Coolest Girl in Town

Tons of people would envy Zephyr if he became Irvin's mentor. He would be mentoring the one and only Alexander Griffith's son!

Thus, he wasn't necessarily in a losing situation.

Most importantly, this news would not be painted in a bad light either. He didn't beg, trick, or kidnap Irvin into becoming his mentee. He convinced Irvin with his capabilities!

What was that? Did someone call it a barter trade?

Zephyr objected to that. When had such an unequal trade ever existed, save in times of war?

Even Aladdin could only grant three wishes, yet he could grant thirty! Wouldn't that make him even better than a genie?

He was surely a lot more reliable than all the genies out there.

Clearly, he was a legendary figure with both good looks and remarkable talent.

Yes. That's right. That's exactly how it is.

After coming up with a solid reasoning that was convincing enough for himself, Zephyr glanced at Irvin, who was buried in his experiment, before walking out feeling satisfied with himself.

Meanwhile, at a certain fine-dining restaurant that mostly catered to romantic couples.

Maverick and Ariel were having a candlelight dinner. All throughout dinner, Maverick was the perfect gentleman who was patient in every way possible.

This left Ariel feeling a little confused.

It would not escape the attention of someone as intelligent as Maverick that she only accepted his gesture to anger Danny.

However, he didn't seem to mind it at all. In fact, he was happy to go along with it. One could not help but feel suspicious about this.

"I can't help but wonder just how much Rylantha is giving you for you to do whatever it takes to butter me up, even though it'll never amount to anything," Ariel probed without mincing her words.

"Business and profits aren't the only things we have between us." Maverick smiled and turned to flag down the server. "You can serve the wine now."

Ariel could tell she wouldn't be able to get a straight answer out of him.

going to use

alone for a

recorder on her phone before hiding it under a napkin on her

thing to the right people. She had to resort to a few extreme

table just as the server was leaving with the

wine not to your liking?" Ariel

everywhere. I

you told him off the way you used to reprimand me last time," Ariel said with a chuckle as she saved the audio recording on

lane. "I never had a

the exceptional one. Your standards simply became too

still think that if I am to spend the rest of my life with

not the only one, and not the

the case with Maverick. Everything he says sounds so grand and moving, but when you take a closer

finished converting to a speech-to-text file, so she went ahead to read it. As she did, she raised an eyebrow. This

your first

'Yes, sir.'

No amount of wine can hide the drug if you put that

Mr. Taylor.

cover the walls of the glass with a thin layer before bringing it over. Got it? If anyone finds out about this, you won't be losing just your job. You won't be getting any

I'll do

The conversation stopped there.

to this trickery behind her

he quipped sarcastically, "I have no idea what you women think. You can even accept your partner cheating on you, albeit just physically.

but their heart remains pure, while

merely putting on a show. A few pleasant

of her words and his expression

between them. Just then, the server came back

I shall serve the wine

He set the glass with the drugged wine in front of Ariel.

He bowed before retreating.

himself and raised his glass with a smile. "Come. Let's set aside these unhappy

swirled her glass and tipped it at him before drinking the

and spat everything back out before quietly putting