The bodyguards noticed Severin and Chelsea as soon as the two of them stepped out of the mansion. One of the captains walked up to them with several of his underlings.The captain glanced at Severin before asking, "Miss Chelsea, are you going out? Let us go with you to ensure your safety."Chelsea waved her hand. "That won't be necessary. I'll be safe with Severin."The captain held a secret crush toward Chelsea and was usually the one who accompanied her everywhere. He was already a little peeved of Severin's existence and he became more so when Chelsea chose Severin over him.His face darkened and he looked suspiciously at Severin. "I'm not sure this punk can really protect you, Miss Chelsea. Look at how skinny and pale he is. I won't be surprised if you have to end up protecting him!"Severin glanced at the captain. "Don't worry. Mister Richard has agreed to let me act as a bodyguard to Miss Chelsea for these few days. In other words, I've been thoroughly vetted by him."The c
"Kyron!" cried out Kyron's underlings.They were shocked by just how strong the invisible air pressure was too.However, Severin was able to control the air pressure to be concentrated on only Kyron so his underlings remained unaffected. Even so, they could feel the immense energy Severin was emitting and they knew they were no match for him."I… I surrender!" shouted Kyron. He knew Severin was the real thing.Severin smiled, and with a thought, the air pressure dissipated.Kyron sat down on the ground with a thud as relief washed over him."Let's go, Miss Chelsea," said Severin with a smile."Okay!" Chelsea glanced at Kyron before following Severin out of the compound.Kyron watched dazedly at the two disappearing figures. After a while, he finally stood up. "Just what is his level? That pressure just now… It was horrifyingly strong!""No wonder Mister Richard asked him to protect Miss Chelsea. She'll definitely be safe with such a strong guy beside her!" said one of Kyron's un
After mulling over it, Chelsea added, "You saw me naked this afternoon so you owe me this favor. When we go in, pretend you're my boyfriend and we'll be even after this."Severin was speechless. A few seconds later, he whispered back. "Didn't I just give you a first-grade high-rank pill just now? So we're already even, aren't we?""No, that's not enough. No guy has ever seen me naked before. You're actually the first one so you'll need to do a little bit more for me to call us even."Chelsea raised her head and stopped talking immediately because her friends were closing in on them as they spoke.Audrey grabbed her hand and asked with a smile,"Chelsea, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me?"Severin could tell the two girls would be very good friends if it were not for the fact Audrey insisted on setting Chelsea up with the fatso.Chelsea smiled neutrally. "I just got off the plane today. I was planning on telling you tomorrow so imagine my surprise to bump into you whil
Audrey immediately recovered from her shock. She took a good look at Severin and asked, "Severin Feuillet? I've never heard of this name before. He's not from Wymount City, is he?""Does it matter where I'm from?" Severin asked with an indifferent smile. He then put his arm around Chelsea's waist to get a rise out of Audrey. "What matters is we love each other, right, Chelsea?"Chelsea was shocked by his action but then she started to mentally curse him for taking advantage of her. However, she knew she could not push him away; not when everyone was looking at them so she smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes. That's all that it matters. I don't care whether he's rich or whether he comes from an upper-class family or not. All of that doesn't matter to me!"Audrey saw her opening. She immediately said snarkily, "Like h*ll I would believe that. Who doesn't love money? You're not worthy of being with Chelsea if you're not rich!""She's right! Don't you know money makes the world go round?"
Chelsea's lips twitched involuntarily. 'Dr*t! I've been set up by her.'She immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "What are you talking about, Audrey? You're all my friends, not his. Besides, this is his first time meeting you all so I should be the one paying for the dinner."Hearing this, Audrey and Rico exchanged glances with each other. At that moment, they became even more confident that Severin was poor because if not, Chelsea would not have insisted on paying for the dinner."Chelsea, it's only dinner. I'm sure your boyfriend could afford this much. Besides, aren't your friends his friends too? Since you two are together and all. There's really no need to nitpick about whose friends we are," said Rico."Mister Rico is right!" Zayne piped up. "We'll just treat the dinner as a celebration of you two dating. So your boyfriend should be the one paying. Plus, we'll be hanging out quite often in the future and as a man, it won't look good on him if you're the one footing the bill
Audrey's lips twitched uncontrollably. She never expected the tables would turn like that. 'Ooh… I'm going to make him pay for humiliating me like that.'Zayne raised up his glass. "Come, everyone. Let's raise up your glass and cheers to Chelsea coming back!""Yeah, it's been a while since we all drank together. Let's go all out tonight since we've ordered so many good wines!" said Rico. He was in a bad mood but he forced himself to be calm.Everyone started drinking and eating after that.After a while, Rico deliberately asked, "Severin, you didn't even blink at the prices on the menu. Could it be that you come from a filthy rich family?"Severin smiled. "My family is comfortable. What I can say is we're definitely way richer than your family."Rico's lips twitched violently while his face gradually darkened. He never expected Severin would be that arrogant."Huh! I bet you're just talk. Did you have a lot to drink? Are you drunk?" Audrey chuckled. "Rico actually comes from a
"How can you let such an unreliable guy be your boyfriend? Wouldn't Mister Rico here be a better option?" Audrey asked snarkily.As good-tempered as Chelsea was, even she could not stand how Audrey kept on picking on Severin. Her face darkened. "Audrey Moore, I know what kind of boyfriend Severin is, so you don't have to worry about anything. Plus, sticking your nose in other people's business is really not a good look on you."Audrey's face darkened too. Sensing she had pushed Chelsea to her limit, she softened her tone a little. "Chelsea, we meant you well. We should marry our own kind. We're also worried you'll be cheated by a sc*mbag."Unexpectedly, the restaurant's manager came running into the room and said, "I'm sorry, folks. But someone has booked the entire restaurant so all of you will need to eat somewhere else.""You must be joking, right? Who's the arrogant pr*ck that's kicking us out?" Rico asked unhappily."Are you blind? Don't you know this here is Mister Rico, of
The manager scoffed. "Unfair? Of course it is, but what can we do about it? And this isn't the first time Mister Harry has done something like this. He's really someone we can't afford to cross so we have no choice but to ask you to kindly leave.""Severin, are you crazy? Do you want to get beaten up? Let's go. This isn't really the time to act tough," said Audrey hurriedly."Yeah, Severin. Get up. We really can't afford to cross the mayor's son," added Chelsea.Severin simply smiled. "Don't worry, everyone. Tonight's my treat so I'm not going to budge. Just sit back down and enjoy the food. I, alone, will bear the consequences if there's any problem."Audrey frowned and pulled Rico to the side. "Is he drunk? 'Cause I can't think of any other reason why he'll talk like that. This is the mayor's son we're dealing with after all," she whispered."Yeah, he's probably drunk or at least tipsy. But this works out well for me. I've been thinking of how to get rid of him since meeting him