When Zayn arrived, the crowd briefly went silent before going back to normal. They averted their eyes from him as if they had already disregarded him completely. Nearby, Shaelyn and her Aeolus House’s colleagues were eating. Instinctively, she wanted to wave at Zayn and call for him to join her. However, she was immediately stopped by someone next to her. She could only drop her arm with a rather sad expression on her face.Even she felt that Zayn was doomed for sure this time from the bottom of her heart. Zayn smiled nonchalantly. He did not mind this at all. He bought his meal and carried his tray to look for a seat. When he approached a table, the expressions of the people seated there briefly froze. One of them stood up and said, “Yup, I’m full.”“What a coincidence, I’m full too. Let’s take a walk outside.”All at once, everyone at the table left. There was no expression on Zayn’s face. He began having his meal as if he was oblivious to their discrimination and hostilit
“Why? Can’t I make a bet?” Zayn asked with a smile when no one answered for a long time.One of the bankers chuckled dryly. “Mr. Larson, we were just playing the fool. We don’t mean anything else. Don’t mind us, please.”The other two bankers chorused, “Yeah, Mr. Larson, we were just fooling around. Don’t take it seriously.”“Haha, Mr. Larson’s a magnanimous man. He’d never get petty with us. Shoo, shoo, let’s not take up his time.”The men were about to part ways with that, but Zayn stopped them.“Don’t worry, I’m not that petty. I’m fighting Xander tomorrow anyway, so either one of us will die. Therefore, I’m not joking. I plan to bet 300 million dollars on me winning. Are you guys taking it?”“Uh…” The three bankers were startled and looked at Zayn skeptically, not sure if he was angered or actually serious about it. 300 million dollars was not a modest sum at all!One of the bankers tittered dryly. “Mr. Larson, we were really joking around. Just assume that we farted. Don’t
When they finally snapped out of their trance, they were ecstatic. This was 300 million dollars in their pocket for free! They would still make more than a hundred million dollars in profit after deducting the payment for those who wagered on Xander. Marvelous, hahaha!As for the possibility of Xander Griffin losing? Oops, they had never thought about it happening because it was simply impossible.Zayn snickered inwardly at the bankers’ barely concealed smiles. They would have plenty of time to cry about it after tomorrow!“Mr. Larson, this is our agreement. Once you lose to Xander Griffin tomorrow, this sum of money will be lost to us. If you beat him, we’ll pay you 2.3 billion dollars immediately. Put your signature down here.”Zayn waved dismissively. “No need for the contract. It’s meaningless. I believe that you won’t dare to go back on your word once I win tomorrow, right?”The bankers laughed. “Haha, of course. Since you’re so easygoing, the agreement is truly unnecessary,
Zayn’s gaze went icy. The person had a grip on the doorknob to open the door too. Interesting…Zayn swiftly picked himself up from the floor to lie on his bed and pull the covers over him, then closed his eyes to pretend that he was asleep. He wanted to know who would dare ambush him.The door was opened with a click… It was not a violent barge-in. Instead, the person used an access card to enter. The lights from the hallway outside peeked into the room in a line before a shapely figure appeared at the door. She looked around furtively like she was a thief.Zayn caught the person from the corner of his eye and was stunned. Shaelyn? Why was she here?!It was Shaelyn alright. That explained why she had the key card to Zayn’s room.She had struggled internally for a long time before sneaking out to Zayn’s room after her roommate fell asleep. She did not understand why she had to come looking for Zayn either. According to her usual behavior, she would not do a thing like this.In spi
The atmosphere in the room turned intimate abruptly…Zayn’s lips parted with the intention to speak harshly, but the words lost him suddenly as he heard Shaelyn’s hushed sobs. He froze.What was going on? Did Shaelyn Peach just cry? Was it because of him?“You—what are you crying about?” Zayn asked, feeling his scalp go numb with a tingle.Shaelyn was hugging his waist and burying her face in his chest while she sobbed. She was really making Zayn helpless.The woman finally spoke. “Sorry, I’m so sorry that I caused this…”Zayn was startled once more. Did Shaelyn Peach come in the middle of the night to confess her self-admonishment?To be honest, he had always put his guard up high around Shaelyn. It was during this moment that he was suddenly struck with the realization that he might seem to have misunderstood her. Perhaps the woman was not as cunning as he had imagined.“Can you let go of me first? It’s not quite appropriate for you to hug me like this…” Zayn said helplessly.
Shaelyn was undressing!What in the world was happening? Zayn was baffled.What was going on? Shaelyn had snuck into his room in the middle of the night knowing that he was dying in Xander’s hands tomorrow… Or was this her way of expressing her guilt to him?Whatever it was, Zayn could never accept it. Not only was he married and that sleeping with Shaelyn would be doing Faye wrong, but even without Faye in the picture, he was not about to hook up with Shaelyn right now when he had a life-and-death battle with Xander tomorrow!Zayn stopped the woman at once with widened eyes. “Hey, Shaelyn Peach! Have you gone mad?!”Shaelyn huffed, “Zayn Larson, are you a man? I’ve done so much and you’re still rejecting me?”“Is this the only way to prove whether I’m a man or not? Enough, go back. There’s no need to feel guilty about it or make it up to me this way. I’ll let you in on this. I’ll be the one who wins when I fight Xander Griffin tomorrow, so you don’t have to keep a guilty conscie
Shaelyn believed it this time. Her eyes glowed as she asked with slight skepticism, “Really?”“Of course. You aren’t just getting to know me for the first day. Have you seen me being frivolous? I won't do something that I’m not confident about doing.”Relief washed over Shaelyn as she racked her memory. Truthfully, Zayn had always been a secure and reliable person who would not do something he had no resolution in.In spite of it, Xander’s reputation was just massive. It still worried Shaelyn thinking about it. She bit her lip. “Even if you can beat Xander, I still want to offer myself to you. Don’t worry. I won't put you in a tough spot nor will I need you to take responsibility. I won’t let your wife know either. I just need you to think of me occasionally and come to me.”Zayn felt his heart beating faster at the offer. Given Shaelyn’s beauty, if she did become his secret lover… Moreover, Faye seemed to make allowances for him to look for a lover outside of their relationship…
Zayn exhaled a breath of true relief after Shaelyn left. Rubbing his slightly throbbing temples, he felt quite powerless. Never would he have dreamt that Shaelyn actually liked him and would offer herself in the middle of the night.If Zayn had not been adequately resolute, he would have committed a grave mistake by now. Shaelyn was really a temptress. If it had been other men, they certainly would not have been able to resist her and would already be indulging in the sin.As for Stephen seeing them, Zayn was not worried about it. Compared to Xander, Stephen was no more than a vermin unworthy of mention.There was a simmering flame in the pit of his stomach right now, so Zayn took a cold shower to extinguish it. Otherwise, he could forget about sleeping tonight.After Stephen went back to his room, he let his temper get the better of him. He threw things around that shattered and fell apart, as his hatred for Zayn grew deep. He had checked into the hotel early after arriving here t