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 for a little

her phone before hiding it under a napkin on her

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

later, she returned to the table just as the server was leaving

wine not to your liking?"

I told him to get us a

you used to reprimand me last time,"

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

the exceptional one. Your

Even now, I still think that if I am to spend the rest of

was the best, but not the only one, and

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

a speech-to-text file, so she went ahead

your first time

'Yes, sir.'

wine can hide the drug if you put

sorry, Mr. Taylor. I'll pour another

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

I'll do exactly as

The conversation stopped there.

to this trickery

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

might have been sullied physically, but their heart remains pure, while others can't hide the disgusting stench of

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

the implication of her words and his

Just then, the server came back and

for the intrusion. I

told and poured two glasses of wine. He set the glass with the drugged

He bowed before retreating.

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

tipped it at him before drinking

the napkin and spat everything back out