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He still hadn’t gotten over Julien’s impudence at dinner tonight.
“But I had quite a lot to drink tonight. I feel dizzy. Do you have the heart to see me leave alone?
“It’s one thing to be robbed on my way back, but what if I was sexually assaulted? It’s not safe out there for men too, you know. Gosh, my head is spinning…” Julien pressed his limp body against Jonah.
Anyone would have gasped at his overly brazen and saucy behavior.
However, Jonah kept his gaze on the floor without even giving Julien a look.
“Jonah, you should get Julien home,” Cyrus chimed in.
Yawning, Cyrus added without thinking, “We received three cases of sexual assault involving males this year. I do not want a fourth case. The Lovelaces are going to be devastated if Julien becomes a victim.”
Julien agreed with Cyrus, making Jonah clench his jaw in frustration.
Not all the guests had left. When Mrs. Rosie cleaned the venue, she found Axel passed out drunk on the balcony.
Although there was a deck underneath the balcony, Axel could have fallen off it if he flipped and turned. The fall from two floors might not have cost him his life, but it was enough to severely injure him.
“Good heavens! You crazy child! You’ve gone mad!” Mrs. Rosie hurried into the kitchen to inform Alyssa and Jeremy, who were busy making tea.
“Madam, your brother Axel is sleeping on the balcony! I dare not wake him up. I can’t take the responsibility if he falls off the balcony from the shock.”
Jeremy’s eyes were filled with worry. Alyssa continued making her tea, unfazed. She drawled, “Don’t worry about it. He’ll never fall off the balcony. He’s been like this since he was a kid, sleeping on high and steep surfaces. Rooftops, hills, trees¡ªyou name it. I bet he was a monkey in his previous life.”
Jeremy was dumbstruck by the Taylors’ carefree and daredevil attitude. Were the Taylors unconcerned because they had too many children to spare?
Finally, Alyssa and Jeremy caved into Mrs. Rosie’s nagging and went to the balcony for Axel.
“Shall I bring him down from the edge?” Jeremy whispered in her ear.
“Don’t waste your energy. Your arms are only for carrying me. Why would you lift a grown man like him? Just put a blanket on him.”
Then, she snorted and held his arm. “Congratulations on outdrinking Axel Taylor. You’re the first to do so. Maybe you should down another two shots to celebrate it.”
He widened his eyes in shock. “Axel isn’t drunk, is he? He’s sober. I think he fell asleep because he was tired.”
“Oh, you don’t know Axel. If he falls asleep after drinking, it means he’s hit his limits. Otherwise, he could keep going until dawn.”
Their whispers were interrupted by Axel’s ringing phone. After three rings, he shockingly answered it with his eyes closed. He slurred lazily, “Who’s this?”
A few moments later, he answered, “Koger that! I ll return to the base!”
While speaking, he sat up straight on the balcony and jumped off the railing.
“Axel, watch out!” Jeremy gaped and yelled.
He proceeded to stop Axel, only to be held back by Alyssa. She comforted him, “Don’t worry. He’s fine. Don’t believe it? Let’s check it out.”
They wandered to the edge and found Axel sprinting out of the villa grounds, looking healthy and fine. He left behind something like a nail hole on the balcony railing.
“Special agents carry secret weapons from head to toe. They can even jump off the fifth floor without an issue,” she explained, caressing Jeremy’s cheek to reassure him. “He must be hurrying back to the organization after receiving a new mission. He didn’t bother to tell us about it because he felt ashamed after losing the drinking game.”
Jeremy shook his head speechlessly. “Axel acts like a boy.”
Smiling, she wrapped an arm around his waist and purred, “Yeah, he’s just a schoolboy at heart. Don’t mind him.”
Before leaving, Maggie changed into the outfit she arrived in and attempted to return the luxurious evening gown to Alyssa. Alyssa, however, declined to accept and explained that it was a belated 18th birthday gift for Maggie.
Since Maggie had no good reason to return the gown, she carefully brought the gown home with tears of joy.
As a driver had been assigned to send Maggie home, Xavier sat in the front passenger seat awkwardly, not daring to speak a word lest someone mistook him as a pervert who kidnapped a teenage girl. He never wanted to get wrongly accused like the last time.
Throughout the trip, Maggie cautiously kept a distance from Xavier and looked out of the window with a light blush on her cheeks. She touched her cheeks; they burned.
Finally, they arrived at the lobby of her apartment. She had wanted Xavier to head back soon, but he insisted on sending her to the door because he was worried about her safety.
At the door, she hesitated before whispering, “Xavier, I need to get something from my room. Wait for me.”
“Sure. Take your time. I’ll wait for you, no matter how long it takes,” Xavier answered a little too eagerly and urgently.
When in college, he was the student union’s president. Upon graduation, he worked hard alongside Jeremy and was appointed the head secretary of the company president, which came with a million- dollar annual paycheck.
However, he was awkward and clumsy in front of the woman he loved.
Soon, she reappeared with a pink bag in her hand. She tiptoed to him and gently closed the door behind her as she didn’t want to wake Gina up.
She explained, “This is the bag you requested me to make. Sorry for the delay; too many things have been going on lately.”
She embarrassedly handed the bag to him with both hands. “I made some improvements. Hope your sister likes it.”
“Yes, she will like it a lot. Thank you, Ms. Madison!” Xavier accepted the bag with trembling hands. When their hands accidentally brushed, their hearts skipped a beat.
“Ms. Madison, I… I really like you. May I pursue you?” Riding the influence of the alcohol, he gathered his courage and gave it a shot.
Hearing that, she stumbled backward in a panic. “I. No, I can’t! I’ve not graduated yet. I don’t want a reidLiunsnip now. I need LU iocus on my studies.
“I’ll wait for you until you graduate. I’ll wait even if you prefer to date after college.” Xavier’s voice cracked, and nis eyes filled with a desperate eagerness.
Blushing, she shook her head furiously. “B-But I’m not an adult yet!”
“Didn’t your 18th birthday just pass?”
She bit her lip abashedly.
“Ms. Madison. Maggie, I¡ª”
She slammed the door in his face, leaving him looking down and disappointed after the rejection.
At 2:40 pm the next day, Javier, dressed impeccably in a suit, arrived at the Berenike Hotel VIP parking garage with Rory.
The press conference was in preparation for Sophia’s court appearance tomorrow. Anyone could tell that Alyssa would buy off the media for negative coverage of Sophia’s court case. That would deal a huge blow to the Walsh Group.
At this point, Javier had no hope for Jeremy. He’d consider himself lucky if Jeremy did not add fuel to the fire.
He had to take matters into his own hands, trying his best to turn the situation around and gain some favor and sympathy for the Walsh Group.
Just as he left the car, the hotel manager worriedly rushed to him. “M-Mr. Javier, I have bad news!”
Javier shot a look at the brash manager and hissed, “What’s wrong? Calm down before you speak.”
The manager wiped away sweat and explained, “No reporters have shown up at the venue yet. I have no idea why.”
Javier and Rory said in unison, “No one here? How is that possible?”
Javier turned to Rory and asked in disbelief, “Did you not send out the invitations?”
“Mr. Javier, I informed them one-on-one on important matters as much. I have confirmed with the invited media multiple times. There is no room for error,” Rory confirmed, sweating from nervousness.
The event would start in 15 minutes, so there was no time to argue. Javier had no choice but to check out the venue for now.
Rory and the hotel manager helped to push open the heavy doors to the banquet hall. Their jaws fell to the floor at the scene in front of them.
A man stood tall in the middle of the empty hall with his back against the three men. Upon hearing the sound, the man slowly spun around with an icy look in his eyes.
“Jeremy?”
Jeremy stood ten feet away, meeting Javier’s gaze with an indifferent look. The row of black seats between them seemed like spiked bushes, just like their relationship.
The air in the banquet hall immediately froze. Rory and the hotel manager were gripped by shock and fear.
“Jeremy… Why are you here? What’s going on?” Javier formed a guess in mind, but he furiously demanded an answer from Jeremy.
“Isn’t it obvious, Mr. Javier?” Dressed in a grey four-piece suit, Jeremy stood tall in confrontation with Javier. His frostiness and imposing air overwhelmed Javier, who was used to being treated like a king. Javier held his breath.
Javier foresaw himself being outdone by Jeremy very soon. Jeremy’s authoritative behavior was the equal of Javier’s younger self, if not better. At that moment, Javier felt fortunate that there was no one else there to witness his humiliation.