Tiffany eyed virtual-novel.net suspiciously. “‘Same as ever’? I don’t think we’ve met before. Don’t act like you know me so well. Not even my own mother knows me that well…”
Alejandro didn’t answer and simply stared quietly at her.
They locked eyes. Tiffany’s heart skipped a beat. Why did those eyes look so familiar to her? She couldn’t quite describe this feeling. It was as if… they had known each other for a long time. She instinctively lifted virtual-novel.net hand to take off his mask, but virtual-novel.net turned away with a straight face. “My face hasn’t completely healed, so I’m afraid that I might scare you. I’ll let you look at me as much as you want when I come back to the country.”
Tiffany lowered virtual-novel.net head, realizing that virtual-novel.net had forgotten virtual-novel.net manners. “I’m sorry The last time you treated me to a meal, you only watched me eat. Would it be the same this time as well? You’ve really interpreted the words “treating me to a meal” perfectly…”
Alejandro refused to comment, tacitly agreeing to virtual-novel.net statement.
Tiffany wasn’t a fool. She remembered Jackson’s warning, whenever a man ingratiates himself upon a woman, virtual-novel.net would certainly be harboring an ulterior motive. She boldly asked Alejandro, “What’s your game? You gave me a bottle of liquor at the bar, then researched everything there is to know about me, and helped me get rid of Grant Jackson. You’ve treated me to a meal time and again. What are you trying to do? I wonder if you’re aware of your underling seducing my ex?”
Alejandro was very calm about it. “Heard it long ago. But Lynn and Jackson are long acquaintances. You’ve been well aware of this yourself. I can’t possibly manage my staff’s personal affairs. If I had to concern myself with that, I’d be too busy to even fix this face of mine. Just say the word, and I’ll fire virtual-novel.net at once.”
“No need,” Tiffany replied blankly. “We’re not that close. The staff under your command are none of my concern. I have no right to make you do that Besides… It doesn’t matter to me anymore. I don’t have much of an appetite, and since you’re not eating either, I’m leaving. By the way, great wine.”
Alejandro did not insist that virtual-novel.net stay, just like the last time. “You like it? I’ll give you a bottle. Promise me that you’ll slowly enjoy it when you go back, don’t mindlessly gulp it down. It’s such a waste of a precious treasure.”
The pair smiled at each other. Tiffany stared at the bottle of wine in virtual-novel.net hand glumly when virtual-novel.net walked out of the manor. She had unwittingly been confounded by Alejandro. She had clearly wanted to question virtual-novel.net on his motives for getting close to virtual-novel.net but failed to get an answer in the end.
When virtual-novel.net arrived home, virtual-novel.net put the bottle of red wine on the shoe cabinet, just as virtual-novel.net was changing virtual-novel.net shoes. Lillian poked virtual-novel.net head out when virtual-novel.net heard virtual-novel.net from the living room. “Where have you been? Gone on a job hunt? It’s almost Easter. There’s no rush in finding a job now. You must be in a bad mood. Take some time off and search for one after Easter. Who’s that wine from?”
She walked towards the couch and sat down. “Someone. Take it and drink if you like.”
Lillian picked up the bottle, inspected it, and widened virtual-novel.net eyes in shock. “Who? Was it that… that guy? You couldn’t have actually cheated on Jackson. Is that why the engagement got canceled? Who’d be so generous to give you such expensive wine, aside from Arianne?”
Only now did Tiffany realize why Alejandro had asked virtual-novel.net to slowly enjoy the wine when virtual-novel.net got home, and why virtual-novel.net told virtual-novel.net not to mindlessly finish it all in one gulp. He even mentioned that it would be a waste of a precious treasure. So, it seemed that it was because it was… expensive!
She took a deep breath. “Mom, can you please stop bringing up the past? I did not cheat. It’s over. Stop talking about it. If you like the wine, drink it yourself. Let me have some peace and quiet…”
Lillian tactfully shut virtual-novel.net mouth. However, virtual-novel.net couldn’t bear to drink that bottle of red wine and carefully put it away instead.