"Hmm, it looks like you are no longer sleepy. Fine, I'll take you out to get milk tea and barbecue. Afterward, can we have another late night together?"

By the time Renee realized what she had walked into, it was too late. A rosy blush appeared on her cheeks, and she blinked rapidly to cover up her embarrassment.

"You wish," she muttered as she looked away from him.

A bunch of young playboys had approached in hopes of currying favor with Marcelo, and they just happened to overhear the conversation between him and Renee.

They stopped short in shock.

Was this really the noble Mr. King discussing fried chicken and barbecue with Renee? And Renee, too, had she really just put on a sullen act to get her way? Wasn't she always so elegant and demure?

What the hell?

Worse yet, they seemed to be discussing something else, something intimate that was meant to occur behind closed doors. And Renee had basically refused Marcelo.

What was really going on with these two?

As far as everyone else was concerned, Marcelo and Renee came from two different worlds.

Yet, after what they had just seen, they couldn't deny that the two made a perfect match. There was a vibe between them, an unseen barrier that closed them off from the rest of the world.

"Aren't you bored just sitting there, Miss Hudson? Why don't you play cards with us?" Vivian, who had been gone for ten minutes, reappeared after composing herself. "You wouldn't mind, right, Marcelo?" she added, turning to smile at him.

After acknowledging Marcelo's marriage to Renee, she deemed this polite inquiry necessary.

Marcelo tilted his head toward Renee, silently telling them that the decision lay with her.

Renee's eyes locked with Vivian's.

eager. Only the two women themselves knew that separate storms were brewing underneath the

and

not bored, of course, but she wanted to see what

***********

had passed. Renee's pile of chips had grown significantly, overshadowing Vivian's dwindling stack. In their most recent game, Renee had

skilled at cards," Vivian remarked

cue. Suddenly, a voice rang out across the room. "Mr. King, come and help Vivian with her cards! It's her first game

the voice, her frown deepening as she fought to hide the

It was Alma.

Marcelo was lounging on a

of young

men.

a listener than a talker,

those who once flattered Andrew had shifted their attention to him. At the sound of Alma's voice, Marcelo turned He noticed the frustrated expression on. Vivian's face. Yet, she managed a smile and

.net

piled high with chips. Her knack for dice

around him,

way," he suggested, starting to instruct Vivian in

wasn't particularly fool.

against Renee

of

could have some fun

shift caught the attention of the

teaming up with Vivian to take on Renee!"

Vivian who called him over. If you could

not in Vivian's

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