Chapter 1049

He swung the door open to the private room, and amidst the chaos, he could still pick out one distinct voice.

He glanced sideways. Cicely was sitting lazily in her chair, facing away from him.

“I’m jobless and broke now. If you guys know of any good gigs, give me a heads up.”

“You’ve been pampered since you were a kid, there ain’t no job that suits you! And besides, you just got out of the slammer. Who’d dare to hire you?”

Cicely was spoiled rotten. Her demeanor and looks were enough to turn anyone green with envy.

In school, she was always one of a kind, full of herself, and didn’t give a damn about anyone. Now that she’d hit a rough patch, there were loads of folks having a good laugh at her expense behind her back..

Everyone had a few drinks tonight, so their tongues were let loose.

The idea of a woman going to prison was mind–boggling to everyone present.

There was an awkward silence that fell over the table.

Yet Cicely seemed unfazed, and nodded thoughtfully, “Hmm…you’re right.”

At this point, one of her classmates tried to break the ice, “Cicely, are you hinting at something? Dewey, this is your thing to handle.”

“Yeah, yeah, Dewey, your time to shine!”

“If Cicely marries Dewey, and becomes the high and mighty wife of his, she’ll be rolling in dough, right? Why bother finding a job?”

Dewey’s expression was a bit frosty, his voice dropping a notch.

“Quit messing around.”

Cicely turned to look at him, then suddenly leaned in close, grinning cheekily.

disgusted

she smiled, her eyelids curved slightly forming a crescent

gaze. His expression wavered slightly, then he murmured, “How could

why did you get so pissed

“I wasn’t…”

up, “Good then.”

Good then…

of approval,

hoped he would pursue her, even willing to become his

cold light

turned and headed towards

my charm is still

ཅ རྗ ཧ ཕེ༤ ཅན

it would

full of surprises.

butter up to Dewey and toast him. Dewey was stuck, and Cicely got up and headed towards the

restroom.

corridor, the noise from the hall gradually faded. With her departure, all sounds disappeared. She let out a soft

washed her hands, then lightly massaged

skin. She rested one hand

restroom was very quiet, with only the sound of her clothes rustling as she

to rinse her hands. She didn’t bother drying them with paper towels

hands, and a shiver passed through her body, making her

passed it, Seth was leaning

face, but the

restroom was just as quiet, seemingly

the banquet hall earlier that day. Probably to let the guests enjoy themselves, there were no strict restrictions on smoking

him here. She stopped

things, she quickly averted her gaze

this happened in a

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