Tremaine hugged Yesseca. "I won't leave you."
"Let me go."
"I won't let you go!"
"You bastard!"
Tremaine calmly looked at Yesseca and whispered into her ear, "Silly goose, I know why you're so upset tonight."
Yesseca held her breath.
She then said angrily. "That has nothing to do with you."
Tremaine ignored her and continued, "It's because I didn't let you look beautiful in front of Navidia. Do you think Navidia is even worth comparing over you?"
Yesseca's face turned red after she realized that Tremaine had hit the nail on the head.
She raised her voice slightly, "You... you're talking nonsense!"
There was a trace of guilt in her voice. She didn't think that Tremaine would have noticed.
Tremaine's eyes twitched.
Matthew had been right.
Tremaine really didn't have a clue about women.
But now Tremaine was curious.
All he knew was that Matthew ran the Perry Group, but he didn't know which part of the Perry Group he was involved in. Now he suddenly wondered, did the Perry Group specialize in women's health products?
That must be why Matthew was so good with women!
"Silly goose, you really are silly." After a moment, Tremaine said, "Use your head and think about it. There's nothing to compare between you and that lopsided pair of eyes!"
Yesseca then said with a voice filled with jealousy that even she never knew she had, "Of course there's nothing I have to compare to her. Princess Navidia is so beautiful, and she had such a beautiful evening gown on. Her whole body was shining brilliantly. I could never compare to her!"
There was one other thing that Yesseca didn't say out loud. She had sat opposite to Navidia, and looked like an ugly duckling.
Tremaine was speechless after hearing Yesseca say all of that.
He wanted to turn Yesseca around so that he could look her in the face.
Yesseca refused to move.
She said, "Tremaine, stop pulling me around! Let go of me!"
Tremaine then said without hesitating, "Turn around and look at me."
"Why should I turn around?!"
"Because I want to take a good look at your silly face." Tremaine thought to himself. How stupid Yesseca must be to have said something like that.
Yesseca became even angrier when she heard this.
They both pushed and pulled at each even more vigorously than before. In the end, Tremaine wasn't able to turn her around.
Yesseca huffed, "You're right, I have a silly face. Since it's so silly, there's no point looking at it."
Tremaine was quiet.
He then corrected himself and said, "I didn't mean to say that. Yesseca, I want to take a good look at your beautiful face."
She wasn't buying his fake compliment. Instead, she grew angrier and said, "Let go of your hand. I don't want to see you. Leave!"
Tremaine exhaled deeply.
Matthew's voice then rang out clearly in his mind.
He had to be patient when he was dealing with women.
Right, patience.
Tremaine softened his tone and said, "Yesseca, do you know why I didn't ask you to change your clothes tonight? Because in my heart, you are already the most beautiful woman in the world. You don't need gorgeous clothing to serve your beauty at all. Even if you went with a burlap sack on, you'd still be the most beautiful woman there. No matter how hard other women try, they can't compare to even a segment of your little finger."
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