Connor leaned back in his chair with a playful face and he crossed his legs, looking very arrogant.
They had finally exposed their conspiracy. They invited Tom to dinner tonight for revenge.
Clarissa was very angry. she HAD believed in Smith so much and tried her best to invite Tom to dinner, but it turned out that Smith took advantage of her.
"Mr. Smith, how could you do this? You said you were going to apologize to Mr. Howard, but you brought a boxer to make things difficult for Mr. Howard!" Clarissa said angrily.
Smith did not feel guilty at all. Instead, when he saw Clarissa so angry, he felt even happier. He spread out his hands and said, "I've apologized to Mr. Howard. You all heard that. Now it's my friend who wants to compete with him. Is anything wrong? Besides, he just said that he thought my friend was no match for him, but now he's afraid. Can you blame me?"
Clarissa did not know how to refute his words for a moment. Tom did say that Connor was not his opponent just now, but he was too impulsive.
She said to Tom, "Mr. Howard, I'm sorry. I didn't expect the dinner to turn out like this tonight. It's all my fault..."
As she spoke, Clarissa's tears turned red.
Tom didn't know how to react to her tears and said quickly, "Hey, Miss Brown, why are you crying? I don't blame you at all."
Tom couldn't understand Clarissa. Why was she crying all of a sudden?
That was because he couldn't feel Clarissa's guilt. She thought that she had dragged Tom into trouble and felt especially guilty.
Smith and the others were even more arrogant when they saw that Clarissa was crying. They laughed in a weird way.
"Mr. Howard, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..." Clarissa gritted her teeth tightly, feeling ashamed of herself. 'How can I cry?' She thought.
Tom sighed, took out two pieces of tissue, handed it to Clarissa, and said, "Why are you crying? You did a good thing but not a bad thing. These foreigners are very arrogant. I believe you have been angry with them for the past few days. But don't worry. After tonight, they won't dare to be arrogant anymore."
Clarissa took Tom's tissue and felt very warm, but she didn't understand what Tom meant.
Then Tom turned around and said to Smith, "Do you mean that if I beat him, you will apologize?"
Smith said confidently, "That's right. But if you can't beat Connor, you have to apologize to Connor, because you have said that Conner was not your opponent and ruined Connor's reputation."
"Okay." Tom agreed and said, "Pick a place. I'll fight him."
Smith and Connor looked at each other and saw the excitement and grimace in each other's eyes. Great, Tom was in their trap!
"There happened to be a fight club upstairs with an octagonal cage on it. I think it's the best place." Smith said with a smile, his eyes shining with excitement.
Hearing the octagonal cage, Clarissa's two bodyguards' faces immediately darkened. They said in a low voice, "He shouldn't go into the octagonal cage. If unlucky, he may die!"
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