"Sean..." Rowena turned to Sean, her expression utterly confused. She did not get why Sean was there and was about to ask when his piercing gaze met hers. He flashed a brief, disarming smile. "I take it you're Noelle's friend, Miss Rowena? And the other lady here must be Miss Teresa, right?"

Before Rowena could say anything else, she was interrupted: "Hello. I'm Andy, Noelle's boyfriend."

Rowena's eyes nearly popped out of her head, her mouth hanging open in shock. "Noelle, he... You two?"

"Noelle, this is the guy I've been telling you about, my blind date, Andy." Noelle gave Rowena a quick pinch from behind and whispered, "Keep it cool!"

Rowena snapped out of her daze. "Oh, so you're the infamous brother-in-law Noelle can't stop talking about..." Rowena said with a playful drawl. "Nice to meet you!"

Sean gave Rowena and Teresa a perfunctory handshake before focusing on Winter. "Ms. Shaw, we haven't seen each other for just a few days. Surely you don't think I'm some kind of scoundrel?" Sean's words were measured, a clear caution directed at Winter. Winter's face lost color. "Of course not, Mr. Jones. How could you be anything but honorable? You're such a joker, Mr. Jones!"

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my sister. Are

I'd do anything to make my girl happy," Sean said with a chuckle, glancing at Winter. "Where's Mr. Shaw while

The ladies were speechless.

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to Noelle,

sparkled. "For

nodded. "He noticed you seemed to be having

a wave of his hand over the crowd, Sean declared. "Let's

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