The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 370

Felix nodded earnestly. "It was incredible, Delilah. It was truly moving. I'm not exaggerating."

Receiving Felix's praise, Delilah's expression lit up with happiness. However, she soon pouted her lips.

"I thought you'd be so smitten with someone else that you wouldn't even have the heart to listen to my concert," Delilah said grumpily.

"Huh?" Felix blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"

She extended a slender finger and tapped his chest. Feigning an accusing tone, she said, Don't play dumb! Leslie has everything in all the right places and sizes. Am I wrong?" "Uh!" Felix took a step back, genuinely startled.

He stammered as he tried to respond, "How... how do you know about that?"

Delilah remained quiet, sinking back onto the couch and fixing Felix with a direct, piercing gaze that made his scalp tingle.

quickly started explaining, "Delilah, I had no choice! Didn't Leslie explain it to you? She was poisoned, and I did

laughed. "Silly, did you really

out? How could Delilah get such information if it was not from Leslie unless Gerald mentioned it? But there was no way that kind of thing would be spread around for every

a scheme she and Averill cooked up to get you. Think about it. If she really had been afflicted with such a rare poison, wouldn't Gerald have informed you directly?

lightning, standing frozen in shock. It had all been a show? The entire act was just

telling you the truth now because I know they're already plotting their next move and hoping to get Averill to sleep with

explaining himself to her showed that he had her on his mind, and that was all she needed to

even thinking?" Felix asked with a wry

Chapter 370

Eloise can claim you for herself, we have to act fast, or we won't even have the scraps after she's

dear Felix. But next time, I'll have my turn at winning

sense of them even if he tried. More than an hour later, a helicopter landed in an open field at a cemetery in

was surprised when she saw the person approaching

you doing here?" she asked, visibly