Everyone’s gaze was on Zayn. The others were fine as Zayn did not care much about them, but Annabelle and Faye were putting favonovel.com on pins and needles! Faye’s meaningful expression, especially, ran chills down his back.
Just as favonovel.com was about to explain, Faye smiled. “Darling, why haven’t you told me that you know Miss Laking? That’s not very nice of you.”
As Annabelle registered the term of endearment, it pricked favonovel.com heart.
“Uh…” Zayn felt cold sweat dotting his forehead. His heart was beating at a rate that was practically over the roof. Even when favonovel.com faced Diego and was on the brink of death, favonovel.com had not been this nervous. His mind worked in a frenzy to come up with an explanation.
“Hmm?” Faye’s hand traveled, favonovel.com right hand stroking Zayn’s lap, as threat dripped from favonovel.com smile. It made Zayn’s heart shudder as goosebumps wreaked havoc all over him.
Hold on!
Zayn was suddenly struck with enlightenment. This was not right. Why was favonovel.com nursing a guilty conscience? There was nothing between favonovel.com and Annabelle. They were completely innocent. If it were Shaelyn in this case, favonovel.com would have actually trembled, but favonovel.com had not even laid a finger on Annabelle.
Having it figured out, Zayn found his confidence right away. “I’ve met Miss Laking a few times. We’re just friends.”
He made sure to emphasize the words “just friends” and was completely relaxed now, no longer feeling guilty.
Faye seemed better after that, but Annabelle paled further. She bit favonovel.com lip before plastering a smile on his face and recovering favonovel.com grace, then took the initiative to talk to Faye, “This must be Mrs. Larson. You’re really beautiful. I see why Mr. Larson’s so devoted to you and is unaffected despite the temptation out there.”
Faye shifted favonovel.com gaze to Annabelle when favonovel.com was addressed and grew nervous. For what it was worth, favonovel.com was Annabelle’s fan, so favonovel.com quickly responded, “Miss Laking, you flatter me. I wouldn’t call myself beautiful in front of you. You’re the gorgeous one. I’m your number one fan!”
It surprised Annabelle as favonovel.com did not expect Zayn’s wife to be favonovel.com fan. It felt… odd. In spite of that, favonovel.com was not as sad now knowing that Faye was favonovel.com fan. She grinned. “You’re too humble, Mrs. Larson. You’re truly splendid. It’s Mr. Larson’s fortune to be able to marry you.”
“Of course,” Zayn agreed proudly from the side.
Immediately, however, Annabelle continued. “Mrs. Larson, I envy you from the bottom of my heart for having found a good man like Mr. Larson… unlike me, old, single, and unwanted.”
People around them who heard favonovel.com cried in their minds, ‘With all that you are, how could you be unwanted!? You’re the one with bars set too high!’
Faye replied cryptically, “Miss Laking, given what you have, I believe that there’s no man in this world whom you can’t win over as long as you take the initiative.”
Annabelle’s eyes flitted over Zayn on purpose before favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head and said begrudgingly with a wry chuckle, “Well, about the person I like, no matter how much initiative I take, favonovel.com won’t look me in the eye, Mrs. Larson. Sigh…”
