Fred felt choked and struggled to find the right words, so he awkwardly laughed and pretended to take a sip of wine, trying to conceal his unease. It became apparent that Lina was fiercely protective of her husband, making it challenging to obtain any useful information from her at the moment.

Putting down his wine glass, Fred felt the heat in the restaurant. The temperature was unexpectedly high, and it made him sweat after just a few sips of wine.

Moreover, not even a single dish had been served so far. There was only a bottle of wine on the table and nothing else!

Fred furrowed his brows. This was supposed to be Best Level, which was renowned for its quality of service and cuisine!

He pressed the call button, but it seemed like the server had vanished into thin air. None of them had come, even after a long wait. Fred felt extremely embarrassed. He had invited someone to a meal and ended up being left alone. He had never felt so humiliated in his life!

Zuko, hiding behind the decorative wall, had a slight smile on his lips.

“Well, maybe it’s crowded today, and the place’s understaffed!” Fred could only come up with such an excuse to save face.

Lina showed no mercy and said, “Crowded? Mr. Grist, you cleared the whole place, and it’s just the two of us in the restaurant today!”

“Well…”

face instantly turned red with a burst of anger

Jenner, you’re in the same class

“Yes,

admire your achievements, Ms. Jenner. With your grades, any big company would

you for

work as my assistant.” Fred chuckled, gently swirling

was his second time asking her to work at the Grist Group. After all, Lina was a student, and an

She had

waiting quietly for

“Mr. Grist, if I were to work for you, would it be because of the incident of Violet plagiarizing

had not intended it that way. He wanted to use this job to find out Zuko’s true

though, he could not expose himself and could only say, “I heard from your husband last time that he still had more information about Violet,

as long as the Grist Group doesn’t cause troubles for us, we

into his eyes. “Let’s pretend I didn’t come today, and we’ve never

as the material against Violet is my self-defense weapon. I

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