***** It was only after some time did Shana eventually return to her senses, and the dumbfounded expression on her face was replaced with anger that could pierce into someone's bone and marrow. Standing up helplessly, her body released a slight killing intent as she glared ferociously in the direction of her classroom before turning around to leave. Surprisingly, instead of hating Cliff who had smacked her in the face and publicly embarrassed her, all her hatred was actually directed at Alex. “It was that bastard’s fault?” “How dare trash like him?! What right does he have to make my baby slap me?” “I won’t rest until his life was destroyed?!” She growled darkly to herself silently, then with those thoughts spiraling ferociously in her mind, she started searching around for Cliff to appease his anger. She didn’t even bother to pause for a second to think about why Cliff, who had despised Alex more than she does, had slapped her and acted like he was close with Ale
***** Without further ado, Alex rushed to pay his tuition immediately after he left the Dean’s office, shocking and face-smacking everybody in the finance department at the same time. And from then on, unless his grade falls below a certain level, which is impossible, or he violates the school's rules and regulations, he shall not be at any risk of being expelled anymore. The school had already closed by the time he was done, but he still went to his classroom because he had a hunch that Jewel was still waiting for him there, and as he had thought, she was still there, fidgeting and staring unblinkingly toward the entrance when he got there. Apart from her, the class was completely devoid of people right now. The instant she saw Alex walk in, the worry on her face vanished, and a huge grin took over, her heartbeat also finally settled down. This was the power of friendship to those who had lacked and had never experienced it before. Not especially when that friend was som
***** Had Alex known that the person he was going to meet was, well, the person he would have been excited to meet, he would have placed more effort into the gift he wanted to buy, but unfortunately, he was only going there simply because of his intention to satisfy his deceased mother and grandmother’s wishes, but was going to reject the arranged marriage afterward. ‘With my current identity, how could I settle down for an arranged marriage and not someone I truly loved? Also, am I still too young to consider marriage now?’ This was his thought in simple terms, but in narcissistic terms, it was: ‘With my two identities as a cultivator and the heir of one of the most powerful families in the world, I could easily have any number of jade beauties I want; how could I marry someone I don’t know? Wouldn’t that mean I was being taken advantage of?’ With these two thoughts in his mind, Alex casually bought a glass of wine for the girl’s father and a necklace for her mother. W
***** Gazing everywhere, Alex was filled with confusion right now.‘Am I at the wrong place?’He mulled to himself before removing a piece of paper from his pants pocket. Checking what he had written there earlier, he became even more confused.“I’m definitely at the exact address given to me by grandmother,” he muttered to himself with his face furrowing.Filled to the brim with this confusion, Alex continued waiting for the person who had gone inside to return.After a while, the servant returned with his face now filled with arrogance, which was utterly different from the respectful expression on his face before he left to report Alex’s arrival, he gazed arrogantly at Alex.Well… it wasn’t that Alex was bothered at all by this.“The Matriarch has ordered you to come in and quit wasting hers and everybody’s precious time.”This finally made Alex’s brows squint.It wasn’t because of how he had been addressed, rather, it was because he realized that he hadn’t gone to
**** It was Jewel’s cousin who was also getting engaged on that day that asked this question, which instantly startled everybody and made them start gazing from Alex to Jewel repeatedly, with funny expressions appearing on their faces. ‘How could they have known each other?!’ ‘One is from a famous and wealthy family while the other is from a humble background.’ As for Alex and Jewel, although they had finally returned to their senses after hearing Caterina’s question, the shock and confusion on their faces didn’t reduce at all and rather only intensified. Finally, after some moments, the two eventually realized what was going on, then for the first time since a very long time ago, Jewel unexpectedly smiled before her family members, and instantly, all the frostiness on her face melted away in the blink of an eye. Witnessing this, everybody in the hall became shocked to the brim, thinking they were seeing the wrong person. As for Damon, the moment he saw the smiling Angel whose
***** To cut a long story short, Alex was ridiculed even more, and all the remaining bit of humane feeling they had for him left because not only does he not buy anything for their grandmother, he even bought a cheap wine for his future father-in-law.Because of this, everybody directly snorted with disgust when they saw the necklace he bought for Jewel’s mother, thinking it was also going to be a useless piece of junk.Contradictory to how they treated Alex, Damon was instantly loved more, especially when they compared him to Alex.Everybody felt that the difference between the duo was like heaven and earth, that Alex doesn’t even have the right to be mentioned amidst Damon’s servant.Although Alex felt the deep contempt and disdain given to him by the crowd, he simply doesn’t give a fuck.Normally, he had been trained to an extent that he could be utterly indifferent to curses, so their disdain took no pin from him.If one person was furious by the way Alex was being tr
***** Although Alex is unwilling to acknowledge this to himself, so as not to become accustomed to it, the meal that Dami prepared for him was unquestionably delectable and lavish. Not only was it made well, all the ingredients used were the best amongst the bests in the market. “Master, hope you enjoyed your meal?” Immediately the question sounded, Alex who was just finishing the last steak on his plate nodded his head softly, appreciating slightly without showing whether he meant it or not. Finishing this last steak, just before Alex could propose cleaning the dishes, Dami jumped to her feet and packed the entire tableware. Witnessing this, Alex’s brows furrowed tightly and he quickly convinced himself. “No! I must stop all this! How could I accept everything without any guilty conscience.” Making up his mind, he stood up and followed Dami into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen, Alex realized to his astonishment that the place was already stocked with all sorts of ingredient
***** The following day, Dami once more made Alex's breakfast before he arose. But since they had already settled matters the previous night, Alex ate his meal without any sense of guilt.Done, Dami drove him to school.Due to this, the assassins dispatched by the head of the Sotto Family to terminate Alex's life, who had been loitering at the school entrance since the previous evening, failed to get hold of Alex.Not knowing anything, Alex exited the beautiful red Ferrari car when Dami suddenly informed him that she was already preparing to transfer to his school, which instantly got Alex an unexpected headache.Then he watched as Dami drove off.But just as he was about to go to his classroom, a voice filled with rudeness and contempt sounded behind him.“I almost didn’t want to believe it when I heard the rumor, that you’ve become a gigolo. So it wasn’t a lie.”Alex immediately stopped in his track when he heard this, then turning around, the face of a young guy who