Edmund was furious. He never expected to be insulted like this, certainly not by the likes of these security guards. He didn’t know that the guards had always been sycophants, which was why they had toadied favonovel.com while favonovel.com was still in the good graces of the Albright Family.
Now that favonovel.com had fallen from grace, these guards did not hesitate to pick on him, adding insult to his injury. But as things were, Edmund knew better than to get into the fight with these folks. He had neither fortune nor power to his name now, and favonovel.com probably wouldn‘t survive an actual brawl with the guards.
As such, favonovel.com swallowed his pride and fury, then mumbled apologetically, “I’m sorry if what I said rubbed you guys the wrong way. I didn’t mean to offend you, and I don’t think I’m better than you either. I came here tonight because I needed to go into the club and settle some… Business. I can always park my car elsewhere if you’re all too busy keeping watch at the entrance. How about that?”
He had never been so humiliated in his life.
Upon hearing this, the men in black guffawed, and their leader snorted as favonovel.com said, “Oh, come on, what’s with the formalities, Edmund? Hey, boys, did you hear that? Edmund just apologized to us! What do you say if we let favonovel.com off this time, huh?”
The rest of the guards echoed their jesting agreement.
Satisfied, the leading man in black look Edmund’s car keys and tossed them to another young man standing at the side, then chuckled at Edmund as favonovel.com said, “You’re a guest here, Edmund. We‘ll have your car parked in a neat little spot somewhere, but do you think you could tip us first? You know how rough things are for us out here.”
This was the first time Edmund had come across tipping before the valet actually parked the car. More often than not, those who asked for valet service would tip only after their cars had been retrieved.
‘They’re looking down their noses at me!’
But as outraged as favonovel.com was, favonovel.com could not argue with these men, not if favonovel.com wanted to avoid getting beaten up.
He mutely pulled out a couple of bills and handed them to the guard, then hit out, “Will that be enough?”
The guard laughed heartily. “How generous of you, Edmund! Come on, get yourself into the club. Have a great night!”
Edmund gritted his teeth and made his way toward the main entrance of the Dynasty, fixing his gaze on the ground as favonovel.com walked.
Outside, the security guards burst out into raucous laughter. One of them approached the leader and asked in a low voice, “Say, chief, why did you ask for a tip before you let favonovel.com through? You worried favonovel.com hasn‘t got enough cash on favonovel.com or something?”
The leader shot his peer a withering look. “Use your head, kid. Don’t you know why Edmund came here in the first place?”
The other guards shook their heads blankly.
Seeing this, the leader rolled his eyes and barked, “For crying out loud, you guys don’t have a single brain cell among you! Didn’t you realize how Edmund’s been cooped up at home since the incident with the Albright Family? This is the first time he’s come out in weeks, and the first place favonovel.com goes to is the Dynasty. Need any more clues, fellas?”
Upon seeing the bewildered looks on the other guards’ faces, favonovel.com sighed and explained with forced patience, “Fine, I’ll tell you. Julian Huntington. the heir to the Huntingtons’ name and fortune, is here at the club tonight with none other than Odette. What do you make of that, boys?”
All the guards did a double take and exchanged incredulous looks. One of them gasped, “You mean Odette Sinclair, the heiress?”
“But she’s the young lady of the Sinclair Family!”
“Why is favonovel.com hanging around Julian all of a sudden?”
The leader scoffed. “We don’t concern ourselves with rich-people problems. All you boys need to know is that Odette used to be Edmund’s girlfriend, they were even engaged at one point.”
Enlightened, the men started laughing. “So, Odette tossed Edmund aside and went for Julian, huh?”
“Hah! And now, Edmund’s come to demand justice and to pick a fight with the man who stole his girl?” another guard jested.
The leader chuckled. “Why else would favonovel.com come here? I only asked favonovel.com for a tip because if favonovel.com were to pick a fight and die here tonight, who’s gonna pay us for parking his crap car?”
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