That’s Xavier’s voice. Winnie easily recognized it in a heartbeat.

Still, she was rather surprised, for as far as she knew, Xavier had always been an egoistic and conceited individual.

Back at Aqua Moana, both of them had already cleared things up with each other. Xavier had even warned her not to appear in his sight ever again.

Because of that, she presumed that it had come to a parting of ways between them, so she had never thought of counting Xavier in when she sent the Fairchild family an invitation.

Not even in a million years would she expect Xavier to show up uninvited.

Nevertheless, Winnie wasn’t delusional. In a flash, she connected the dots and reached a conclusion herself.

This has to be Grandpa Rufus’ arrangement. He must still be finding ways to matchmake Xavier and me.

At the thought of that, she secretly let out a chuckle.

She figured that as one aged, the person would eventually grow to enjoy playing matchmaker. Jacinta, for one, also acted in a similar fashion.

Her grandmother had been nagging at her for several days already, urging her to invite Christopher over for a meal.

However, Winnie was too busy to free up any of her precious time to plan such an agenda.

She took a step back and allowed Xavier to pull open the car door.

As soon as the car door was open, Rufus stepped out of the car with the support of both Winnie and Xavier.

“Splendid!” Rufus seemed impressed as he cast a gaze at Winnie, who was clad in an immaculate, stunning evening gown.

“You’re a very gracious improviser, Winnie. I heard you’ve done an awesome job at restructuring Garland Group. You’re really an outstanding young lady. I’m rooting for you!”

“Thank you for the compliment, Grandpa Rufus. It means a lot to me!” Winnie carefully held his hand and walked with him, wearing a bright grin as she prompted, “This way.”

The more Rufus looked at Winnie, the more delighted he became. “You’re really one fine lady. You don’t need to be so modest when you’re with me, you know. Just be yourself!”

During the exchange, one of the reporters approached them out of nowhere, pleading with them ever so courteously, “Old Mr. Fairchild, Mr. Fairchild, Ms. Garland, I’m sorry to intrude, but could I take a group photo of you all?”

that Rufus was in a pretty good mood that

as it might, Xavier had always disliked taking pictures. The second he heard

woman had dolled herself up, and she looked especially eye-catching that night. Out of the blue, a sudden burst of desire overwhelmed his heart—he actually wished to have the

the core tonight. I must freeze

of the reporters wanting to have their photos taken

slipped into deep thought momentarily before hanging his head low to whisper something in his

to Xavier’s idea, Rufus unwittingly glanced at the former. Following

stood at the spot designated by the reporter,

suddenly turned out to be Xavier instead of his

She was amused by Rufus’ act on the inside; on the

a sudden, a cold breeze wafted past her exposed shoulder and arms in her one-shoulder dress. She couldn’t help but feel a shiver run down

a warm suit jacket was draped over her shoulders. It was Xavier who had slid his jacket

scene, the reporters and cameramen began to press the

frown was then etched on

her impression of Xavier had never been excellent. That man possessed a prideful character, and he was full of himself. Of course, he could be thoughtful

toward me and even putting his jacket on me? Worst

a perplexing look

his brows, seemingly dissatisfied with that gaze of

he muttered to her ear, “Why are you looking at me like that? Don’t you know

bereft of

far from close to being a chivalrous man. Not with those words that escaped from his lips would he

awkward as she replied under her breath through gritted

was about to remove the suit jacket from her

in front of the media. You’d only end up dragging both of our families’ reputations through

death. “You shouldn’t have used so much strength to

Why did he still put his jacket

thoughts temporarily upon hearing Winnie’s

realize that he had exerted brute force. Did I just have a screw

to have escalated, so much so that he even began to experience short-term memory

abruptly forget what he had just done a minute ago each

true that I’ve applied too much force on her just now? But

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