Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 399

Chapter 399

“Having some display of affection to look at is already good enough. What's there to whine about?”

Zayron scratched the back of his head and frowned slightly as he climbed up the countertop and started serving himself some soup.

He acted as if his parents were not even there in the first place.

Bailey had the urge to smack him, but Artemis stopped her.

“I also think that you're biased. I only see you smacking him. Why do you not do that to the other two as well?”

Bailey turned around and glared at him. “Anymore nonsense from you and I'll smack you too.”

Uh...

Artemis scratched his nose and mustered his courage to pull his wife aside before asking with an arched brow, “I just heard you telling Victoria that there'll be a wedding in a few days. Bailey, you can't treat your words as nonsense. When will you go with me to register our marriage?”

Before Bailey could reply, Zayron yelled as he walked by while carrying a bowl of soup, “Hurry up and marry this crazy woman. Don't let her trouble me anymore.”

Bailey lifted her leg and was about to kick the boy when Artemis quickly stopped her.

“The kid is carrying soup. You might burn him by accident.”

The next moment, Bailey kicked him in the calf, and what she said next rendered him speechless.

“You wish to marry me? Wait another ten years, and we shall see.”

Zayron burst into laughter. “Why don't you marry her in another ten years, Artemis? By then, I'll be an adult and have a girlfriend. We can have a double wedding then.”

“Buzz off.”

Zayron was at a loss for words.

...

That night, in a room on the third floor of Century Hotel, Zeke was leaning against the backseat of the couch as his assistant spoke beside him. “Mr. Shurmer, the dinner will start in an hour. Please take a rest first. I'll go and welcome the guests.”

Zeke hummed in response.

Shurmer Group had hundreds of pharmaceutical companies across the globe, and behind this vast corporate empire were burdensome trifles that currently fell solely on him.

Initially, he thought of training Zoey to share some of his burdens, but his younger sister had dived headlong into a relationship.

How can she spare any thought of helping me carry the family burden?

Someone knocked on the door, and he responded softly, “Please come in.”

A waiter pushed the door open and walked in before moving the tray from the cart onto the table. “Here's the red wine you ordered, Mr. Shurmer.”

“Mm.”

Meanwhile, Juliana was resting with her eyes closed while leaning against the seat in an ordinary-looking MPV at the hotel's basement parking lot.

Just then, the phone in her hand rang.

She had just swiped to answer and was about to speak when the person on the end beat her to it. “It's all arranged, Ms. Hoffman. Mr. Shurmer is in Room 302 on the third floor. When you come up, try to avoid the cameras.”

Juliana immediately sat up straight and gripped her phone tightly as her body trembled slightly.

Has this moment finally arrived?

She felt a little nervous.

I thought I was not afraid of anything, but I didn't expect that there would be times when I felt insecure and hesitant to take a step forward.

“Ms. Hoffman, Ms. Hoffman, are you listening?”

Juliana was brought back to reality by the voice on the other end of the phone.

“Huh? Oh, I'm here. Go ahead.”

“As the dinner is starting in an hour, I didn't mix in a heavy dosage of the drug, so you must hurry.”

“Okay. Got it. By the way, he won't recognize me, right?”

“Don't worry. Not only did I add an aphrodisiac in it, but I also added a hallucinogen. He'll be groggy for a short time. Plus, it's dark inside, so I'm sure he won't recognize you.”

“All right. Got it.”