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

Maverick alone

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

too well. 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

just as the server was leaving

the matter? Is the wine not to

clumsy that he splattered the wine everywhere. I told him to get us

to reprimand me last time," Ariel said with a chuckle as she saved the audio recording on her phone and converted the

down memory lane. "I never had a student as exceptional as you are

one. Your standards simply

the rest of my life with someone,

the

says sounds so grand and moving, but when you take

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.'

No amount of wine can hide the drug if you put

Mr. Taylor. I'll pour

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

do exactly

The conversation stopped there.

Maverick was resorting to

and assumed she was talking to Danny, so he quipped sarcastically, "I have no idea what you women think. You can even accept your partner cheating on

heart remains pure,

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

of her words and his expression

tense between them. Just then,

the intrusion. I shall serve the wine

wine. He set the glass with the

He bowed before retreating.

Let's set aside these unhappy thoughts for now. Cheers to this

her glass and tipped it

she calmly wiped her mouth with the napkin and spat everything back out