“Is Cristian really coming?” asked Faye, a little tempted.“Of course! Why would I lie to you? Moses is doing very well at the moment. Hiring Cristian is certainly within his capabilities.”Faye considered for a moment before saying, “Alright then. I’ll give it a think.”“What’s there to think about? Just come! We haven’t gotten together for a long time now. I imagine you’d be better off not bringing your family, after all…Hehe, you know why! Right then, I won’t disturb you any further. I’ve still got to call our other schoolmates.”After she hung up the phone, Faye had a hesitant expression on her face. She was actually quite intrigued. Firstly, it has been a long time since she had met her schoolmates. Now that someone was finally organizing a reunion, she should participate. Coincidentally, she did not have any urgent matters to attend to.Furthermore, the most important thing was that Cristian was going to be singing, making it exponentially more enticing!Truth be told, Faye
“Sure, no problem.” Zayn nodded his head ferociously. He then took out his cell phone and sent James a text message to postpone his dinner gathering for that night.‘Speaking of which, ever since I took over Violet Vision, we haven’t organized a proper dinner gathering for our company. Many employees still don’t know what I look like. The artists that signed with us have particularly wanted such an event to get to know their newly appointed chairman. They’re only hoping to butter me up, and even if that fails, they’d probably be happy with just the thought of me knowing who they are.’This was especially true for those young female artists. They were all cooking up some kind of scheme to get on the chairman’s good side. Violet Vision’s reach was steadily increasing by the day. Therefore, if they were able to get in his good graces and utilize the company’s resources to give them a bit of a push, they would definitely become famous.After James had received Zayn’s text message, he wa
Thus, Zayn had to go home to change into the casual and messy clothes that he normally wore. Since they had been worn the whole day and had yet to be washed, they were crumpled pretty badly. In fact, some spots appeared quite filthy, so Zayn asked, “Are you sure you don’t want me to wear a suit?”“Stop talking nonsense.” Faye glared impatiently and sized him up for a few seconds before finally smiling. “I still think you look better in this.”Zayn was a little speechless. ‘What exactly is she seeing? I clearly looked better in a suit.’Faye’s class reunion was being held at a medium-sized resort in Apollo City, so it was anything grand or expensive. However, organizing it proved to be quite costly, approximately 600 dollars per person on average. They were a class of 40 people, making the total cost a few thousand dollars. Furthermore, there was also a rumor that Moses had been generous enough to bear all the expenses himself. That was why the reunion was able to be held so successf
Staring at Faye, the fatso’s beady eyes went wide, glimmering with wonder and infatuation. When Faye saw him, she gasped, “Fred Flint? Is that you?”Fatty recognized Faye as well when she called his name. “Faye Carter?!”“Yeah.” Faye nodded with a happy smile. “I thought you wouldn’t be able to recognize me anymore.”“Of course I do. How could I not?!” Fatty Fred checked Faye out, his eyes practically glued to her as he gulped discreetly. Long gone was his earlier belligerence and haughtiness. He patted himself down to look presentable and went to shake her hand. “You’ve changed so much. It’s been years and you’ve come back looking gorgeous. I thought I would be bumping into a celebrity tonight.”Faye’s smile grew wider at Fred’s compliment, but she hesitated when he extended his hand. She disliked the perverted way he leered at her. Just as she was caught in that dilemma, Zayn stepped up and shook Fred’s hand on her behalf.“Nice to meet you, so you’re Faye’s ex-schoolmate, huh?
Moses briskly strode over to Faye and looked at her longingly. “Fifi, it’s been so long. I didn’t expect you to remember me.”A little embarrassed from all his staring, Faye blushed and nodded with a smile, avoiding Moses’ gaze.Zayn noticed Faye’s unusual reaction and wondered if she shared a secret past with this man called Moses. To be honest, he was a little unsettled by it. No man wanted his wife to be caught in an entanglement. Nonetheless, he did not display his jealousy directly. This was Faye’s class reunion, and he was going to let her enjoy the night regardless.Zayn scrutinized Moses discreetly, deducing he was a successful man with a decent enough background. It was obvious from both the way he oozed confidence and the deference that his escorts demonstrated.Fred spoke up, “Moses, you came just in time. You were the class rep, so come be our judge. Faye’s husband drove blindly and rammed into my BMW. He should take full responsibility, shouldn’t he?!”Catching the ke
Faye went to hold Zayn’s arm. “Moses, I’m really married. He is my husband.”The muscles in Zayn’s body went taut with excitement. Having been married for so long, this was the first time Faye took the initiative to hold his arm in front of anyone else! It felt… amazing!Moses finally believed it. He took a long glance at Zayn before his smile returned. He diverted the topic, asking Fred, “What’s the situation? The car got scratched?”Fred was quick to answer, “Duh! It’s all Faye’s husband’s fault. His driving skills suck b*lls and he scraped my BMW! But he says that I ran into him—hmph! Please, I’m being reasonable here since we’re old friends. If this were someone else, one phone call from me and I’d have a dozen men charging over!”Faye frowned and was about to speak when Moses eyed her in a way that conveyed to her that he would take care of it.“We’re all old friends. No need to make it awkward for everyone. I don’t think you guys need to fight over who’s right or wrong eithe
“Didn’t I ask you not to shoot your mouth off? Why didn’t you listen to me?!”Faye gave Zayn a hard pinch when they entered the hotel together and huffed, “You embarrassed me again. I should’ve known not to ask you to come along!”Zayn hissed from the sharp sting, gasping, “Ow! Not so hard! I was just playing along when your class rep was trying to act cool. I was fulfilling his wish. How’s that being embarrassing?”Faye let go of Zayn. Of course, she realized that Moses had done what he did in order to show off and appear impressive. In fact, she was pretty disappointed. The number of years that had passed had turned a pure-hearted youth into a jaded, worldly man.“What he did was his business. You just have to behave yourself!” Faye shot Zayn a dark look and ordered, “When the gathering starts later, you’re not allowed to run your mouth off carelessly. You mustn’t embarrass me again, understand? Or else...or else…”When Faye was unable to come up with a threat, Zayn chortled. “O
“Forget about it. He won’t even bat an eyelid at you. Moses likes someone the level of a goddess like Faye, but Faye’s actually married, too—to an average Joe, at that. I don’t get it.”“Maybe her husband has somewhere better than the average person that we don’t know of, heh heh…”“Sh*t, you dirty-minded fella…”As the crowd spoke, Moses entered through the door, escorted by a group of people. In the center of attention, he relished the attention as he exuded a triumphant air, taking in the limelight of the school gathering.Moses was quite handsome himself. He was fair and had a sense of grace, except he was slightly on the shorter side, only a little over 5.5 feet. It made a whole lot of difference next to a 6-foot-tall Zayn.As Moses made his way over, he greeted his old friends continuously while raking his gaze over to Faye. His chest was puffed out and his chin was tipped, intending to catch the girl’s attention. If Faye looked over at him, he perked up in spirit, almost li