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“That was just on the surface. Afterward, we met Rodney during the meal. When Rodney pointed his finger at me and scolded me, Jack didn’t even defend me from the side. Besides, Ryan’s friend, a lecturer at the University of Canberra, helped me look into Jack. Jack has dated his students in the past, and many girls in the university have a crush on him. It’s too complicated. There are too many temptations around him.”
Mireya shook her head. “Jack also has a daughter, whom he doesn’t care about much. He’s not a good father.”
Cate raised her eyebrows out of astonishment.
Well, it turned out Ryan was influencing the whole thing behind the scenes.
Tsk. Ryan was indeed not a simple man, to be able to eliminate an enemy in mere moments.
Not only that, but Mireya even believed in Ryan’s words without any doubts.
“In that case, your necklace…”
“It’s Ryan’s Christmas gift to me. It looks nice, right?” Mireya touched the necklace on her neck. She smiled with her eyes. “By the way, do you have time in the afternoon? I feel embarrassed for not getting Ryan anything for Christmas yesterday. Can you accompany me to the nearby shopping mall to get a belt for him? It’ll be a return gift to him.”
“Belt?” The corners of Cate’s mouth twitched, and she could not hold it in anymore. “Mireya, do you … like Ryan?” Mireya was startled. “Don’t talk nonsense. I treat him as my family.”
Don’t you know that a woman giving a man a belt means she wants to tie him to her with it?” Cate said helplessly.
“Can your thoughts be purer? He was the one who wanted me to give him a belt because his belt isn’t great.” Mireya rolled her eyes at Cate.
Cate frowned. It was so obvious. She could not believe that Mireya had not sensed anything at all. “Is he hinting something to you?”
“You think too much. Our relationship is very pure. Moreover, he…”
Mireya’s voice stopped. She could not say that Ryan liked men. “He just treats me like a sister. I even gave him a scarf a few days ago.”
Cate did not know what to say.
Both Ryan and Mireya’s actions were too intimate, yet Mireya did not seem to notice anything at all.
Cate did not know whether Ryan was too crafty or Mireya was just too dense.
“Okay. I’ll go shopping with you in the afternoon.”
It was quite easy to choose a men’s belt, and Mireya paid for it. When she was pushing Dani to the garden for a walk at night, she went to Ryan’s place on the way.
Ryan had just returned. He was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, talking about formal matters.
Upon seeing that Mireya had come, he quickly hung up the call.
“This belt is my gift for you. You can take a look at it.” Mireya handed the bag to him.
Ryan’s eyes lit up. He immediately opened it after accepting the bag. It was a brown belt with a vintage touch to it.
“Let me try it…”
He then took his jacket off, revealing the shirt inside. His hands removed his old belt quickly and changed into the new one.
Once Ryan had speedily put on his belt, Mireya noticed his fit waistline. There was no excess flab on his body.
It was only a thousand-dollar belt, but it looked like a branded belt when matched with his body and pants after he put it on.
“Thank you. I like it a lot.” Ryan grinned.
“Of course. I’ve always had good taste.” Mireya was happy too. After all, it was satisfying to see other people liking the presents she gave.
Moreover, she noticed that the scarf she gave Ryan last time was on his neck. Now, he had also put on the belt she gave him.
A strange, indescribable feeling welled up in her, especially when Cate’s words in the morning flashed across her mind.
Mireya’s red lips moved reluctantly. “You…”
Ryan’s phone rang again, to which he picked up his phone and glanced at her helplessly. “I have quite a lot of work…”
“You can go ahead. I’m taking Dani to resume our walk. ” Mireya realized that she was about to ask an absurd question just now, so she quickly pushed Dani away and left.
Ryan did not ask her to stay either.
As Mireya left, she turned around and saw him giving instructions about work with a stern face.
On his waist, the belt that she gave him was particularly eye-catching.
The next day, Mireya noticed that Ryan was wearing the belt that she had gifted him when she went to the dining area for breakfast. Although his clothes covered some parts of it, it could still be seen vaguely.
She secretly glanced at him and saw him talking to Heidi with a smile.
New Year’s Day was coming, so many things were going on in the prime minister’s office. Ryan and Nathan were busy all day outside. Even Mireya had to attend some banquets with Heidi sometimes. However, a scandal about the prime minister’s office broke out before New Year’s Day.
It was in the morning, and Mireya had woken up earlier than usual. She heard two maids who were doing the cleaning discussing in hushed voices.
“Is what you all said true?”
“I’m not sure, but there might be a possibility. I’ve never seen Young Master dating any women before.”
“What are you two talking about?” Mireya suddenly spoke, which startled the two maids, and their brooms fell to the ground.
“No… Nothing.” The maids’ faces were pale.
Mireya looked at their nervous expressions and put on a stern look. “Tell me the truth. I heard you two were talking about the young master with my own two ears. Is it Ryan?”
“Miss Lynch, please don’t misunderstand.” The maids were so frightened that their bodies were shaking. “We weren’t talking about it on purpose. We were only curious because we saw the news and exchanged a few words about it. We won’t dare to do it again.”
“What news?” Mireya had just woken up, so she had not looked at her phone yet.
“This morning’s news. It’s about Young Master…”
a maid said in a low voice.
Mireya was in no mood to talk to them anymore and went upstairs, where she took her phone and searched Ryan up. After searching, it turned out that there was quite a lot of news about Ryan that morning. However, they were all scandals about his private life. Reporters had taken pictures of him hugging a man at a bar. There were also pictures of him holding hands with a man and walking out of a hotel after having a meal. Their actions looked intimate. Although the lighting of those pictures was dark and all of them were taken from behind, it looked like there was something going on between the two of them.
There were even reporters who had discovered the identity of the man who was with Ryan. He was quite a famous gay.
Mireya glanced at the ten thousand or more comments below.
[F*ck. This is shocking. Even the prime minister’s son is gay.]
[Tsk. I’m disgusted at the two guys holding hands. I don’t believe that nothing is going on between them.]
[What do you mean you’re disgusted? That’s love too. We shouldn’t discriminate against them.]
[Okay. It’s okay if other people are gay, but it’s inappropriate that the prime minister’s son is gay too. What will the citizens of Australia think? Won’t this make more men have the guts to come out as gay? What should women do in the future? Don’t you see that the ratio of men to women is heavily imbalanced?]
[That’s right. So many handsome guys are coming out as gays nowadays. No wonder the number of single women has increased.]
[Ah, don’t be so certain yet. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding.]
[Haha, the prime minister’s office will surely deny this. After all, it’s too embarrassing now that word has gotten out.]
Mireya could not bring herself to read the comments anymore. Some were fine, but some were very harsh. Some even verbally abused Ryan.
How could Ryan, a clean man, be scolded that way? It made Mireya very uncomfortable. However, looking at those pictures, she had a strange feeling.
She was even wondering whether Ryan liked her or not a few days ago.
Okay. She really was overthinking.
Ryan only treated her well because she was family to him.
He liked men.
Nevertheless, the incident might impact his future career greatly if it escalated.
