Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 32 A Toast

It sure seemed that Korbin had informed Zane of the occasion, but she wasn’t informed beforehand. Due to the trio’s awkward relationship, Stella had a bad premonition regarding what was to come. Although she was initially thinking of skipping the meal altogether, she wouldn’t know what might happen in her absence. Therefore, she washed up before heading to the venue in Zane’s car, feeling uneasy while on her way there.

When they arrived, Korbin and Miles were already there. They were both talking about work-related stuff. By right, it was unlikely that someone of Miles’ calibre would have common ground with Korbin, but he seemed to be patiently explaining to Korbin the methods to retain customers and operate capital. In short, he seemed to be tutoring Korbin.

After greeting them, Stella sat down with Zane on her left, and Miles on her right. Throughout their meal, Korbin kept on thanking Zane for all the help he offered. He even told Zane to not look down on Stella, seeing that they had yet to have children despite the fact that they had been married to each other for a while now. After that, Korbin even had Zane and Stella toast each other.

It wasn’t until then that Stella understood why Korbin invited all three of them to dine together. His plan was to show off her relationship with Zane in front of Miles in order to hinder her supposed relationship with Miles. Although Stella didn’t hail from a rich family, her family was still considered pretty well off, so his act of belittling her and her family wasn’t directed at Zane, but Miles. For heaven’s sake! Aside from the one-night-stand and the kiss that happened before I met Zane, I’m not even associated with Miles outside of work.

darling!” Zane cooperated nicely with Korbin. Knowing what Korbin meant to do, Zane stood up while holding

pinching on her arm with his right hand, and the pain elicited from her a frown. For lack of a better option, she could only stand up. After that, Zane was still pinching her on the arm, but she couldn’t voice out her pain, so she merely wore a frown while facing her

after witnessing that. Upon casting a glance at Miles, he noticed that the latter was still drinking while remained seated. It seemed that everyone had their own agendas in mind while eating. As soon as Korbin had

Korbin and Miles drove off, she excused herself by telling Zane that she wanted to go shopping, as she was feeling irritated. When Zane heard that, he regarded her in a self-conceited manner while

she was feeling like this. Pulling her coat tighter around her, she walked across the street, but she was pulled to the side just when she got to the entrance of the mall. Then, she followed the person passively, but she burst into tears as soon

again after that. However, they wound up getting tangled up in each other’s life, and his

led her into an alleyway beside them. The depths of the alleyway was eerily quiet. While she was fearful of such silence, she was less afraid when Miles was with her. Meanwhile, he stood in the dark without saying anything before suddenly turning her around to make her back face him, and then pressing her against the wall. Then, he started unbuckling her belt, which shocked her. Although she never