My leg wound no longer disrupted my walking. Tonight also happened to be the day I scheduled the dinner with Marius.It was, to put it bluntly, a blind date. Would Marius be furious after finding out?I could call Shannon to cancel it.I was about to call her but she beat me to it. "Wanda, I'm at your door. Come out. I’ll give you a ride.”"Oh okay. Wait for me."Hanging up the call, I went back to my room to change my clothes before heading downstairs. I looked at Theo who was reading a magazine on the sofa. "I’m going out to dinner with Shannon.”"Okay, come back early.""Alright.”When I exited the villa, I saw a car with flashing lights not far away. I went up to it and opened the car door before seeing Shannon greeting me excitedly. "Let's go, it's almost time."I got into the car, my heart flip-flopping. “Shannon, I think we should just call it off. It’s not good that we didn’t tell Marius anything.”“It’ll be fine. We already invited them out. It won’t be nice for us t
I saw Marius and Luna chatting pleasantly, but the smile on Marius’ face seemed more like a storm to me.I regretted doing this.Time slowly passed, and Marius finally escorted Luna out of the restaurant. I followed Shannon, and we only showed ourselves after seeing Luna get into a cab.Shannon placed a hand on Marius’ shoulder and smiled. “What do you think? Miss Blanche is pretty good, no? I noticed you two talking pleasantly just now.”He did not answer Shannon but set his gaze on me who was behind her. He walked to me, the smile disappearing from his face. "Did you set Miss Blanche up for me?”"Didn’t we already say with did it together—”"You, quiet. I want to hear her speak.” Marius cut Shannon off and turned his gaze to me, expression serious.I knew I failed to handle this matter properly. Opening my mouth, I said a little nervously, "I just thought how nice it’d be if you had someone with you.”Marius cast his face to the side, only looking back at me after a long time
As I made my way back, the wind blowing against my face woke me up.It had indeed been wrong of me to arrange a blind date without Marius' permission, thus angering him.His words lingered in my mind. "It seems that you really don't understand what I want.”I truly… did not seem to know what he wanted.Lowering my head, I stared at my feet as I walked and fell into deep thought.Despite knowing him for so long, I knew nothing about him.I always felt a sense of debt toward him.My feet came to a standstill, my mind in shambles. Could I still have a friend like Marius?Sighing, I continued on. I passed an alley where I heard the sound of fighting. I had not wanted to stop, but then I heard a familiar voice."Did Walter Waters send you?"This voice. Neil?I took a few steps forward and heard it even clearer. "What about it? You’re the one who offended President Waters. I’ll make sure to beat you up good today!”"I called the police. If you don't want to get caught, leave quic
Neil turned his head to look at me. "I can tell you about it, but please promise me not to reveal that you already know about this if President Grant doesn't bring this up with you, alright?" I nodded. "Alright. I promise. As long as Theo says nothing, so will I." Hearing me promise him, Neil slowly began to speak, "We're actually brothers. The kind who share the same father but have different mothers." I had actually guessed it. I noted the somewhat complicated expression on Neil's face. Things did not seem that simple. Neil took a deep breath and slowly continued, "But things are not as you think. They weren’t in love with each other, and my mother used all kinds of means to conceive me. She even asked the Grants for money after giving birth to me and then left me to go somewhere else. I probably wouldn't be alive today if it were not for my father's soft heart." So that was why Theo said Neil's mother was a vain person. My heart ached slightly for Neil. "So, you've been
I reached the villa and entered the living room only to see Theo sitting on the sofa, magazine in hand. Recalling what Neil said, I could only hide it away even though I had a thousand other things in mind."I'm back."Theo put down the magazine when he heard me and looked at me. "Why so late?""That's because we rarely ever go out together." I looked at Theo, my gaze somewhat unnatural.He instantly caught onto it and asked, "Did something happen? Your expression is a little off."His words instantly struck me, and I stuttered. Looking at Theo nervously, I replied, "Nothing happened." Theo approached me and reached out his hand to brush away my hair from my temples. There was a look of concern in his eyes. "Obviously, something happened. Tell me what happened. Don't forget what you said yourself. There shouldn't be secrets between us."I pursed my lips. I knew I could not tell Theo what happened with Neil or else things would get out of hand.Inhaling, I raised my gaze to l
Upon returning to Green Orange, the first person I saw was Nina. She looked back at me with a bright smile. "Wanda… Ah, no. You're back, President Lane.""Yes. Now that the project over at Grant Corporation is on track, I thought I should come back and work." I patted Nina's shoulder, signaling her to go back to work before entering the office. Unlike in the past when I would hear Shannon's voice the moment I entered through the door, I only heard murmurs throughout the quiet environment this time. I went toward the source of the sound. Shannon was buried under a pile of documents, and she was muttering, "Marius, you bastard. I'm gonna beat you up when I see you."I smiled and then greeted her. "You don't miss out on cursing the other while working, don't you?" Shannon seemed to be in disbelief when she heard my voice and smiled after ascertaining that it was me. She stood up and asked, "Wanda, are you coming back to Green Orange now?""Yes." "That's great. I'm ecstatic." Shan
"I thought you wouldn't come." Seeing him take a seat, I also put my bag down and took a seat again. Marius looked at me and replied in a cold tone, "I've no reason to reject a free dinner." Although his face was expressionless and his tone alienating, he still retained his humor. It reminded me a little of the past.I pushed the menu to him. "Order whatever you want."He accepted the menu and ordered a few dishes before closing it back up. Marius glanced at me. "Is it enough?" "Yes." I looked up lightly, my gaze settling on Marius. "Marius, are you still mad?" "Yes," he answered me curtly. There was a force in his words. My throat got stuck. I hesitated, my heartbeat gradually quickening. "I'm sorry. We failed to consider your feelings when we decided to arrange the blind date. But we didn't have malicious intentions. We only hoped you'd be happy."Marius let out a light chuckle when he heard this. His laugh, however, felt rather mocking, like knives stabbing my heart
"What answer?" I asked.Marius faced me, his expression extremely somber. “You keep apologizing for not telling me about the blind date in advance, but that’s not what I’m really angry about. I didn’t expect you to still not understand my heart after so long.”His words were heavy like lead, and they left me a little breathless. My face twisted into a frown as an indescribable emotion rushed to my heart. "I..." I was at a loss for how to respond to him.His smile was like the spring breeze, and it gradually soothed my heartbeat. "I’ve expressed my liking for you. You rejected me, but I’m very happy that you’re able to accept me as a friend. I feel the happiest when I get to accompany you as your friend. I thought you’d be able to understand this after what happened last time. I didn’t expect you to still be unaware.”Marius was referring to when I had distanced myself from him the last time.My throat bobbed. All I could say now was that I was sorry."I'm sorry. I didn't think i