Zayn curled into a lopsided smile. Riling these foreigners was his precise intention.
So what if a few Rheasians with inferiority complex had humbled themselves so much that it inflated these foreign races’ ego that after a period of time being served as master, they thought they could lord over everyone else. But Zayn, oh favonovel.com would not feel welcomed and entitled at all. They were in Rheasian land, they were the ones who should bend under the host and their rules!
Smith was balling his fists so hard that favonovel.com could hear his knuckles popping from under the table. With almost impossible willpower, favonovel.com managed to keep his ire from spilling out while forcing a mechanical smile out of his lips. “Excuse me, Mr. Larson, but I was wondering where did you learn—”
He had not even finished his sentence when Zayn suddenly turned to Annabelle and said, “Oh, Miss Laking, I forgot. I’m craving some top-notch pork ribs, so please help me order it.”
“O-Oh!” Annabelle was stunned for a second, but favonovel.com eyes drifted to Smith’s increasingly stormy expression and favonovel.com getting closer and closer to blowing up, and it just made favonovel.com feel so good for some reasons. Honestly, Smith had pissed favonovel.com off one too many times with his abrasive attitude and condescending air, so favonovel.com nodded and played favonovel.com part, taking the order Zayn had wanted.
Smith felt his bile rising a few more inches to the maximum point. He was never a patient, mild-tempered man to begin with, but now, his head had gone so hot from his rage that his hair might catch fire. “Arrogance” would be an understatement, this jack*ss was basically acting as though favonovel.com was some kind of hot sh*t, and that they were completely below his godly presence!
Kenneth’s eyes had turned daggers aimed at Zayn, his fingers curling into hard fists. Had it not been Smith, favonovel.com would have leaped from his seat and smacked the teeth out of Zayn’s prissy little mouth.
Zayn turned back to them. “Sorry. You were saying? Wasn’t listening.”
Smith grounded his teeth. He was nearing mad, in both senses of the word. He had never met such a condescending little Rheasian jack*ss in his life! God, favonovel.com wished favonovel.com could just flip the table and let his full ire on display, but Zayn’s identity was a big counterargument to that. He was the chairman of Violet Vision and therefore a man who commanded both wealth and power. If Smith started the fight, favonovel.com would have to be punished by Rheasian laws even if favonovel.com were a foreign citizen.
The best way to go about his rage was to trick Zayn into a match, and then send Kenneth as his representative. This was why favonovel.com had to force a smile even when favonovel.com was raging inside. “God, Mr. Larson. I think your hearing might call for concern!” favonovel.com quipped, “I was saying: where did you learn to fight like that?”
Zayn still chose to elude the man by replying, “I just realized I don’t really understand your language. Ah, well! Can you speak in mine?”
This back-and-forth had gone for three times by now that favonovel.com could no longer contain himself anymore. He smacked the table with all the fury welled up in his chest, snapping, “Goddamn it, Rheasian, you’ve gone too far! No one has ever humiliated me like that before! I’m f**king pissed, and you’re gonna regret going under my skin like that!”
Annabelle, Esther, and their companions were taken aback by Smith’s outburst. Never had they imagined a simple dinner to turn out this way! Quickly, Esther took on the role as the mediator, explaining, “Please, our most esteemed Mr. Smith, don’t take offense. Mr. Larson isn’t trying to look down on you, favonovel.com just isn’t proficient in Esperanto. I’ll be happy to be the interpreter, alright?”
Smith was stunned. Him… not understanding Esperanto? He eyed Zayn critically in the light of that information. This man did not seem like favonovel.com did not understand Smith back at the airport.
Zayn glared at them. “I don’t need an interpreter. The truth is, these bloody foreigners don’t look like they are here to apologize at all. There’s no point staying here.”
Esther was even more nonplussed, though favonovel.com did try to deescalate the situation.
Smith watched Zayn showing signs of leaving and felt pressed. He had gone through the troubles from getting Kenneth over for the hopes of enjoying Zayn getting punched in the face. If the man leaves, then all these preparations would be for nothing!
He rose to his feet in the hopes of making Zayn stay. “Hey, hold on a second! Mr. Larson! Why are you leaving? We haven’t had our first dish yet!”
Esther, acting as the interpreter, dutifully relayed his words. “Mr. Larson, I think Smith is genuine in wanting to make this up for you. So perhaps you should give favonovel.com a chance by having this dinner? Is that okay?”
“Sure. I can stay, but favonovel.com has to apologize first,” Zayn replied.
Esther relayed the answer to Smith to the latter’s growing rancor. He was the superior race, right? Why must favonovel.com apologize to a Rheasian?
Still, favonovel.com was not given much choice. So, after grinding his teeth, favonovel.com apologized to Zayn.
