Ryan pressed his lips together and did not say a word as if he was silently admitting it. Freya forced a smile. “I’ll congratulate you ahead of time, then. It looks like I have to prepare a present soon…”“Do you wish for me to get married?” Ryan pulled her and stared into her eyes.Freya brushed his hand away and continued walking with her head lowered. She replied casually, “I’m not the one who’s getting married. It’s your own affairs. However, Godmother asked me to advise you. You can only remove the negative news outside through marriage. Godfather has given his orders as well. If you keep dragging things out and not get a girlfriend, he’ll think that you still can’t forget about that man. By that time, it’s your career that’ll be damaged.“You have to understand that it’s not certain Godfather can be re-elected as prime minister. Therefore, he can only help you for these few years. If you don’t grab this opportunity, it’ll be hard for you to advance in the future. This is wha
Actually, Freya knew that the pros of her staying in the official residence outweighed the cons. However, when she recalled Ryan’s cold attitude toward her that morning, she felt very uncomfortable.She even felt very aggrieved.She was so aggrieved that she did not want to live with him anymore.Besides, she did not want to stay there to witness him being lovey-dovey with his wife after he got married.“Stop overthinking.” Forrest consoled her. “Actually, Prime Minister Snow and his family are pretty nice. After my land was approved, I encountered many obstacles because other people got jealous. Ryan helped me a few times in secret. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to move our headquarters over here so smoothly. I only got to know about this from other people recently. You should contact Ryan. We should treat him to a meal tonight.”Freya was astonished. She did not know Ryan had helped her brother out so much from behind the scenes.“Forrest, why didn’t you tell me anything
“Wow, surely you can’t finish all of it yourself, right, Miss Lynch? Do you need our help?” A few colleagues came over while chuckling. “We didn’t have much for breakfast either.”After the bags were opened, Freya did not know what to say.There was really a lot. There were spiced baked eggs, croissants, sourdough toast, sandwiches, granola, fruit salad, and pancakes.“Wow, Miss Lynch. Your boyfriend is so good to you.” A female colleague beside her was certain that Ryan was Freya’s boyfriend. Although Freya had tried explaining it to her many times, she did not believe her.“Yes, he’s so nice. It’s not easy to buy food from Rye Cafe. Their spiced baked eggs are to die for.”“Miss Lynch, you’re so blessed.”“...”Although Ryan was not Freya’s girlfriend, she was still proud after being flattered and envied.Nevertheless, she indeed had an appetite now after looking at the food. She sent a message to Ryan while having a spiced baked egg: [You bought so much. Are you feeding a pi
Bang.Freya almost lost her grip on the cup she was holding. She quickly stood up. “Jessica…”Forrest’s expression froze.Jessica’s dark eyes were in a daze.Ryan grinned as he said, “I had some things to discuss with Jessica here in the evening, so I came with her. We all know each other anyway.”“Jessica, have a seat.”Freya pulled a chair out for Jessica in a hurry.However, Ryan pulled Jessica away and sat on that chair himself. He said, “Sis, you can sit on the other side. This is the spot where the dishes will be served.”Freya knocked herself on the head. How could she have overlooked that?“Stop hitting yourself. You’ll become stupid if you keep doing that,” Ryan teased while smiling.“You’re the stupid one.” Freya glared at him.Therefore, the seating around the round table changed. Freya and Jessica sat between Ryan and Forrest.It seemed like only Ryan and Freya were talking at the table. Freya realized something belatedly too. Jessica used to be her brother’s gi
9:00 p.m.Freya looked at Ryan and Forrest, who were utterly drunk at the table. Then, she glanced at Jessica, who had drunk a few glasses of wine. She was totally speechless. “Jessica…”“Uh… I want to go to the bathroom.” Ryan staggered as he stood up all of a sudden. He grabbed Freya too. “You… You’re coming with me.”“I’m going with you…”Before Freya could finish her sentence, she was forcefully yanked out by Ryan.“You’re the only one who didn’t drink. I’ll only feel reassured if you’re the one coming with me,” Ryan said as he pulled her outside.When the private room door was closed and both of them had walked a distance, only then did Ryan’s swaying body stand straight. His tipsy eyes became clear again.“You were… pretending to be drunk.” Freya was dumbfounded. “Why are you doing this? I’m going back…”“How stupid are you?” Ryan yanked her back. He laughed and said, “Can’t you see that I’m trying to make them spend some time alone on purpose?”Freya was shocked. No won
“You… You actually booked a room upstairs for my brother? When did you do that?” Freya stuttered. She did not dare to imagine it. Jessica had drunk wine too. She would be sending Forrest upstairs. A young man and a young woman who were ex-lovers would be alone together. Things could easily happen between them.“When I went to the bathroom before.”Ryan rubbed his stomach and said with a sick expression, “For the sake of Forrest and Jessica’s happiness, that was my first time pouring wine for other people at the table. How are you going to thank me?”Freya rolled her eyes at him. “Did I beg you to do it? I was tricked as well, okay? Besides, Jessica is your sister, not mine. I haven’t even blamed you for setting my brother up.”“Haha, your brother might even be thanking me in his heart.” Ryan grinned. “Didn’t you feel it? Your brother’s aura changed when I brought Jessica over tonight. If he didn’t care at all, he would’ve just shaken hands nonchalantly and said ‘It’s been a long ti
“If I suggest kissing her after just getting to know her, won’t she take me as an indecent man? Besides, kissing her will mean that I treat her as my girlfriend. I don’t want that for now.”Ryan shook his head decisively.His words were logical, but Freya was dissatisfied after hearing him. “Ha, you’re saying that you’re not indecent if you kiss me and you don’t have to take responsibility either, right?”“I just want to see if I’ll feel repulsed when kissing women. Can’t I do that?” Ryan looked as if he was wronged. Under the dim lights, every inch of his face exuded hurt. “You promised me.”“...”Freya had not promised him at all. Of course, she did not reject him either.Every cell in Freya was annoyed and flustered.“Hey, look there. Who’s that?” Ryan suddenly pointed to her left and said in surprise.Freya thought Forrest had come down. She immediately looked over nervously. However, she did not see anything at all.“There’s no one…” A dark silhouette came close to her fr
“Yes, I liked it a lot when I kissed you,” Ryan interrupted her.Freya’s heart skipped a beat. She could not meet his gaze anymore. “Is that so? But I think you’ll like kissing other women a lot too.”“I don’t know about that.”The corners of Ryan’s mouth were curved. “Freya, if only I was the one who got to know you first.”“...”Freya held her breath.Did he mean what she was thinking? Was she just overthinking?“You… Stop talking nonsense. It’s late. Let’s go back.”She started the car and drove while feeling overwhelmed.Things were getting increasingly out of hand tonight.“Freya, when I kissed you just now, I thought it felt familiar like I’ve kissed you before,” Ryan suddenly said, “Did we kiss each other before in our past lives?”Freya’s head buzzed. She did not know how to answer that question. She spoke again when the car had driven a considerable distance, “Is that so? I think you must be really drunk.”“Maybe. I drank quite a lot tonight.” Ryan’s voice softened