"Maurice, so am I."
"Aleigha, don't you like money?"
"I like the moon! I like the sun! Are you going to give me them?"
Aleigha felt ridiculous and shook her head helplessly.
"I suggest we go out together for some time. I don't mind that you are Adrian's woman."
"Maurice, Adrian and I are married. Do you know that? We are husband and wife!"
"You may divorce. As long as you are willing to, divorce is not impossible. You said..."
"Sir, madam, what else do you want?"
The waiter appeared and interrupted Maurice in time.
"A bottle of red wine, you have the final say, as long as it is not too bad."
Maurice blushed awfully and felt agitated suddenly.
Noticing his changes, Aleigha took a sip of warm water and looked outside the window.
A hot figure in bright red banged into Aleigha's sight. She was heading for this restaurant.
Aleigha narrowed her eyes to confirm that the comer was Leona.
A sneer flashed past her face, and she turned to look at Maurice.
"Aleigha, I'm cool now. Don't take my words as jokes."
Maurice took a sip of red wine and resumed the old topic.
"Maurice, you're drunk. It's not the wine that intoxicated but the drinker who gets himself drunk. We are not matched."
There was anger in Aleigha's eyes, and she sounded impatient.
"Is that so?"
Maurice stared at her, raised his glass, and drank out.
Their conversation came to a stalemate. Maurice's complex feelings about Aleigha confused and depressed him recently.
For Maurice, women were at beck and call, so love was a joke for a man like him.
However, he couldn't figure out his feelings toward Aleigha. She surprised and amazed him with something new in each meeting.
He had no dates for days. Involuntarily, he would compare his dates with Aleigha whenever a new woman appeared in his life.
This was terrible and dangerous for him! To make things worse, the woman in front of him was Adrian's woman.
"Aleigha, what a coincidence! This is..."
Leona came for an appointment with her friend, but her friend was not here yet. She spotted Aleigha not long after her sitting down.
Leona observed for a while and got thrilled by one discovery.
Leona didn't bother to pretend friends in front of Aleigha anymore. Now, she was eager to prove her guess.
"Get lost!"
Maurice was so agitated that he vented his anger on the woman who had appeared out of nowhere.
Leona was stunned. She turned to the angry man, and his face astonished her.
'Maurice! What is he doing here?'
"What are you waiting for? Didn't you hear me?" Maurice looked at Leona from the corner of his eyes, and he would like to eat her alive with his glares only if possible.
Leona retreated with panic. She shot a glance at Aleigha before running away.
Leona put on a smiley face the moment she turned around, as her heart filled with joy.
'My instinct is right! Something bad must be happening between them.'
Back to her seat, Leona was anxious to take some snapshots for the couple.
"Who is that woman?"
Maurice was not a fool and noticed the hilarity of Leona.
"A woman who will celebrate my death."
"I can help you extinguish her delusion."
"Well, I don't need help to deal with a stupid woman."
Looking at Aleigha, Maurice burst into laughter. The depression in his heart disappeared in an instant.
'This woman is interesting!'
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