“This is your husband who married into your family? Didn’t you say he’s was a piece of tras—?”“Cough!” Faye coughed and wore an unkind expression. “Crystal, please respect my husband as he should be respected.”Crystal Samson chuckled dryly, awkward as a result of Faye’s rebuttal, and she kept quiet.As for the men, their jealousy and rancor at Zayn could not be concealed. Exchanging glances, they managed to agree to take turns and make toasts to him to intoxicate and thus embarrass him!There was no way Zayn was unable to see through their tricks, but he smiled without exposing them. He welcomed any sort of challenge thrown his way.When the men saw him agreeing to their toasts so easily without a hint of alertness, they looked down upon him while thinking that he was kind of stupid, and they gloated about their promised victory. Soon, they realized that their plan was not going as expected.No matter how they insisted Zayn drink, the latter took it in stride, downing the stron
“I don’t want to see him. I think we should go back,” Faye insisted.Seeing that she had made up her mind, Zayn relented. He was not one for these kinds of reunions anyway. During their earlier conversation, the group had mainly talked about money, like what famous company they worked for after graduating, where they had bought a house, what luxury car they had purchased, and the like.Zayn’s current status and outlook disconnected him from such people. Moreover, they were spiteful toward him.“Alright, let’s go back then,” Zayn answered with a grin. He was extremely gentle with Faye.Feeling his tenderness, Faye smiled back at him sweetly and nodded. “Hmm, I’ll bake you a cake when we go home.”With that, she stood up to inform the rest of them, “Guys, excuse me, I have something else on. Go on without me, okay?”“Hey Fifi, we’re just getting started and you’re leaving?” a plump woman across from her complained.Beside her, a tall and slim girl tugged at Faye’s hand and choruse
Another man said, “I think that Faye’s lying about going home to attend to some affairs. I think she’s just too scared to meet Ethan. After all, Ethan has a past with Faye.”When he said that, Faye’s expression changed drastically once again. She loathed Ethan with all her heart. Had it not been for Violet Vision’s chairman's timely appearance during that incident six months previously, she would have lost her chastity to him!She did not expect what was supposed to be a fun reunion of old friends would turn into this. She would not have come if she knew what was going to happen. The rest of her classmates had thoughtful expressions upon hearing that as well and assumed that Faye was avoiding Ethan. At the same time, they looked at Zayn with schadenfreude and mockery in their eyes. Zayn found their behavior amusing. Rather than fearing meeting Ethan, perhaps Ethan would wet himself in fright upon seeing him. In any case, he could not be bothered to explain the matter in detail.
“Hah-hah-hah, I didn’t mishear that, did I? Ethan will cower in fear when he meets this guy? I think this guy’s going to cower in fear when he meets Ethan!” exclaimed a man who had been forced to drink a lot by Zayn earlier without any filter. He was becoming highly excitable from the intoxication, so he did not mind offending Faye at all.In reality, all the men there were rather drunk and their thoughts were scrambled. They stopped feigning their usual politeness and voiced out their innermost thoughts instead. “That’s really funny. Why don’t you take a look in the mirror and see what kind of person you are? How dare you challenge Ethan? He’s a successful businessman now with a net worth of a few million dollars. What do you have to compete against him with this local brand suit that you’re wearing?”“I didn’t understand what tunnel vision was before, but I’ve managed to learn more about it now.”“I think it’s worse than having tunnel vision, but more like he has no self-awarene
Zayn smiled and said, “It’s okay. I know myself.”“Alright then…” Faye felt rather helpless and ashamed, as if she had returned to the times Zayn embarrassed her during their earlier marriage. The rest of them despised Zayn even more after watching how he wolfed down his food. They were cultured people who ate one bite after another, unlike Zayn who ate in huge mouthfuls. He was obviously a pauper from the countryside who had never enjoyed a feast before. He had no class and they wondered why Faye would want a piece of trash like that. They even thought a love potion might have been the culprit. At first, they wanted to continue eating because they had yet to finish their meal. Instead, they lost their appetites after witnessing how savagely Zayn ate. They found him disgusting. Meanwhile, someone’s phone rang. A male student picked it up and said excitedly, “Ethan’s here. I’m going to bring him to the room!”Upon saying that, he left, giving Zayn a sneer. He wanted to see if Za
Ethan felt like he was walking on air after hearing his old classmates sing his praises. He was delighted!Ever since the Aeolus House auction incident, he was living under Zayn’s shadow and would have nightmares for nights on end. He dreamt about Zayn bullying and humiliating him and would wake up terrified in the middle of the night. He could not figure out how that good-for-nothing who had married into the Carter family could suddenly become so formidable? Even a mogul like Hanson could not do anything to Zayn. It did not make any sense! Could it be that Zayn had hit some kind of jackpot or maybe he had a big shot as his backer?The more he thought about it, the more confused he was. He had dug into Zayn’s background secretly, but he was even more shocked after seeing the results. Zayn was actually the chairman of Violet Vision Media Corp and was even Mr. Hyde’s boss! When he found out about this, he was dumbfounded. The thought of it sent shivers down his spine and it took him
Even with his back faced towards him, Ethan could recognize Zayn at once too!He still feared him from deep within his bones and trembled at the sight. The rest of the group were unaware of that, so they continued to goad Zayn. “Hey, Zayn, how are you still eating? You’ve nearly finished all the food on the table. You’re behaving like a savage. I bet you’ve never tasted food as good as this all your life, right? You look like a starving beggar from off the streets.”“It’s degrading to be seated at the same table as such a man.”“I’ve never met anyone so shameless.”“I can see that he’s still eating. He must be so scared after seeing Capel that he doesn’t have the courage to speak anymore, hah-hah!”“He’s dumbstruck, of course. Do you really think that Capel will pee his pants after seeing him? What a joke!”Many people were chattering away, so they did not notice that Ethan’s face was growing paler as fear began to take hold of him. Faye bit her lip. She felt awful because
Zayn did not go out of his way to make things difficult for Ethan. He left with Faye when he was done eating while the others were afraid of breathing too loudly. About a minute after they had left, someone gulped and said cautiously, “I thought Faye’s husband lived with her parents? How did he…?”The question was on all of their minds. Just who the heck was Zayn?Someone took a glance at Ethan. His face was green with rage. He walked to the door and looked everywhere to make sure that Zayn and Faye had truly gone. Only then could he relax. He walked back to the private room and regained his earlier arrogant appearance. He furrowed his brow and said with a threatening tone, “No one is allowed to say anything about what happened here today, or you’ll be going against me. My influence may not be as great as Mr. Larson’s, but I can deal with all of you easily.”Upon saying that, he put on his shades and left with his two bodyguards. More than ten seconds later, a man said bitterly,