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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 the

left Maverick alone for a little

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

well. He was someone who'd always say the right thing to the right people. She had to resort to a few extreme

just as the

wine not to your

clumsy that he splattered the wine everywhere. I told him to get us a new set of wine glasses," Maverick calmly

the way you used to reprimand me last time," Ariel said with a chuckle as she

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

the exceptional one. Your standards simply became too

I am to spend the rest

the only one,

moving, but when you take a

saw that the audio recording had finished converting to a speech-to-text file, so

your first time doing

'Yes, sir.'

wine can hide the drug if

Mr. Taylor. I'll pour

time, just cover the walls of the glass with a thin layer before bringing

it. I'll do exactly

The conversation stopped there.

was resorting to this trickery

quipped sarcastically, "I have no idea what you women think. You can even accept your partner cheating on you, albeit just physically. Back then, I didn't sleep with anyone else and I

remains pure, while others can't hide the disgusting stench of their rotten

her and who was merely putting on a show. A few pleasant words and an attempt or

the implication of her

Just then, the server came back and

I shall

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

He bowed before retreating.

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

and tipped it at him before drinking the

with the napkin and spat everything back out before