Dominic declared in feigned anger as though he was truly sticking up for Leon's sake, but in reality, he brought Leon's shame to light to make himself appear better.

That was why he insisted on bringing Leon to the gathering so that he could humiliate Leon in front of everyone.

"What? His wife cheated on him and even got pregnant with the other man's child? How embarrassing!"

"This is so funny! Hahaha—"

Everyone was shocked to hear this at first but soon erupted into laughter.

None of them ever was impressed with Leon in the first place, and now that this embarrassing tidbit came to light, they began to ridicule him even more and cast him looks of disgust.

The only person who was not laughing at that moment was Janice, who pitied Leon greatly. She knew that they were deliberately making fun of him, and tried to console him, "Leon… please don't take them seriously."

"Don't worry. I'm used to this already," Leon replied curtly.

that

a place in life where he would no longer be bothered or angered by things

did not mean he should do the same. He was

a

to be friends with Leon in the past was that she

not have many talents in anything, she always looked up to him for

the rest of the people who laughed were a little snubbed when

since they were classmates, they did not think it was appropriate to continue ridiculing him, and

"Ring—"

of a sudden, Leon's phone rang. He snuck a glance at the screen and realized that it was Cynthia.

other end of the line, "Leon, I've arrived at The Regency.

I'm in a booth at the restaurant. Please hold on for a moment, I'll go find you right away,"

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