Someone once asked him: You’re not nearsighted, so why do you wear gold–rimmed glasses?
He said: To look refined, of course.
Everyone thought he was joking, but he was telling the truth.
In his youth, he was always hot–headed. The glasses could perhaps faintly seal the wolf–like ferocity within him, and also hide the murderous glint that sometimes couldn’t help but leap from his eyes.
Now that he had grown up and matured, he could control his emotions freely, but he had also gotten used to wearing the glasses.
Mmm, in a society ruled by law, it’s better to be a bit more refined…
Lucille looked at him, as if she was angry on his behalf. He smiled faintly again, signaling her not to say anything, not to expose the truth.
This was a fun game.
Only by slapping someone hard when they’re at their highest point can you humiliate them to the fullest extent.
Zoe couldn’t stand people like Maricela, but now that they were in a crowd, it wouldn’t look good to cause a scene. She just said to Lucille, “That woman, she just has a nasty mouth.”
Meaning, she wanted Lucille to reassure her cousin not to take such nasty words to heart.
“Zoe, don’t worry, he won’t.”
Lucille said with a smile.
Zoe nodded, then turned to Nicole and said, “You, really…”
She wanted to say something to Nicole, but considering there were outsiders present, she ended up sighing, “When you have time, let’s the two of us get together.”
Nicole maintained a faint smile and nodded.
Zoe was scrolling through her phone. After searching for a while, she looked at Lucille, “Hey, we
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haven’t added each other as friends yet!
Come on, come on, let’s add each other now.”
“Okay.”
Lucille readily agreed.
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Unexpectedly, right after they connected, Zoe sent Lucille some chat screenshots and said, “I’m the impatient type. Anyway, she’s been hitting on everyone. You’d better keep an eye on your Cedrick.”
Lucille opened the chat screenshots.
It was the chat history between Maricela and David.
Maricela’s messages, one after another: “David,” “David,” “My power went out for some reason, can you come take a look?” “David, it’s so dark, I’m so scared…”
Things like that.
“I can’t stand that kind of crap. David said it was just helping out a brother, but that’s bullshit. He might be blind, but I’m not!
I don’t know how much disgusting stuff David helped that woman with, but now that I’ve found out, I can’t let it slide.”
Zoe said, “You two should be careful.”
Lucille recalled that it was true. David seemed to show up less at their gatherings later on. It was mostly those two blind fools, Cedrick and Harlan, who kept hanging out with her.
But David was one of the people who, along with Harlan, had mocked, belittled, and even hurt her. Although she could separate Zoe from David, it didn’t mean she could forget the humiliation of the past.
Not far away, Maricela was already having a great time chatting with a group of ladies.
“They’re all from small tech companies.
Some are executives, some are wives. They usually do business with Cedrick’s company.”
Zoe whispered to Lucille, then snorted, “Acting like she’s our company’s spokesperson, making a scene over here.”
She was talking about Maricela.
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The ladies from the small companies were gathered around Maricela, showering her with praise and sucking up to her.
But Maricela was putting on a coy act. “I’m just the executive assistant at the company. I don’t really have any say in things.”
Lucille groaned inwardly. Still an executive assistant?
Wasn’t she afraid all of Cedrick’s assets would end up with me?
Maricela was actually scared. After bragging about being the executive assistant, she immediately glanced at Lucille. Seeing no reaction, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking Lucille probably hadn’t heard.
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