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

purposely left Maverick alone for a

on the audio recorder on her phone before hiding it under a napkin on her chair.

He was someone who'd always say the right thing to the right people. She had to resort to a few extreme measures of her own if she wanted

to the table just as

Is the wine not to your

to the job and so clumsy that he splattered the wine everywhere. I told him to get us a

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

together and started going down memory lane. "I

Your

not true. Even now, I still think that if I am to spend the rest of my

but not the only one,

is always the case with Maverick. Everything he says sounds so grand and moving, but

had finished converting to a speech-to-text file, so she went ahead to read

it your first time doing

'Yes, sir.'

can hide the drug if you put

sorry, Mr. Taylor. I'll pour another

of the glass with

it. I'll do exactly as

The conversation stopped there.

resorting to this trickery

noticed that Ariel was staring at her phone and assumed she was talking to Danny, so he quipped sarcastically, "I have no idea what you women think. You can even accept your

her phone away and looked at him coldly. "Some people might have been sullied physically, but their heart remains pure, while others can't hide the disgusting stench of their rotten heart no matter how clean and faultless

reality of life had long since proven who was true to her and who was merely putting on a show. A few pleasant

her words and his expression changed

then, the

for the intrusion. I shall serve

and poured two glasses of wine. He

He bowed before retreating.

composed himself and raised his glass with a smile. "Come. Let's

glass and tipped it at him

wiped her mouth with the napkin and spat everything back out before quietly putting the