William’s face was dangerously dark as he paced across the room, even bumping into a waiter in the process.Soon, Zayn could feel his presence as he shot a look in William’s direction. Then, he teased Alexandra, “You’re fiance’s here.”“Ah?” Shocked, Alexandra immediately followed Zayn’s line of sight. Sure enough, she saw William angrily storming toward their direction and immediately frowned. “He’s not my fiance. I’ll never agree to marry him.”At that moment, William had already arrived within their vicinity. He was even more enraged when he saw that Zayn was actually still able to smile.However, Alexandra was still not his fiance at that moment and they had not even held their engagement banquet yet. Therefore, no matter how angry William was, he could not direct his anger at her. Instead, he could only force a wry smile as he said, “Alexandra, you’re here to dine as well. What a coincidence.”William had returned to his gentlemanly temperament, and no one would be able to re
“You’re crazy,” Alexandra then said, “I already knew long ago that Zayn’s married.”“What?” William was startled. “If you already knew, why are you…”When he said that, he suddenly stopped and realized that it was him who was being hasty. ‘I haven’t even made sure I know the entire situation and I’ve rushed here. What if Alexandra and Zayn really don’t have that kind of relationship and are just ordinary friends? If that’s true, then my actions will make me look completely petty.’However, William was lucky that he was quick-witted, so he immediately changed his tone and said with a smile, “Oh, is that so? That’s good then, that’s good.”Alexandra rolled her eyes and continued to say, “Anyway, Zayn’s already promised me that he will file for a divorce immediately, so I’ll wait for him.”Zayn immediately stopped drinking his tea and almost spat it out instead. ‘What the h*ll is Alexandra doing? How is she even able to say something like that out of the blue?’Furthermore, when Wil
Alexandra could tell that things were starting to go awry, so she intervened by shooting a glare at William. “Hey! I’m warning you, William—don’t try anything stupid with Zayn. I was the one who was looking for him, not the other way around, so it’s got nothing to do with him. If you’re p*ssed, then at least be pissed at the right person—me!”The corner of William’s lips twitched. How he wished he could just release all of his built-up wrath right then and there, but it was not worth the cost!Of course, there was also the fact that their wedding was in just a few days’ time—and it was a marriage blessed and approved by Victor, her father. It was not like Alexandra could call it off on her own. He just had to marry her and toy with her a little, before finally avenging himself.William took a deep breath to extinguish the flames within him before declaring solemnly, “Alexandra, I’ll prove that no matter how many men are out there waiting—I’ll always be your perfect match!”He turne
Zayn was cognizant of William’s people tailing him, but he simply could not care less. Be it William Brown or Nathan Sullivan, they were all small fries in an expansive ocean. The last thing Zayn wanted to do was to give lowlifes undue attention.He immediately engrossed himself in his new work as soon as he got back to Violet Vision. He had plans—and not just a floating, intangible concept—to establish an all-new advertising company. It was high time he started planning for it.The seven billion dollars his grandfather had bequeathed him was not just going to sit in the bank as fodders to interest rates; Zayn had more ambitious plans—and starting this late afternoon, he was going to draft its intricacies.When it was almost time to go home, he received a call from Adrian.The fact that he called made Zayn frown. Ever since he took over Violet Vision from Jordan, he had not contacted the Larsons since, nor did Jordan ever speak to him at all. Besides, Zayn hardly concerned himself
Every action Adrian took was out of respect for the wealthy young man. He oozed obeisance—from his slightly bent posture to the way every word required some form of mental appraisal before Adrian could confidently verbalize it, simply because he could not risk offending him.“Apologies, but Zayn hung up before he could give me a definite answer,” Adrian answered with a hint of reverence.The man smiled. “Oh? Is that so?”He removed the pair of shades that he had been wearing to reveal a face that looked all too similar to Zayn Larson himself. In fact, the resemblance was quite uncanny, though he was slightly more attractive than the latter.“He’ll come back; no doubt about it. I know him,” he continued, his lips quivering into a cryptic smile, before seemingly murmuring to himself, “Oh, brother of mine. Lady Luck has a bias for you, doesn’t she? You didn’t end up dead or missing after that incident from four years ago. In fact, you managed to escape and hide under the Carters’ roof
Thomas Carter was in his dorm room. He was absolutely devastated—heartbreak could do that to a man, after all.Despite two semesters’ worth of grueling effort, a stupid trust-fund kid stole his dream girl away from him. He had subsequently rubbed it in Thomas’ face, to the latter’s growing rage!If these were the extent of his troubles, Thomas would still find it mildly tolerable. However, the girl he fancied just had to share screenshots of their private conversation on her social media account, and now he was suddenly the target of incessant bullying. His rather slavish attitude in the damning conversation had propelled him to campus-wide stardom, and he had now been crowned ‘The Simp.’ It was the only nickname that everyone would publicly refer to him as.Thomas was apoplectic and exasperated. He wanted to vent out his frustration—he wanted to get back at the bastard couple who dragged his name through the mudl! However, he just could not bring himself to do it. In fact, he did n
Fear clouded him. There was no way that Thomas and his unimpressively small figure could ever overpower the two athletes in front of him.With his head hanging low and his voice even lowlier, Thomas muttered, “I just wanna go home. Please let me through.”Seeing how they could not provoke Thomas into fighting back, the two athletes held off on their bullying too. In the end, they gave him the finger before letting him pass.The hoo-ha they created had attracted many eyes, and soon, accusatory fingers followed. They were laughing at him, jeering and sneering; Thomas had never felt so humiliated in his life. He could feel a sniffle coming on, but he blinked back the tears in his eyes as his walk quickened into a jog down the stairs. He just wanted to go home—the sooner, the better.What awaited him downstairs, however, was Cara Davis, who had the most dazzling smile he had ever seen. She casually strolled towards him.Today, she was dressed in a gorgeous, fashionable outfit made fro
There was no shortage of bystanders, yet not a single person present offered to help Thomas, including those who knew him personally. Instead, everyone merely stood back and watched the debacle unfold with cold negligence.It went without saying that Thomas did not exactly have the best reputation at his university. He was an insufferable showboat who drew the ire of many people. Of course, there was also the fact that Daryl was so powerful that no sane person would ever think of going against him.These two factors contributed to Thomas's pitiful state. No one stuck their necks out for him; instead, there were more who whipped out their phones and started capturing videos, and a few more who decided to wedge in a few caustic sneers and jeers.Thomas had never felt so alone and hapless in his life. He could not stop the waterfall of tears rushing down his cheeks.He was saved by a lecturer who was conveniently passing by. Daryl cared enough about his conduct that he shot his underl