Chapter 476


    It was a busy day, where some people were happy while some were sad. Myra and Tony were a


    perfect match, and those who were skeptical about this couple finally stoppedmenting on them.


    Tony was worried that Myra would be exhausted, so he sent her back to the lounge to get some rest.


    After all, it was inadvisable for pregnant women to stand for too long. Myra was indeed exhausted too,


    so she listened to Tony’s advice. Originally, Tony wanted to ask Heather to keep Myra apanied,


    but Myra stopped him from doing so.


    “Look at them. They seem to be getting along pretty well, so let’s not disturb them,” Myra said while


    pointing at Heather and Lucas, who were standing not too far away from them. Tony didn’t want to spoil


    his brother’s good time either, so he restrained from calling Heather along.


    When Heather realized Myra and Tony had disappeared, the couple were already having a sweet time


    in the lounge. Noticing Heather was gazing around, Lucas asked casually, “Are you looking for


    someone?” Lucas was not used to getting along withdies, and neither was he skilful in courting them.


    “The bride and the groom have gone missing,” Heather said in resignation. In fact, she didn’t dislike


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    Lucas. She even found him pretty cute with his clumsiness.


    “They…” Lucas paused halfway through his sentence. “They might have gone to take a rest.” Lucas


    was nervous about being stared at by Heather, and he thought this was the result of sparks flying.


    “I guess so.” Heather tried to put on a gentle expression as she attempted to get along naturally with


    Lucas.


    However, she couldn’t find a topic to continue the conversation with Lucas, unlike when she was with


    Matthias; she could be herself and say whatever that was on her mind.


    She could even be more real when she was with Matthiaspared to Myra. After all, Matthias was


    aware of her dark sides. This was probably the reason why Heather had feelings toward Matthias


    which was inexplicable.


    “You must be hungry. I’ll go get you some food.” Lucas was quite thoughtful. It was just that he wasn’t


    enlightened yet at this moment and didn’t know how to please women.


    Heather was about to reject him, but Lucas had already left to take the food, seeing which Heather


    thought it was inappropriate to stop him. She was indeed hungry, but she didn’t feel all that hungry


    anymore after starving for some time. Moreover, that nce from Matthias had made her flustered and


    lost her appetite.


    Soon, Lucas came back with some food and drinks. Heather didn’t want to turn down his kindness and


    she had to eat anyway, so she dug in while Lucas continued staring at her, to a point where he himself


    had forgotten to dig in.


    “Aren’t you hungry?” Heather lifted her head. She felt uneasy being stared at by Lucas and had lost her


    appetite even more.


    Feeling shy, Lucas quickly lowered his head and tucked in. Heather had an inexplicable feeling as she


    looked at Lucas. She somehow felt that Lucas was like an innocent boy.


    Heather had seen too many flirty guys, so she was actually quite interested in naive guys. However,


    she was still in aplicated rtionship with Matthias, so she couldn’t get involved with Lucas.


    “Sorry, I’m not good at talking todies.” Lucas felt useless because he couldn’t help but to be nervous


    and tongue-tied when he spoke to Heather.


    Heather smiled amiably. “You don’t have to be so nervous. You’re making me nervous too. Just ease


    up.” Heather could feel Lucas’s tension, and she didn’t know how to carry on with the conversation


    seeing him as such.


    Nheless, Heather was surprised at how honest Lucas was. The more she talked with Lucas, the


    more she perceived him as a special man.


    Deep down, Heather was thinking they might be able to start off as friends first because she was keen


    to befriend someone like him. She no longer held onto her belief that one shouldn’t be friends with their


    potential date. Anyway, Heather didn’t deem Lucas as her potential date yet at this point of time.


    “I’m not nervous,” Lucas said instinctively, but he regretted it immediately because the atmosphere


    became even more awkward the moment he said that.


    This guy’s EQ is indeed… Even Heather had no idea how she should respond to him. Lucas wore an


    apologetic expression and said, “I mean… the wedding went well today, and we’vepleted our tasks


    sessfully.” Lucas started saying what he could think of as he panicked. Even he himself felt an


    immense awkwardness.


    “It’s worth celebrating.” Following that, Heather lifted the wine ss on her right and winked at Lucas to


    lighten up the awkward atmosphere.


    Lucas quickly lifted his wine ss too. He didn’t expect that Heather wouldn’t mind his awkwardness,


    and she even took the initiative to ease the tension. As such, he adored Heather even more.


    “Yeah. It’s worth celebrating. Cheers.” Lucas clinked sses with Heather and smiled brightly.


    Heather found the contrast rather cute. Myra had once brought up Lucas to her, and he indeed had a


    mature appearance. When she saw how clumsy the mature man was in front of her, as if he was dating


    a woman for the first time, Heather couldn’t find it in herself to fault him.


    Heather intended to be more patient with him. Even though Lucas was extremely untalented in carrying


    a conversation, Heather didn’t mind putting in more effort so that the conversation could be continued.


    Both Lucas and Heather bottomed up and smiled at each other after putting down their sses.


    Heather didn’t mind being friends with someone like Lucas, thinking they might be able to be


    close drinking pals, but at the same time, she was worried that Lucas would be attracted to her.


    Fortunately, Lucas was sensible and did not express his feelings during the conversation. Hence,


    Heather decided to stop worrying and start off with Lucas as friends first.


    Lucas knew he shouldn’t carry on like this, so he decided to talk about finance-rted topics as Tony


    had given him a hint before this.


    Lucas gradually directed the conversation toward some wider aspect, specifically regarding the


    business circles in Bradfort City, which made Heather loosen her tongue at once.


    Heather was basically a workaholic, so she naturally became more chatty when the conversation was


    directed to a topic of her interest.


    Meanwhile, Philip tightened his grip on his wine ss as he witnessed Lucas and Heather chatting


    heartily. He couldn’t walk up to them because he was not that close with Heather, and it would be


    abrupt of him to just walk up and ost her.


    Moreover, both him and Lucas were aware of each other’s intentions. He would appear to be rather


    insensible if he butted in just to win Heather’s attention.


    As such, he could only watch them from afar. After all, he was not as fortunate as Lucas who had been


    chosen as the groomsman.


    Elliot noticed Philip’s odd reaction, so he went up and patted Philip’s shoulder. “Come and have a drink


    with me. I’m a groom-to-be too.” He nced cheekily at Tilly while saying so because the second half


    of the sentence was meant for her.


    However, Tilly didn’t bother with him at all. Instead, she said sarcastically, “When did Young Master


    Elliot get engaged? Why haven’t I heard anything about it?”


    Elliot’s wide grin disappeared at once as he felt embarrassed being roasted by Tilly. Meanwhile, Philip


    burst intoughter heartlessly. “Serves you right!” Trying to be lovey-dovey in front of me, huh?


    Elliot red at Philip, thinking he was an ungrateful brat. Elliot hade tofort Philip seeing him


    disheartened on his own, but thetterughed at him in return.


    Philip stoppedughing and quickly ced his arm around Elliot’s shoulder intimately. He was worried


    that Elliot might be annoyed if he continuedughing at him.


    “Let’s go have some drinks.” Philip’s mood was actually lifted after messing around with Elliot.


    Tilly rolled her eyes at the two guys who were behaving like children—they mocked each other and


    made up again the next second.


    Then, she walked away to look for Estelle as she didn’t want to stay with Elliot anymore lest he spouted


    nonsense again. Elliot looked at Tilly sulkily as she left and asked Philip, “Did I annoy her just now?”


    Philip shook his head. “Guess both of us did.”


    Resigned, Elliot mumbled, “I don’t understand women at all.”


    Meanwhile, Estelle and Shawn were having a drinkingpetition. Of course, Estelle was no match for


    Shawn and she was drunk after a short while. Little did she know this was Shawn’s scheme as it would


    be easier toy his hands on her after she was drunk.


    However, Shawn’s n was ruined by an emergency call which summoned him back to the city council


    because there was an urgent meeting and attendance waspulsory. Shawn was left with no choice


    either.


    However, Estelle, who was drunk, was throwing a tantrum and would not allow Shawn to leave. “No


    way. You can’t go. How can you leave early on such a happy asion?” Shawn ate his heart out


    because there was no way he could reason with a drunk person.


    “I really have an urgent meeting.” Shawn couldn’t possibly bring the drunk Estelle along to his meeting.


    He looked distressed as he had ended up bringing trouble upon himself.


    “I’m not going to let you leave. You said you wanted to marry me, but you’re not sincere at all. How


    dare you run away from the wedding banquet?” Estelle pointed right at Shawn’s face.


    What even… Shawn stared at Estelle, baffled at the nonsense she was talking about. However, when


    he heard Estelle say ‘marry me’, he’d rather bete to the meeting than miss the chance to get her to


    agree to marry him.


    So, he opened the recorder on his phone and started luring Estelle into a trap. “Alright, I’ll stay and


    marry you. Shall we get married on National Day so that the whole nation will celebrate with us?”


    Shawn was waiting for Estelle to say yes. Sure enough, she nodded, but she just tugged at Shawn’s


    arm and didn’t say a word. That’s not going to work!


    As such, Shawn continued luring her. “Marry me during National Day, will you?” He pressed on the


    record button while asking Estelle.


    Estelle was swaying as she felt even dizzier. She was even seeing two of Shawn as her vision became


    blurry. “Stop moving around,” Estelle mumbled in a displeased manner.


    “Will you marry me?” Shawn patiently repeated himself again.


    “Okay. You have to marry me.” Finally, Estelle gave an answer which satisfied Shawn.


    “We’ll get married on National Day, alright?” Shawn continued luring Estelle. His goal was about to be


    achieved.


    Estelle gazed at Shawn and smiled foolishly without replying to him. Shawn wore a rare, gentle smile


    as he waited for Estelle’s reply. It was very rare for him to be this patient.


    Just then, Tilly, who was not far away from them, asked out of kindness, “Do you need help?” Hearing


    that, Estelle quickly turned around and looked at Tilly. As such, Shawn’s scheme was disrupted at the


    crucial moment.


    He pressed the red button in disappointment to end the recording. What a bummer! He red


    resentfully at Tilly who was approaching them.