The Rise of Dragon Temple By Wu Xia

Chapter 40

At about six o’clock in the evening, Joseph cooked a meal for Chloe. After having dinner, he took her downstairs to play. Then, at seven o’clock in the evening, Serena came back. She was in a denim outfit, and her hair was tied up in a ponytail. Coincidently, she spotted Joseph taking something from his new car. At that sight, her eyes glimmered, and she walked to the Mercedes-Benz. “Joseph, did you buy this car? Wow! It’s Mercedes-Benz S-class! How beautiful…” To that, Joseph nodded and beamed, “Well, I bought it for Paige. What do you think? Does this suit her temperament?” With her eyes glued to the car, Serena went forward to feel it. Then, she turned her head and uttered bitterly, “I also want one. I think S-class suits me too…” Hearing her words, Joseph chuckled, “Sure, I will give you one after my wedding with Paige next month. Initially, I thought of buying you something better, like Porsche or Ferrari, but since you like Mercedes S, okay then…” When Serena listened to Joseph’s banter, her face instantly went bitter, and she laughed bitterly, “No, please don’t do this to me. I won’t mind having a Porsche…” Once again, Joseph chuckled, “Alright, I’ll buy whatever you want in the future. Paige has gone to the gathering, right? Please take care of Chloe. Also, Alpha l is nearby. So, you don’t have to worry about safety, and have fun with Chloe…” Right away, Serena nodded. “Sure, you should get going and make her proud!” At the same time, Chloe also waved her little hands at Joseph and cheered, “Go for it, Daddy! Go for it!” Looking chic, Joseph opened the car door, got into the car, and replied, “Haha, that’s a must for my wife! Whoever dares to look down on her, they’ll know!” After saying that, he stepped on the gas and drove toward the hotel Serena mentioned.

Hotel, Paige was with a group of neatly dressed men and women. Every year, her college classmates in Oplen would have a gathering. However, for the past few years, Paige never participated in it. This time, when her classmates knew that she had returned, they insisted that she come over. Although her classmates’ motives were apparent, Paige naively thought that tonight’s gathering was merely a get-together with classmates. After all, she hadn’t attended one. Moreover, shortly after her graduation, she got pregnant and gave birth to Chloe. Therefore, she had lost contact with her classmates. After she and the others were seated, a woman in a long white dress walked to her   with a glass of red wine. Smilingly, that woman said, “Hey, Paige. Do you still remember me? I am Lei, Leila White…” Leila was decent-looking. Judging from her sharp nose, she seemed to have undergone plastic surgery. Besides, she had long hair and was wearing a shoulder-less dress. As she looked charming and sexy, plenty of men in the room couldn’t help ogling at her. Being approached, Paige looked up and stared at Leila for a while. Once she remembered Leila, she smiled, “Oh, Lei. It’s been a long time. How are you doing? I remember you’ve always wanted to be a hotel manager during our college days. By now, I believe you must’ve achieved it…” Hearing that, Leila deliberately sighed and whined, “Yep, I’ve achieved it, but I’m just the manager of a small hotel, and my salary is only a little more than 10,000 dollars. Actually, I’ve always wanted to work in Mirage Hotel since college, but I couldn’t get in. So, I can only work in a small hotel. How unfortunate…” At this moment, another female classmate responded enviously, “Come on, Lei. If you think this is unfortunate, what does that make us? Don’t you know that Oplen is incomparable to the top-tier big cities like Usmait and Vowhye? A monthly salary of 10,000 dollars is considered the highest here. So, you should be thankful. If you think yours isn’t enough, we should kill ourselves then.” “She’s right. Quit showing off. You know we are not as good as you are…” Another female classmate responded sourly. Spreading out her hands, Leila replied, “Seriously? Have all of you forgotten about Brooks Nichols? He is now a senior executive of Gempoint Group, and his basic salary is around 30,000 dollars. Excluding commission. Now, this is what you call a winner of life. But I don’t know why isn’t he here today. Alas, I guess we’re no longer worthy of his time…” When Paige heard Brooks’ name, her heart skipped a beat. Right away, she lowered her head and drank some water because she had just met him this afternoon. But since he had the time to meet her, why

the guts to do so? Don’t you see she’s here? Haha! She’s bold as brass…” Instantaneously, all the women in the room gave Paige a peculiar look. With her head lowered, Paige could feel a burning pain on her face, losing the confidence to look up. Although she wanted to

had a boyfriend, and she is now married.” After she finished, she shot Paige a strange look and asked, “You’re married, am I right? Where is your husband? Is he back here with you?” Not only was her tone filled with sarcasm, but there was also a hint of disdain in her eyes. “Yes, where