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.

to use

left Maverick alone for

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

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 find out what he was truly

returned to the table just as the server was leaving with the

wine not to your liking?"

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

or two. Don't tell me you told him off the way you used to reprimand me last time," Ariel said with a chuckle as she saved the

together and started going down memory lane. "I never had a student as exceptional as

not the exceptional one. Your standards

if I am to spend the rest of

but not the only one, and not

but when you take

looked at her phone and saw that the audio recording had finished converting to a speech-to-text file, so she went ahead to read it.

your first time doing

'Yes, sir.'

wine can hide the drug

Taylor. I'll

of powder! It'll be the same even if you fill it up again. Take everything away and bring a new set over. This time, just 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.

do

The conversation stopped there.

enough, Maverick was resorting to

you women think. You can even accept

heart remains pure, while others can't hide the disgusting stench of their rotten heart no matter how clean

long since proven who was true to her and who was merely putting on a show. A few pleasant words and an

implication of her words

Just then, the server

for the intrusion. I shall serve the

did as he was told and poured two glasses of wine. He set

He bowed before retreating.

Let's set aside these

swirled her glass and tipped it at him before

napkin and spat everything back out before quietly