Chapter 227

Neil ended the call after he coldly rejected Ada’s invitation.

She took a deep breath to suppress her disappointment and headed to Heavenly Joy Restaurant.

Mindy and Idris were in high spirits tonight. Jeremy and Bethany had also heard about Ada’s advancement to the semi–finals. They called Idris and urged him to encourage her to keep up the good work and aim for first place.

“Ada, you’ve truly made me proud! I was having afternoon tea when I heard that you made it to the semi–finals. The other rich ladies were so envious of me for having such an outstanding daughter!”

Ada smiled bashfully and pretended to be modest. “Mom, you’re flattering me. It’s just the preliminary round. There are several more rounds ahead.”

“You’re so talented. I’m sure you’ll get first place!” Mindy said proudly.

“I’ll do my best!”

Idris smiled as well and said, “Ada, if you manage to win first place, I’ll give you a surprise.” “What kind of surprise?”

“If I tell you, it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore, would it?”

“This surprise is definitely going to motivate me to win!”

handed Ada the menu. “Choose whatever you

“Okay.”

finished placing her order, Idris’s phone rang.

up and said, “It’s a call from a client. I’ll take this outside.” Once he stepped out, Idris found a quiet corner to answer

to call me

“Idris, Noah

be there right away. In the meantime, use a wet

returned to the private room after he ended the call.

need to handle it right away. Please go ahead and eat.

left, and the

sure if I should tell you, Mom. It’s

get into

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a little embarrassed.

didn’t get into trouble. It’s just that… I saw her

she doing there?”

quickly occurred to Mindy, and her expression turned grim. “Did she find out that you were participating in the competition and try to cause you

“No. Actually, Silvia was working part–time at the venue. When I got there, she was carrying water

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