Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

Ryan wasn’t making up anything. If he lacked concrete evidence, he would never have said that.

“Okay. If you did this to protect Anna, I can apologize to you. But, could you perhaps share your discoveries with me?”

Ryan laughed in a low voice and said, “I’m a professional detective, and I need to charge you at least $10,000 for this kind of information. So, you can stop staring at me like that, Wayne. Really? You’re not gonna pay me? Well, you can at least buy me a cup of coffee.”

Wayne sized him up for a moment and looked less guarded as he weighed the pros and cons. He asked, “You’ve got a minute? Let me treat you for coffee.”

He was a shrewd businessman and knew when to cave in.

Wayne then took Ryan to a fancy cafe downtown. There were walls between each booth to ensure the customers’ privacy in addition to the lovely surroundings.

Ryan then gave Wayne a brief summary of what he knew. He said, “Well, that’s all i know. If you think my worries are groundless, you can call the police and have me put in jail.”

Wayne fiddled with the coffee cup in his hand as he scowled at Ryan’s face meaningfully and asked, “Well, let’s just say you’re telling the truth. But I still don’t believe you approached Anna without a purpose.”

Ryan said frankly as he seemed unafraid of Wayne, “Ha! You wouldn’t know it, because I did approach her on purpose. You know, she’s single now. So, I can ask her to go out with me anytime.”

Wayne’s expression immediately turned somber, and he said threateningly, “Nothing seems to intimidate you, I suppose.”

Ryan looked at the pattern on the porcelain coffee cup in his hand and said nonchalantly, “All right, stop threatening me. You won’t scare me no matter what you do. You might want to think about how you will get your position back, Wayne. You don’t need to worry about exactly why I’m staying with Anna right now. Otherwise, you’d be worrying about that every day.”

Wayne glanced at him and said, “Oh, you don’t have to worry about me. To be honest, I’m suspicious of your intentions. Can you explain why you know so much about my family?”

many of them. So, it’s very likely that you

eyed Ryan suspiciously, “Relatives?” Ryan extended his hand so that Wayne

we both look a

stern look and asked, “Really? But, I don’t

sniffled and continued, “You know I was joking, right? I wouldn’t dare flatter myself to say I’m a relative

while, and you still haven’t told me what you’re up

So, I’ll just tell you straight out. You would also know that the only thing I love in the world is money. Anna is the only heir to the Gabriel family now. Although her

me how much you want.” Ryan extended his left hand, showing five fingers. “Half a million

think Anna’s safety is only worth half a million dollars? You know, I’m selling

deal. I hope you can do what

price. However, after learning exactly how much Ryan wanted, Wayne’s tone

known how much he wanted but

in the cafe after Wayne

sipped his latte and then quickly looked at the five million dollar check lying

was just how he had imagined him to

turns out that you‘re just a ruthless businessman who cares

Ryan’s family had felt bad about Wayne,

home for a long time after he and Peter had had a

a result, the maids all looked surprised

said, “Where’s Matthew? Why didn’t he

on Friday!” Henry