Chapter 6 A Lesson
The banquet hall fell silent; everyone was shocked.
“Didn’t you hear me? Or my orders don’t count?” seeing that the security guard remained motionless, Cohen said sternly with a darkened expression. Apparently, he was on the verge of losing his temper.
The security guard snapped back to reality and stepped forward at once, saying to Melvin and Alyvia, “Please come with me.”
Randall might be the director, but Cohen was the vice president.
Besides, everyone in Radiance Group knew Cohen had been close friends with Gordon, the chairman, for years. They were as thick as thieves.
“Dad…” Alyvia felt so aggrieved that she was about to cry. If she really was kicked out today, she would be too embarrassed to show her face int public ever again.
Randall frowned and was about to say something when he noticed. Cohen’s gaze on him.
He swallowed the words he intended to say, cleared his throat, and could only say, “You two, go back.”
Alyvia lost her last shred of hope, and Melvin felt utterly awkward.
The two glared at Tianna in unison. The sight of Tianna sipping her champagne leisurely as if nothing had happened further pissed them off, and they wished they could kill Tianna on the spot.
Alyvia and Melvin were thrown out, which put an end to the drama. As Randall turned around to leave, he glanced at Tianna meaningfully. “Impressive, Ms. Bennett. You’re certainly something. I’ll keep what
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happened today in mind.”
Alyvia and Melvin weren’t the only ones insulted today; he, as the director of the Purchasing Department, was equally humiliated.
Tianna raised her glass to him, smiling. “Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Duarte.”
Randall snorted and turned away.
After the crowd dispersed, Cohen sighed helplessly, “Tia, you’ve completely messed with Randall today.”
“Yeah. so? He’s the first one I wanna deal with.” She didn’t give a damn whether she messed with him or not.
“I envy you. Young people are always so energetic and enthusiastic. I have high hopes for you,” Cohen smiled, showing no signs of blaming
her.
She stood up and said sweetly, “Thanks, Cohen. I’m young, and I’m sure I have a lot to learn from you.”
“Don’t say that,” Cohen smiled kindly while waving his hand. “Gordon and I go way back. Besides, I’ve watched you grow up. Of course, I’ll protect you.”
“Thanks, Cohen,” Tianna smiled, but then her expression suddenly changed. Someone was watching her.
She looked up and accurately locked eyes with the person who had been staring at her.
It was him.
She was very surprised to see Levi so soon after the car accident.
They looked at each other across the crowd. Then Levi nodded slightly
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and turned away.
In the elevator, Rafael had just snapped out of his shock. “Levi, were you serious just now? A vacation? No way.”
Levi was a well–known workaholic. Since he took over the Wilkinson Group, he hadn’t taken a single day off.
And now, he claimed he was going to take a vacation? Something wast off.
“Also, who was that woman downstairs? You asked me to crash into her car that day, and now you’re here. I have every reason to believe you’re here specifically for her.”
The elevator reached the first floor, and Levi stepped out, saying coldly, “You talk too much.”
Rafael was rendered speechless for a second.
He was simply so curious.
Yet. he knew that as long as Levi didn’t want to tell him, then he would
never know.
Sighing, he followed Levi. Then he thought of something and said, “Oh, by the way, I just got word yesterday. Dr. B is back.”
Levi stopped in his tracks and turned around to look at Rafael, who nodded and looked serious. “I think it’s true.”
“Find a way to reach out. And agree to whatever price they ask,” Levi said.
Rafael nodded, knowing Levi had been searching for Dr. B for the past. two years. Levi was anxious, which was likely because of the deteriorating condition of Rhett Wilkinson, Levi’s dad.
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The two were about to get into the car when they noticed someone. lurking near the hotel entrance.
Rafael couldn’t help but chuckle. “Melvin? He didn’t leave after getting kicked out?”
A cold glint flashed through Levi’s eyes. He stood by the car door, yet showing no intention of leaving.
Soon. Tianna walked out. She was on her phone texting someone and didn’t notice Melvin in the dark.
“Tianna!”
Melvin dashed out from the right side and appeared in front of her all of a sudden, startling her. Almost subconsciously, she threw a punch, which landed right on his right eye.
He cried out in pain while covering his eye and bent down, looking quite miserable.
Tianna rubbed her wrist. Only then did she realize it was Melvin. She cleared her throat and said, “Don’t blame. You popped up out of nowhere
and scared me.”
“You bitch. Tianna! You actually hit me?” Melvin gritted his teeth.
furious.
She felt bad for punching him at first. Yet, hearing him curse at her, she pulled a long face and said coldly, “Say that again? What did you call. me? Guess I didn’t punch you hard enough.”
“You…”
Before he could finish his sentence, she punched him in the left eye. Then she withdrew her hand and nodded in satisfaction. “It’s symmetrical now.”
Melvin stumbled back as he covered both eyes, looking stunned and
terrified. “Since when have you become like this?”
“Cut the crap. What do you want?” She didn’t bother to waste her time on him. They were divorced already.
It took Melvin quite a long time before recovering. Biting back the excruciating pain in his eyes, he managed to ask, “What’s your relationship with Mr. Hudson?”
“None of your business.” She glanced at him, finding him a big busybody.
Gritting his teeth, he glared at her. “Tianna, you shouldn’t have stooped so low even though we’re divorced. I mean, he’s as old as your dad, right? How could you bear to sleep with him? Aren’t you disgusted?
“You hooked up with him right after our divorce. Don’t tell me you were already involved even before the divorce.
“I used to think you were a decent woman. But now? Maybe I’m wrong. Who knows what you’ve been doing behind my back?”
He was pretty convinced that she had cheated on him while they were married. The thought made him utterly pissed off.
Tianna put her phone away, flexed her wrist, and cracked her knuckles. “Sure enough. I didn’t punch you hard enough.”
“You… You… What are you gonna do?” Terrified, Melvin backed away.
In the next second, his howls echoed through the sky.
Not far away, Rafael covered his eyes, not daring to watch. “She’s so brutal. I’m glad she wasn’t mad when I crashed into her car, or…”
His frail body trembled vulnerably.
“Look into the Jimenez family.” Levi opened the car door with a faint smile on his lips.
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Rafael followed suit, still feeling unreal. “Levi, tell me the truth. Are you really interested in that woman?”
“That woman? Show some respect.” Levi found the way Rafael addressed. Tianna was very rude.
Rafael pursed his lips. After quite a while, he steeled himself and said, “So, you came to Ridgedale for her?”
Though Levi remained silent, he already had his answer.
He was dying to know who that woman was. Levi seemed to care about.
her a lot.
He realized he had to get someone to look into her. Levi had never dated, and he could easily be fooled by a beautiful woman.
Beautiful women were most adept at deception.
