John hesitated for a moment before replying, “I’m John Stovall, thirty-five years old, not married, but I have a son. He is still an infant. My income is not bad, and I owned several companies, cars, and other properties. Besides, there’s someone I love.”
I was flabbergasted. What is he doing? Why did he say that?
Emma nodded and turned to me. “So John is also looking for a partner for marriage, just like me. As his sister, do you have anything to ask? You can ask me whatever you want to know about.”
Me?
Taken aback, I gave her an awkward smile and said, “No, I think you’ve misunderstood me. I’m not here to judge if you’re suited for John. This is a private matter between you and him, so it’s not up to us to decide. If everything goes well, both of you are the ones who are getting married, not us. We are just bystanders.”
Emma pursed her lips and did not respond.
John also turned quiet all of a sudden.
Seeing their behavior, I sighed inwardly. I could feel a headache coming.
After a pause, I looked at them and asked, “Would you like to go for a walk together? Maybe you guys can find a café and chat about each other’s hobbies and lifestyle.”
“No, thanks. My hobby is reading, and I don’t have any other hobbies,” Emma replied curtly.
John also gave a terse answer. “I like to sleep with young women and spend money on them. Other than smoking and drinking, I have no other hobbies.”
I took a deep breath and shot daggers at him. Is he out of his mind!
To my surprise, Emma replied, “Great. We wouldn’t interfere with each other’s life then.”
What!
I stared wide-eyed at both of them, and it suddenly dawned on me that they’re perfect for each other.
Feeling like a third wheel, I started to rack my brain for an excuse to leave.
However, Joe suddenly appeared in the restaurant with a pretty lady beside him, who looked about twenty years old. Her clothing and bag were all high-end products, unlike the women whom he would casually date.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, they found us and came towards our table. It seemed like Joe was here for Ashton. They clapped each other on the back and greeted one another. Then, they sat down at our table, and now we were a group of six.
When Joe saw me, he was stunned for a second before saying hi to me. I initially thought that I would need to introduce Emma to him, but he said, “Hi, Ms. Lyons. What a coincidence. What brings you here?”
“I’m here for a blind date.” Emma was still as straightforward as ever.
Joe rubbed his nose, looking a bit uneasy. Something is not right.
I looked at Joe and smiled faintly. “Mr. Quinn, are you not going to introduce the beautiful lady to us?”
He smiled and gave a simple introduction. “She is Zelene Harrett, my fiancée.”
That took me by surprise. I did hear the rumor saying that he was engaged, but seeing his fiancée with my own eyes caught me completely off guard.
In just a few days, he had already gotten over Rebecca and found himself a socialite fiancée. Well, I did not expect him to be so level-headed.
Zelene looked at us and smiled politely. “Hello, everyone. Nice to meet you all.”
“Seems like you have high standards in choosing your partner. Not only do you want someone with good family background, but also a young, good-looking appearance. No wonder you told my father that we were not suitable for each other,” Emma said casually, making everyone’s jaw dropped.
Her words obviously meant that she had gone on a blind date with Joe before, but they did not get together in the end. And he probably chose Zelene because she was younger and more attractive than Emma.
What a small world!
Coming to think of it, the social circle of the elites in K City was indeed not large. There were not many prominent families here, so it was quite normal to have a situation like this.
I glanced towards John subconsciously, but he looked completely unperturbed. I guess he doesn’t care about Emma at all.
Joe explained, “Oh, Ms. Lyons. Don’t tease me like that. I’m not that superficial, and it’s not because of the reason you’ve mentioned. Although I don’t have a lot of yearnings in life, I still hope to find love. But Ms. Lyons, you had told me that you didn’t want to have any romantic relationship. So, I don’t think we are suitable for each other. And that’s why I went to see Mr. Lyons and told him so.”
Emma did not respond and looked at him impassively as if she was just blurting out her observation and could not care less about Joe not choosing her.
The dinner had not started yet, and the atmosphere was already so awkward that I could cut the tension with a knife.
as if she was not involved in the situation. She ordered her food politely and turned to me. “Mrs. Fuller, do you want to order anything? The steak here is
love, never say never chapter
smiled. “Since you have recommended it, I will definitely try it. Ms. Harrett,
few times. So, I remember the ones that I like and always recommend
Zelene was nothing like Rebecca. With Joe’s personality, I thought he would find someone similar to his ex-crush, but Zelene and Rebecca
chattering for a bit, I stood up from my seat and headed to the restroom. When Ashton saw me leaving, he quickly stopped his conversation with Joe and wanted to accompany me, but I declined as I did not want to interrupt
of the corridor. I thought he was waiting for someone, but I looked around and saw no one. Hmm, who is he
I walked towards him and asked out
lifted his gaze and looked at me coldly. “I’m
anything to talk about. Joe had never liked me. All these years
with anything?” I asked,
an eyebrow and cut to the chase.
I have a choice, do I?
arrived at the stairwell, he put his hands in his pockets and leaned his tall figure against the wall, giving off an aura of grimness. I remained silent and stared at him, waiting for
drag on it. “Were you the one
I thought he had moved on! Apparently, he still cares
so I called the police,” I told him truthfully. That night, Hannah and I went to the alley out of curiosity. I never thought Rebecca
me. “Ashton has given his heart to you. What else do you want from her? Why do you have to push her over
She was the one who committed the crime. I did not force her to do it. And I have never harmed her. That night, I saw her purely by chance. I called the police because she was doing something terribly wrong. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Are you expecting me to ignore
Besides, you could have solved the problem in another way, but you chose the one that made her suffer the most. You caused Ashton to completely give up on her and took away the light in
“you can solve it in another way?” Exasperated, I said, “So, you think that it was my plan to get her arrested so that Ashton would give up on her? Joe Quinn, you’re freaking ridiculous! What makes you think that I would
have improved herself over the years, but she didn’t. Even if Ashton likes her, I don’t think any
me blankly. After a long while, he replied coldly, “Don’t change the topic. It’s your fault. You didn’t have to send her to the police, but you showed no mercy and did it anyway. Her reputation and her life are ruined because of you. Even if she could get out of jail
laughing at his preposterous reasoning.
love, never say never
eyebrows at me. “What are
there? Is the Kane family so powerless that they can’t rescue a single person from prison? Besides, did you think
mistake after mistake, until she’d finally reached the point of no return. You are half the reason why she’s turned out this way. You were satisfied with the outcome, but you despised the thought of having to take responsibility for your actions! So, in an act of fake self-righteousness, you came to interrogate me and pushed all the blame onto me, making me out to be the villain in the situation. Although, to be honest with you, you really shouldn’t have wasted your efforts. Even if you force me to take the blame for your actions, you’d still be regarded as a
hadn’t meant to verbally abuse him, but I
up to his neck in anger, and I let out an internal scoff at the sight. Nothing about this man was genuine. He’d already committed so
no point in continuing the conversation any longer. “You better watch out!” I warned, turning on my
roared out from behind
you: wait until she gets out of prison, then you can bring her back home to be your precious little doll once more.
saying so, I left him and headed for the restaurant. Ashton was already waiting outside for me, approaching me as soon as he
him, so I figured I might as well take out the trash! My mood’s greatly improved, and I feel so
talking about?” His
say that I had a nice
exasperation, he flicked my forehead lightly. “Watch your
me, brushed roughly past us as he stormed off towards the lobby, spitting out, “Shameless woman!” as he did
did he say?” Ashton looked at
her in a distasteful manner and wanted to keep his image squeaky clean. When that plan
back of Joe’s silhouette. “He’s getting married to that woman from the Harrett family soon, so it’s about
business. “Rebecca’s life has all gone down the drain. She didn’t have any good
a woman could do was to entrust all of herself to a man and spend all of her time and energy on him only to get dust in return. Then, there was nothing she could do except to wait until she had become useless to him and
misfortune had started from the moment Parker entrusted her
out properly. She had not only lost her pride and independence because of love but had now also lost the motivation to continue living. There was nothing more she could do now except be another rich man’s eye candy, but her beauty could only last for so long. She had already ruined
Ashton
love, never say
his words, I
the bloodthirst and fury swimming deep in the depths of his eyes, even if
can’t let the child’s pain be for nothing,
Armond. After a slight
miss me too
smiling up at him. “I guess. So, how about
we would have preferred to live a peaceful and mundane life, we knew that
Ashton agreed to let me accompany
didn’t even stay for the remainder of the meal, merely telling Ashton the date of his and Zelene’s engagement before dragging her away with him.
John and Emma to get along, but to my surprise, they exchanged contact details before they left, and even made plans to eat dinner together tonight at the Stovall residence. John later approached Ashton and me to inform us that he wanted to host a small party to celebrate Kiki’s birthday, thus coming up with the
there because of Kiki. Hannah had also moved on
mall with me to make
reasoning was that all children enjoyed driving around tiny vehicles of their own, and the Stovall residence’s yard was large enough for Kiki to do
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