Nicholas weaved through the crowd to congratulate them with a clap.

“Nicholas, you’re here too!” Cordelia greeted with a nod. “Where’s Linda?”

“Sigh, your bestie’s a workaholic. She’s still working in the office now!” Nicholas shook his head with a helpless smile.

“Say, Zephyr, has the world changed now? These women are so capable. Are we men waiting to be taken care of?”

“That’d be great!” Zephyr smirked with a sly glint. He picked up Cordelia’s hand, the diamond ring on it glowing prettily.

“See, I’ve already handed in the deposit.” Zephyr was triumphant. “Cordelia will take care of me after this!”

“Yeah, right!” Nicholas looked at him in disdain.

“Right. Time for something else.”

The smile on Zephyr’s face slowly hardened, and his gaze turned deep and complex.

He was again the cold guy and felt even more oppressive than earlier. It felt like a pressure was weighing the hall down.

look good, but before she could grab Michelle and go, they were stopped by a

we haven’t cleared up, don’t

stiffly. She could

looked at her coldly. “Someone stopped my wife from entering and

cried frantically, “You’ve misunderstood it,

asking her, not

speak

consumed by various emotions—jealousy, rage, fear, confusion… They overwhelmed her, and she was stripped of

“Nicholas, I heard that she’s

“Uh, yes.” Nicholas nodded.

in public. “I’ll pay

took a deep

was flat, but he could hear the rage burning within. He thought that it was a pity, but it was not

that Cordelia was Mrs. Thompson’s best

nonchalant, and

what

“Yes!”

agreement. Break off the

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