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.

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

"Silly, did you really think Leslie

Delilah get such information if it was not from Leslie unless

get you. Think about it. If she really had been afflicted with such a rare poison, wouldn't Gerald have informed you directly? Why go through Averill to reach you?" Delilah

as if he had been struck by lightning, standing frozen in shock. It had all been a show? The entire act was just to get him to

plotting their next move and hoping to get Averill to sleep with you

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

even thinking?" Felix asked with a wry smile. He was utterly

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herself, we have to act fast, or we

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

head, he pushed these confusing thoughts aside. He couldn't make sense of them even if he tried. More than an hour later, a helicopter landed

surprised when she

you doing here?" she asked,