Chapter 114

Yates glanced instinctively toward the stairwell.

Hackett, bursting with vitality and dressed in a sharp tweed jacket, was descending the stairs with a spring in his step, accompanied by a young man sporting an infectious grin framed by dimples that deepened with his laughter. It had to be Calvert.

But why was Calvert wearing a sleek black suit?

Stunned, Yates turned slowly to Everard, hardly believing his eyes. Up close, the label on the clothing was unmistakable.

The cut, the quality…

Yates was dumbfounded, blurting out incredulously, “That suit is not a knock–off, is it?”

A knock–off?

Just from those two words, Everard understood why they had insisted he change clothes. They thought he was wearing a counterfeit?

A chill crept into his sharp gaze, a frosty distance that was worlds apart from his demeanor around Cordelia. His voice was tinged with a cold, cutting edge, “So, are we still swapping clothes?”

Yates wanted to slap himself. Swap clothes? Not a chance.

He tossed the clothes in his hands into the dressing room, only then realizing something amiss, “Hold on, how can you afford the real deal?”

“Midnight Scent must be raking in the cash,” he thought.

Too late, Everard at the door was already gone. Yates hurried forward, just in time to see Everard blend into the crowd and disappear.

As Calvert and Hackett made their way downstairs, Calvert had hoped to surprise Cordelia, who he knew would be in the hall. But before he could find her, he was waylaid, “Mr. Wallace, good to meet you. I’m Kermit.”

Kermit? Calvert paused, sizing up Kermit. “So this was Lia’s bumbling uncle.” he thought.

smile and a noncommittal “Okay.”

crowd was eager to engage with him, and he was trapped into

staring at the

what are you spacing out for? Go introduce

connections in business

Calvert could

out of the crowd, boasting, “Sanderson, why are you daydreaming here? Luckily I was by the stairs, and I just

Sanderson hadn’t moved, “Sanderson, sometimes you’re just too stiff. If you don’t make a move,

speaking, a voice came from

Red Sea, and Calvert approached Sanderson, greeting him with a sweet smile, “Mr. Delaney, good to see you

darting between Sanderson and Calvert, unable to fathom what was

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happening.

his daze, realized it

Hackett’s birthday, it was also about finding him a girlfriend. This guy, already entangled with Lia, was still flirting around?

on a

was daring to speak to Mr. Wallace

way, have Mrs. Delaney and Lia

man had the audacity to call her that. And he dared to look

them.” He intended to show Lia the true nature of this gold–digger, to prevent

watched as Calvert obediently followed Sanderson,

Elsewhere.

Sallie had already descended the stairs. They

anxious to prevent her from further harassment by the

approached, she heard Fanny boasting about her daughter’s prospects, “Oh, it’s not like they’re an item after just one meeting, but Mr. Wallace

“Exchanging contacts means there’s interest. A bit more conversation and it’s

beautiful, and it’s natural for

with a calculated inquiry, “Has Cordelia’s boyfriend shown

background. He wouldn’t fit in at this. kind of

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