Yorrick beckoned her to come over.Xyla walked over, and he wrapped his arms around her waist in public. “They’re all acquaintances. Do you want to give it a go?”Xyla smiled. “Yes.”Helios turned to look at Louis, turned around, and picked up his wine glass. “Since when did Xyla get together with Yorrick?”Louis shook his head and clinked his glass against Helios’. “I’m not sure about that.”Yorrick handed the cue stick to Xyla and looked at Louis. “Mr. Lucas, I heard that your billiard skills are up there. Don’t you want to play?”Louis could not help but think that Yorrick was trying to make fun of him!Helios seemed to have smelled something fishy and took a glance at both of them. He then squinted and smiled. As a person who had always been indifferent to such gossip, this was the first time he was that into a piece of gossip.Xyla knew what Yorrick had in mind.‘Is he trying to humiliate me by asking my ex-boyfriend, who’s now married, to play a game of billiards with me
Xyla’s expression froze slightly.Yorrick laughed. “Are you giving me another chance?”Xyla glared at him.‘Okay, that’s unfortunate!’“Have you come up with an idea on how you’re going to down that bottle of bourbon?” Yorrick walked to her side and easily pocketed the winning ball before Xyla could even react.He turned and looked at Xyla.Xyla put down the cue, turned around, walked up to the bottle of bourbon, and opened the bottle.Louis interrupted the series of actions at this time. “It doesn’t look like your style to make things this difficult for a woman, Mr. Hathaway.”The people surrounding the table could not help but look forward to what would follow that!Yorrick kept a straight face and only gave off a faint smile. “She’s the one who insisted on betting with me. I’m only acting according to what we agreed upon. Am I really embarrassing her?”Louis met his gaze. “I can’t see what you intend to achieve through this wager.”Yorrick replied calmly, “I don’t plan to
Louis chuckled. “Why would you think so? Are you regretting your decision to fight for me?”“What did you just say? I fought for you?” Ryleigh turned her face away. “You’re the one who clung to me first.”He smiled, took Ryleigh into his arms, and rested his chin on the top of her head. “Yes, I’m the one who’s clung to you, but my fondness for you is not something that I can control.”…It had been hours since Xyla blacked out. It was already dawn when she regained consciousness and opened her eyes. She realized that she was lying in a ward and lifted her hand to rub her forehead. Her body felt drained, while her head felt groggy.Mindy was in the chair next to the bed and saw her wake up. “Xy, are you alright?”“Who sent me here?” Xyla asked with a hoarse voice due to her dry throat.Mindy replied, “It was Mr. Boucher and Mr. Lucas. Mr. Lucas also called me and asked me to come to the hospital to accompany you.”Xyla asked her to help her sit up, and Mindy sighed. “Mr. Lucas a
Xyla didn’t know why she had suddenly dreamed of the past. Maybe her brain was almost forgetting, and the memory was prompting her?She looked at Yorrick, “Do you have any requirements for your lover?”Yorrick looked at her pinkish lips. “What do you think?”He wanted to get close, but Xyla put her hands on his shoulders and pushed him away. His eyes were dark, and then she slightly turned away. “I threw up last night and haven’t brushed my teeth. I don’t want to disgust you, thanks.”Yorrick chuckled and pressed his warm lips to her forehead. Xyla paused. What was that supposed to mean?Yorrick messed up the top of her hair and stood up. “Rest well.”“Xy, I bought…” Mindy brought some soup into the room and froze when she saw Yorrick as he was leaving.Mindy brought the soup to her after Yorrick left. “Was Mr. Hathaway… worried about you?”Xyla got out of bed and laughed. “He could be worried a few more times. The next time you might just see me in the funeral parlor.”Mind
The leads had an interaction on stage with the fans, and then there was an interview. Xyla, who was trying to lay low, didn’t say anything the entire time. She yawned once and was captured on camera.The microphone was suddenly passed to her, and the interviewer asked her to say a few words. She was surprised but took it calmly. “This was my first movie, and I had a great time working with the crew. I’d like to thank the director for giving me this chance to perform.”The reporters might have been trying to create some buzz when they asked her to play the violin on the spot.Everyone there understood what was going on. Xyla had chased after Louis when she was still a model, and the reporters there knew that she had learned to play the violin because of him.Now that they were asking her to play the violin at the event, were they trying to cause a stir?She didn’t show discomfort but instead smiled. “Is my piano performance not good enough?”When the reporters saw that she didn’t
Xyla was curious, “A few more days?”Yorrick raised his eyebrows. Xyla suddenly scoffed. “Don’t you need to spend time with someone else?”He pinched her chin. “Who am I supposed to spend time with?”She pushed his hand away and sat up. “How would I know?”She stretched her hand out to grab a bathrobe at the edge of the bed and tied her hair up. “If some other woman is waiting for you, I’m not going to take all your time.”She wanted to get up, but Yorrick put out his arm, pulled her back, and whispered in her ear, “Are you jealous?”Xyla was stunned but smiled. “I’m just a lover. I have no right to be jealous.”Yorrick laughed and pushed her face toward him. “You’re good at guessing your place.”Xyla escaped from his arms and went to the bathroom. After cleaning, Yorrick ordered food, and the server pushed a cart into the room at 8:00 a.m.Xyla was eating a salad when her phone started buzzing. She turned to look, and it was Mindy. She opened it, and the event was trendin
The manager was worried that Yorrick wouldn’t be comfortable, so he said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Hathaway. We’re in the middle of a building site, so there are no hotels nearby.”“It’s alright. I’ll stay where Mr. Topaz usually stays.” Yorrick took the cold beverage.The manager nodded. “Alright, I’ll arrange for it.”When the manager left, Yorrick took a sip of the cold beverage and glanced at Xyla, who was sitting next to him with her arms crossed. He put the cup down and smiled. “Why? Are you not happy that we’re staying at a building site?”Xyla turned to look at him. “You insisted that I come over with you.”She understood something and smiled. “You didn’t want your other lover to spend too much time under the sun, so you brought me over as if I’m not tanned enough.”Xyla had applied a lot of sunscreen when she got off the plane, but she still felt that she was getting tanner. Yorrick smiled and looked at her with a hand under his chin. “You’re definitely jealous if you keep me
“I won’t.” Xyla walked closer to him and was going to jump on him when he turned sideways and evaded. He then grabbed her by her wrists and held her down in bed. “Ouch, it hurts!”Yorrick smiled with a clenched jaw. “Hurts, huh? Don’t you dare play with me.”“You played with me first. You brought me here to work. Even my dad didn’t ask me to work at home. Let go of me!”Xyla struggled, but Yorrick grabbed her harder. She yelled out loud because her arms were going numb, “Yorrick Hathaway!”Yorrick let go of her. “If you don’t wash your hands, you’re not going to sleep in the bed tonight.” He turned and left. Xyla sat up and rubbed her arm. “Do you think I want to sleep with you?”Still, this man was afraid of a cockroach, and it was a small one too. That was rare. Yorrick didn’t return after he left. He probably went for a site inspection with the manager. Xyla opened the fridge, but there was nothing inside. She put on her jacket and walked out, looking for somewhere to e