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
"Severin?" Harry's face immediately darkened after he glanced at Severin."Mister Harry, Severin is Chelsea's boyfriend. He specially invited us out for dinner today," added Audrey."Haha. You've got some guts," Harry said to Severin. "But for Chelsea's sake I'll give you another chance. You have one minute to get out of this place or else I'm going to ask my men to beat you up. My dad will be bringing an important guest to this restaurant later so you must leave this restaurant no matter what."Severin simply scoffed. "You should've booked the restaurant earlier if you wanted to have the whole place to yourself. I mean, don't you think it's very rude to chase us away when we're in the middle of eating?"Harry's face darkened. "So what if I'm rude? There's nothing you can do about it. Listen, this ain't a negotiation so you'll do as I say."Chelsea was shaking with fear. She had no idea how Severin could stay so calm. "Severin, I think we should just go…"Severin stood up and smi
Hamish gritted his teeth. "Who dares to beat up my men? Does he have a death wish?"Stuart frowned. "Mister Hamish, what's going on? Didn't you say you booked the entire restaurant in advance? So why are there still people here? And did your son just say he had to ask them to leave?"Hamish started to panic when he realized his lie had been exposed. 'Ooh, it's all those idiots who wouldn't leave the room's fault!'He smiled awkwardly. "I'm sure you'll agree with me, Mister Stuart, that no matter what, it's just wrong to beat up other people, right?""You're right. Let's go in and see who it is!" said Stuart with a frown. He then walked into the room.Knowing that he had Great Elder and Second Elder along with the help of Stuart, Hamish became cocky."Boy, you've got some nerves in you. Do you know who we have with us today? You've really chosen the wrong day to mess with our war chief, the great Stuart Napier!" he said as soon as he walked into the room.At that moment, Stuart w
"And I hate it when people lie to me. How can you tell me you've booked the restaurant in advance when nothing of that sort happened? I hope the same thing won't happen twice," said Stuart while glaring at him."No, it won't. I'm sorry. And to make up for it, I'll pay for everyone's dinner here," said Hamish while wiping his sweat away. He never expected he would bump into a high-ranking official here.The elders and bodyguards behind him all dropped their heads in fear. 'No wonder Mister Severin didn't panic when he found out we worked for the mayor,' they thought."Umm, Mister Severin, it must be fate that brought us together. So is it okay if we join you for dinner?" asked Stuart respectfully.Severin looked at him for a while before nodding. "You're more than welcome to. That is, if you don't mind we've eaten most of the food already.""Haha. How can we mind? Eating with you would be an honor for us," replied Stuart flatteringly."Cook up a few more dishes and set up the tabl
Audrey's question was like a bucket of cold water over Rico's head. 'She's right. Both our families will be doomed if Mister Severin decides to take revenge for what we did to him just now,' he thought in shock. At that moment, he had never felt regret like he did just then."Mis… Mister Severin, I would like to make a toast to you…" He poured some wine into Severin's glass before pouring himself some. "We were fools to have not recognized greatness before us and…"Severin glanced at him and smiled. Raising his glass, he said, "Didn't you say Chelsea's friends are my friends too? Well, it's only natural for a friend to buy another friend dinner, right?"He then swirled his wine glass before flippantly saying, "Besides, y'all are not important enough to make me angry. You wouldn't still be sitting here if I'm angry 'cause you know why? Y''all will be dead then."Rico mentally sweated before sighing inwardly. He downed his wine in one go. "You're right, Mister Severin. Absolutely rig