His Precious Love

Chapter 34 This Cocktail Reception Is So Posh

As Gabriel spoke, he uncapped the thermos flask.

Inside the flask was the sweet soup. Its fragrance wafted through the air, and Gabriel also caught a whiff of it. He explained, “It’s from Ms. Garland. She said it’s a thank-you gift.”

“Sweet soup as a gift? How practical.” Gazing at the pink thermos flask, Curtis had trouble containing a smile. He pulled his empty coffee cup toward him and poured the soup into it.

Then, he took a sip. It was warm and sweet.

Taking in the aroma, Gabriel could not help saying, “Mr. Faymon, that’s too sweet for you. Would you like me to take it away and order something else for you?”

Curtis shot him a frosty look. “No need for that. Get back to work.”

Gabriel fell silent immediately.

At a little after four o’clock in the afternoon, Gabriel made a trip to the translation department to return the clean thermos flask to Rayna. “Here you go, Ms. Garland.”

“Oh, you shouldn’t have. You could’ve told me to go and get it. There was no need for you to return it personally,” Rayna replied, smiling.

“I happened to have to go downstairs and get something.” He reassured her that it was no trouble and was about to leave when he hesitated for a while. Finally, he walked back to Rayna and asked, “Ms. Garland, could you make some for me next time?”

“Oh, do you like to eat sweet things too? Of course. The next time my mother makes it, I’ll bring some for you,” Rayna replied. She had thought Gabriel would not have a sweet tooth.

“Your mother is great at cooking,” Gabriel complimented.

“She used to cook for others.”

“Ah, no wonder.”

For some reason, Gabriel and Rayna fell into a conversation. The longer they chatted, the more the pair got along like a house on fire.

She discovered that despite his aloof demeanor and usually serious expression due to the nature of his job, he was actually a big softie. He even had a cat and a dog as pets.

After talking for a while, she asked him cautiously, “Mr. Faymon has been coming to the office rather often recently. Is everything okay?”

Gabriel knew she was discreetly enquiring about the company’s matters. “Everything is fine. You only have to focus on your job. Even if something does happen, the upper management will handle it. It won’t affect the rest of you.”

Hearing that, Rayna refrained from asking more questions.

if there’s a problem, it’s

on Saturday morning, Rayna went to City

two invalidated marriage certificates. She felt relieved but also a little

be a marriage where we’d live happily

a minute. She soon headed to the shopping mall to buy groceries, and she was even in such a good mood that she purchased several pots of flowers. Then, she arrived home just as a deliveryman

layer of paper, she found a neatly-folded,

I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the model, and I kept gushing over how gorgeous it was.

so well-connected that she even managed to secure an endorsement deal from Valentino?” Rayna murmured. She stared at the logo on the box, still

giving me various haute couture pieces

to my family, and there’s

noon rolled around, she had a quick and simple

Estate was quite some distance away, and Rayna still had to get her hair and makeup done. Hence, she only stayed home for a short while that afternoon before heading out, and it was past four o’clock

sent a message saying she had a few scenes to reshoot and told Rayna to go ahead to

Rayna hailed a taxi and headed over

near beautiful lakes and mountains. Thanks to its breathtaking surroundings, the wealthy often used it as the venue for cocktail receptions, parties,

and after the taxi drove uphill, she spotted the manor’s open-air parking lot from afar. Many luxury cars were parked there, and

lights, looking as though it were a large luminous pearl under the night sky. Two rows of attendants stood by the manor’s arched doors, and all the guests who walked in were

quite a few familiar faces. They were all business magnates whom

cocktail reception is even grander than what Roxanne made it out

attendant stopped her. “Could you

but after the attendant checked his phone, he said to her apologetically, “I’m so sorry. The invitee is Roxanne Griffith, so you’ll need to wait for her to arrive before you can go in. You can’t enter on

She was dumbstruck.

admission

asking, “Could you make an exception? Look, it’s so hot outside. I’ll go and sit where you can see

the manor, including this doorway, are equipped

a

The familiar voice sent a chill down

my friend,” Jefferson said as he approached Rayna, his voice as warm and pleasant as a spring breeze. He wore a black tuxedo and

became very respectful when he saw the

you, Mr. Hamilton. I hope you

“Thank you.”

spot, Jefferson’s smile widened. “Are you here for the cocktail reception with friends? I’ll take you

avoiding him as though he were a venomous snake. Every time she was near him, she would have trouble breathing, and a sense

no other intentions. I merely