"Are you leaving?"

Yulia asked with a hint of regret when she saw the man holding his car keys in his hand.

"Unfortunately my friend has been looking for me, urgently trying to communicate with me so I have to go home now. I'm sorry that I can't accompany you," said the man looking guilty.

Meanwhile, although he was looking sorry, his eyes were looking straight into Yulia's eyes, as if he was trying to communicate something to her. Yulia bit her lips while wringing her hands and turned to look at the main villa.

When she thought of Melinda, she really didn't want to go back to the banquet hall at all, because no one cared about her existence anyway.

"Can... can I go with you?"

Yulia asked after some hesitation. She liked hanging around the man because he gave her a sense of comfort and always took her seriously. He treated her as if she mattered.

"Are you sure you don't want to go back to the banquet?"

The man gave her a penetrating stare. His eyes seemed to see right through her thoughts at a glance. She nodded shyly, and said looking aggrieved, "I don't want to stay there at all.

"I'm going out for a drink with a few friends. Are you sure you are okay with that?"

The man suddenly walked up and touched Yulia's head, as if trying to comfort her. Such intimate behavior as if they were familiar with each other made Yulia blush. Then she threw caution to the wind and put her arms around the man's waist and said, "Take me away with you, please."

His chest did not disappoint. It was as warm as she had imagined, and he didn't refuse her request. She was sure that this person really must like her. She couldn't help but give a secret smile marveling at how lucky she was.

"Alright, let's go," the man said as he tagged Yulia's hand, leading her to the car.

Once Yulia got into the car, he made sure she was comfortable before he fastened her seat belt for her carefully.

"I don't know anything about you, at least tell me your name for starters."

Yulia had been so happy with all the attention she was receiving; she was in cloud nine, and had even forgotten to ask for his name. The man smiled exposing his well-lined teeth, fit for a toothpaste advert and said, "My name is Alan Lu."

"Alan?"

"What?"

Alan Lu looked at Yulia in confusion, while she was giggling and grinning like a Cheshire cat. The car was soon started and smoothly left the Gu's mansion, gaining power as it cruised down the freeway. Yulia was not worried that they were not talking to each other. She was very comfortable with the silence as long as she was sitting beside Alan Lu. She kept smiling the whole time until they reached their destination.

Several of Alan Lu’s friends were at the bar. As soon as he walked hand in hand with Yulia, they teased the two of them for a while as if it was not an everyday occurrence for Alan Lu to show up with a girl. Yulia was still adjusting to meeting so many strangers so she stayed quiet beside Alan Lu.

They started playing dice while Alan Lu drank as fast as he was playing, although he prevented Yulia from drinking as much. Soon he was too drunk to even hold his head up so he leaned on Yulia, and took a nap.

Yulia did not mind such intimate behavior and hoped for more.

The rest of his friends continued drinking and watching the show without giving them a single thought until it was past 1 a.m. before they started leaving one by one, each for their own direction. Before they left they would look at the two curiously as if just noticing that they were still there.

Yulia was getting drowsy and tired so Yulia took Alan Lu to the nearest hotel and booked the two of them a room. As soon as they got into the room, they both slumped into the bed at the same time. Yulia fell on Alan Lu who she had been struggling to hold upright and could barely move. Once it registered in her mind that she was actually on top of Alan Lu, she gingerly put her hands on his abdomen making provocative movements, trying to see if she could turn him on despite his drunken stupor.

Alan Lu sharply held his breath and stopped Yulia's hand from moving further.

"Miss Gu, need to take a shower fast."

Yulia knew that Alan Lu was rejecting her offer. He sounded more sober than she had assumed he was. Her face turned pale from embarrassment, but before she could apologize, she heard Alan Lu say, "We will have a better chance in the future."

The double meaning of his words was clearly reflected in the soft look that he gave her, and Yulia was instantly appeased. Sh

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

hing except look at Alan Lu with sharp eyes. So Alan Lu took his silence as his cue to start talking and give out his gifts.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry to visit you without an appointment. This is a gift I prepared for you. I hope you will like it."

"Take a seat, please. Gavin, ask the servants to start serving dinner."

Gavin accepted the gift on behalf of Nelson. Alan Lu then bought all the gifts for everyone with great care. Even Jonas and Melinda received gifts.

Nelson had always wanted Yulia to find a boyfriend. Now that she had gotten one, he didn't say much. He wasn't opposed to his presence, he just needed to get to know him well before he accepted him for his granddaughter's boyfriend.

"Aner Electronic Technology Company?" said Nelson aloud.

He felt as if the name was familiar before he remembered that Yulia had previously grilled him about this man relentlessly until he had to ask Gavin to help her out. It turned out that the young man Yulia had been interested in, was the man right in front of him. He looked nice, but Nelson needed time to know exactly how he was.

Jonas generally paid little attention to Yulia, but he was still interested in the man his sister was dating. The man was an IT guru, and the topics they were talking about were more IT oriented, since it was also an area of interest for Jonas.

Melinda didn't understand much what they were talking about, so she just ate quietly without bothering to embarrass herself by contributing to topics that she had no clue and were of no interest to her. She, however, noticed that Jonas's face was not as animated as usual; if anything; he seemed gloomy and kept getting annoyed by the minute. She was a little curious to find out what was affecting his mood so much.

"What's wrong? Don't you like him?"

Melinda asked Jonas after Alan Lu left.

"He should be an expert in the IT industry, but when I asked him some questions on IT, his answers were all wrong."

What Jonas said shocked Melinda. Didn't he say that he was an expert in the IT field? He shouldn't perform so badly when asked a few questions by Jonas. Now she understood why there was something wrong with Jonas's expression earlier.

"Do you think he is lying about his background?"

Jonas didn't reply, but his actions thereafter explained everything. He had asked William to send someone to investigate Alan Lu secretly.

"Is it appropriate for you to do that?"

Melinda asked. Jonas didn't think that he had done anything wrong. If there was something wrong with Alan Lu, it would just be more problems for him.

"I will only be at ease once I do my own investigation and everything is clear," answered Jonas, while still in deep thought.

Melinda didn't say anything. She didn't want to get involved; if anything, she'd better stay away from Yulia's issues.

However, no matter how secretive William had been, Yulia finally got to hear about it. She heard that her brother was doubting her beloved man, so Yulia had gone to confront Jonas without thinking.