Chapter 0015

Alex then looked at Candice.

“What he said–my car broke down,” she said as she picked up the glass of wine that Alex poured. She simply added, “If you want a drinking buddy, I’ll take his place.”

“You take his place?” Alex emphasized. He looked at Candice and Jackson meaningfully and asked frivolously, “Who are you to him? You taking his place?”

Candice frowned. Alex was obviously displeased judging from his tone.

Right then, Sonia, who had been quiet, suddenly exclaimed, “Mr. Shyan, are you Candice’s boyfriend?”

Candice was surprised. She stared at Sonia coldly but before she could say a word, Alex added, “Is it so?”

His deep eyes were fixated on Candice, waiting for her answer.

“Don’t give her a hard time,” Jackson said gently. His smile was as soothing as the spring breeze. He easily got Candice out of the tricky situation.

“We are just friends.”

Since the man had made it clear, the others dropped the subject.

Candice then excused herself to the restroom.

purely a coincidence that she bumped

returned from an overseas trip. He mentioned he was going to a party and kindly extended the invitation to Candice.

the other hand, did not want to mess up his plan, so she tagged along. To her surprise, it was the party that Alex and Sonia

the restroom after washing her hands. She was planning to wait outside and text

out. He then looked at her and asked,

in their circle knew Jackson admired

she could talk

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was slightly taken aback. She wanted to explain herself but she found

have to

to ask me if I have a boyfriend,” Candice said as

answer were you expecting?”

save for the two of them. The carpet silenced all footsteps with

and said, “I tried calling you earlier,

her with

were the only way to see

that no

the same eyes again, she suddenly realized there was nothing

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