Inside the dimly lit bar, Tiana had drowned herself in alcohol to the point of staggering inebriation. Her mood hadn’t been sour at first.
But after two phone calls both ended in arguments, it was clear that Gunner was on the other line.
Clinging to her friend, Tiana vented, “That jerk! He’s asked for my hand in marriage, and yet he says he’s in Grace City closing deals when I ask him to pick me up. He’s paying less and less attention to me. Is he really that busy?”
Whitney flicked through her phone to catch up on Stella’s latest news.
Turns out, Stella was filming in Grace City. What kind of ‘deals‘ would he be closing at this hour? Whitney’s face hardened as she looked at Tiana’s dejected expression. Her heart was aching with a mix of pity for Tiana and loathing for that unfaithful pair.
But how to bring it up? How could she minimize the damage for Tiana?
“Whitney, let’s go get a room and have some fun!” Tiana hollered, clearly gone off the deep end. Whitney steadied her.
The bar was a scene of drunken collapses, but there was one sober college guy called Cooper that Whitney barely knew. He mentioned he had returned from studying abroad and ran a diamond import business. Whitney’s eyes gleamed – they were in the same line of work. Skye Gem Ltd. covered everything from jewelry design to production.
“Whitney, perhaps we’ll cooperate in business someday,” Cooper said, handing her his business card with an impressed look.
Whitney took the card with a smile, struggling to support Tiana. Cooper offered a hand to help.
Suddenly, an icy pressure descended upon them.
“Oh, getting a room? Planning a threesome?” came a familiar, mocking voice tinged with chill.
Whitney’s head snapped up to see her husband, shock written across her face.
Then it hit her – what did he just imply with that comment? Feeling awkward when she glanced at Cooper, she asked with a semblance of calm, “What are you doing here?”
–
Oh, the tone of her voice as if he didn’t have the right to show up?
Ludwik’s aura turned even colder.
presence. He offered a nervous smile and asked Whitney,
in a low voice, too quick to
do you need to be set straight?
up, though she felt her analogy
trouble, she quickly suggested to the college guy, “It’s getting late, maybe you should head home,
the tension, Cooper excused himself with
fell into an eerie
stupor, Tiana giggled at the sight of ‘L‘, “Why not a threesome? I’m totally down for the kind of man like
her friend would just
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toward turk, who coldly sidestepped her and
arm snaked around her waist. His gaze was dark and teasing. “My kind? What’s that supposed to mean? Enlighten
“How would
I thought yould know very well he murmured, his eyes hinting at something
he so proud of? She pushed away from his crisp
out on the floor,
looked to Ludwik and muttered reluctantly,
look like a laborer to you?” he
help Whitney batted her eyes, tugging at his shirt in gentle
knew how to
a subtle roll of his
the drunken Tiana, Ludwik held
upstairs. Tiana kept saying she wanted
he carried Tiana, was like carrying a bag of trash. It irritated Whitney, who complained to the assistant, “is your
doesn’t like
smile, “Except for you, young
cheeks warmed at the thought, but dismissed it at once. Her husband’s interest was
Whitney covered her with a blanket and fetched a damp cloth to wash her face, only to have Ludwik take it away. His shirt still crisp and clean, he intended to clean his
stared, That’s for
I less
Whitney thought indignantly. Her gaze lingered on his long flawless hands. It was said that such hands could bring immense
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