanding. Smith isn't my real surname. It's just a code name given to me by Fate Corporation."

"Oh, I see." Henry nodded, then turned back to tease Zayd again. "Well, since you're also a Smith, maybe if you worked for Fate Corp, you'd be even more successful than him, huh?"

"No," Zayd said curtly, as curt with his answer as ever.

Henry pouted and said, “Man, I can't even joke with you. You're no fun."

Nelson let out a quiet laugh and finally took his leave.

into our seats just

second floor, with a clear view of Nelson on stage as he took up the role

after, someone arrived at the most prestigious seats

my head-and locked eyes with

this was my

his scent from where we sat, but she didn't recognize

unreadable. Still, he gave me a slight nod

seated beside me, happened to notice the brief exchange of looks and

stepped into Truman's line of sight, glaring at him

in for his brother, trying to ward Truman off like some

Chapter 745 VIP

declaring, She'smybrother'sdestined mate.

met Henry's gaze, then gave a cool, almost amused smile

away," Henry muttered under his

gave Henry a

item was brought out for

was a rough gemstone weighing around 90 pounds. The

lightly polished, revealing a glimmer of vibrant

color, smooth, and glossy. It

way I'm wrong about this.

crowd erupted

on

half of it

a big 'if. What if the gemstone's only in that one corner and the rest is junk?

rules of the game: rough stones that show even a glimpse of quality are priced

as good as it looked. There was always the risk of a fracture line-what

core.

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