Upon meeting tonight, they both felt an instant connection.

"Mr. Moore, Mrs. Lucinda, Darlene and I seem to have arrived late. We shall go in and apologize to Jason." Belinda said in a deep voice. Her statement ended the mutual complimentary comments made between Lucinda and Darlene.

Ike knew that the Bishop family and the Barlow family were old acquaintances. It wouldn't be appropriate to have Belinda chat with him first upon arrival. "President Bishop, why don't you and Ms. Darlene go in first? Lucy and I will stay out here a bit longer. We'll see you inside soon."

"See you soon."

Belinda nodded at Lucinda, then took her sister inside.

Once they had gone, Lucinda nudged her brother and chuckled, "Ike, after all this time you still call her 'President Bishop'? Can't you just call her 'Belinda'?" Ike replied, "Well. She doesn't like people call her that."

"She might not like others calling her 'Belinda', but maybe she'd like it if you called her that. You could try it. If she doesn't mind, it might bring you two closer." Considering his sister's advice, Ike thought it made sense. "I'll give it a try. If she reacts negatively, I'll just go back to calling her 'President Bishop'."

"She won't react negatively."

Lucinda confidently said, "From my observations, she has a liking for you. She mentioned you to her sister, and when she introduced Darlene to us, I noticed the way Darlene looked at you. She appraised you for quite a while. If Belinda hadn't mentioned you at home, Darlene wouldn't have taken an interest in you. She wouldn't have observed you that closely."

Lucinda tilted her head to look at her brother, uttering, "For Darlene, who's seen plenty of handsome men, you're not someone she'd fall for at first sight. So, it must be that Belinda often talks about you, which made Darlene take a longer look."

Ike laughed, "Is that true? Lucy, are you sure you didn't misread?"

He hadn't noticed the way Darlene looked at him. As soon as Belinda arrived, his attention was entirely on her.

the evening. She wore a sharp suit and had her hair short as always. Although the terms 'handsome' and 'dashing' are

me, Ike. A woman's intuition is usually right. You can slowly make your move. I'm sure

was secretly testing

on her brother for being temporarily less

harsh realities of life, Belinda was unlikely to judge

Let's go inside. You should go back to Stefan. Don't think marriage means you're safe. There are plenty of women eyeing Stefan, just waiting for a

he's not

his sister on her

then headed back inside the

and met her brother there, while her friend Cecilia was also surprised by the

aback to see her brother.

flicked her forehead lightly, then said irritably, "Cecilia, what is with that

are you here? I didn't expect that. I'm

hearing this, Hudson gave her another

how you treat me after not seeing me for so long? You don't care about

brothers treated her, anyone would feel envious

you despise me so much, why don't you swap Lucy over? Let her take me as her

"I wish."

she could finish her sentence, Cecilia quickly hopped away, avoiding another flick from her

number of customers, Hudson decided not to tease his

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