Chapter 163


    Ste didn’t regret anything though. At least, they could keep their pure first love.


    Sherry said, “Forget it. Let the bygones be bygones. By the way, we’ll have a college ssmates


    reunion tomorrow. I also told them that you’ll go with me. Let’s go there together.”


    Upon hearing that, Ste was taken aback. She said, “But I still have a lot of design drafts...”


    “Nothing. You don’t need to get them ready just in one or two days, do you? You might be high inspired


    when you are rxed.” Sherry said thoughtfully, “We haven’t reunited with our ssmates for a long


    time. Everyone was asking how you are doing.”


    Seeing that Ste was still a bit hesitant, Sherry wrapped her arm, shaking slightly, “Ste, please! I


    truly would love to go to the reunion!”


    Convinced by Sherry’s requests and begs, Ste said with a smile, “Okay. Okay. I’ll go with you.”


    She had been quite busy in the past few months and hadn’t had a good rest. It shouldn’t be bad to


    hang out.


    ...


    Conrad Group.


    Within the recent several days, Nathan could feel that the cold and stressed atmosphere umted


    in the CEO’s office. Everyone who entered here held their breath carefully.


    Nathan, the person who always went back and forth of the office, felt more bitter than anyone else did.


    He also felt the stress that he had never felt since he started working.


    rence signed on a document. Nathan walked up and took it over. He said tentatively, “Excuse me,


    Mr. Conrad...”


    “Go ahead,” rence uttered two words in a cold tone.


    Nathan continued, “I just got the news - Mr. Jason is going to Switzend. His ne is taking off in half


    an hour.”


    rence’s hand that was holding a pen paused. He raised his head and looked at Nathan coldly, “Do


    you want me to see him off?”


    Nathan coughed to clear his throat, “Mr. Jason won’te back until at least two yearster after he


    goes to Switzend.”


    rence pressed his thin lips. After a few seconds, he asked, “For real?”


    “Yes. I’ve confirmed it.”


    rence didn’t speak. He put down the pen, lost in thought.


    Nathan made hay while the sun shined, “Mr. Conrad, you might have misunderstood... Mrs. Conrad


    shouldn’t be aiming to be together with Mr. Jason by making the engagement between Miss Conrad


    and him call off. Hence...”


    “Then, why did she do it?”


    “Mr. Conrad, as you know, Miss Conrad and Mrs. Conrad can’t get along at all. Besides, Miss Conrad’s


    character is way too... uneptable for others. In my opinion, there should be two reasons behind it -


    on one hand, she wanted to revenge on Miss Conrad. On the other hand, Mrs. Conrad owed Mr. Jason


    favors, so she wanted to pay him back.”


    Upon hearing it, rence snorted, “She has owed me a lot of favors. Why doesn’t she want to pay me


    back?


    Nathan said, “Mr. Conrad, that means you are quite different from Mr. Jason in Mrs. Conrad’s mind.”


    rence secretly raised his eyebrows, looking less gloomy.


    Seeing that, Nathan breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.


    His job was way too difficult.


    In the evening, Twilight Club.


    Vincent clicked his tongue in surprise, “Holy moly, rence, why do you have time to hang out today?


    In the past few weeks, you seemed to hate drinking a lot.”


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    rence looked down at the ss in his hand and said indifferently, “Horace Jason has gone to


    Switzend.”


    “I got the news, but I heard that the engagement between the Conrad and the Jason families has been


    called off. Can Annie agree on it?”


    “Justin did it on behalf of the family. Do you think she has any right to say no?”


    Upon hearing it, Vincent was a bit surprised, but it did make sense.


    Although Justin was rarely involved in the businesses of the Conrad family and Conrad Group,


    because of this, when he was determined to make up his mind, nothing could be changed.


    Moreover, no matter what Justin would want to do, Joanna would take his side.


    Since it was Justin who canceled the engagement, it meant that Annie had lost Joanna, her biggest


    backer in this matter. Hence, no matter how much she wept or made a fuss, it was useless.


    In such a circumstance, if Annie didn’t want to annoy Joanna, she’d better agree obediently.


    Thinking of that, Vincent said, “Wait! Wasn’t your father who tried his best to match-made them


    together? How could he agree on it?”


    rence looked colder, “He has been working with the Steward family, so the Jason family doesn’t


    have any value for him to use.”


    Vincent raised his head and gulped down a ss of liquor. He said, “You are the best. You worked


    alone and presented the Steward family to your father personally, so they could cooperate closely with


    each other.”


    rence wasn’t sure if it was apliment or a mockery.


    Vincent added, “I’m quite curious. What was in your mind? Why did you give up on such a good


    marriage with Phoebe Steward? Instead, you made yourself an extra enemy. Why did you do it?”


    “I’ve love to.”


    Vincent choked up. After a while, he said, “rence, if you truly like Ste, could you pay more


    attention to her? Retrain your bad temper. You can’t chase after a girl like what you doing now.”


    rence didn’t answer. When Vincent thought that he was going to deny and say something sarcastic


    again, rence asked slowly, “What should I do then?”


    Vincent was so amused.


    As soon as he burst intoughter, he received a cold gaze from the aside.


    Vincent put down the ss and raised his both hands, “All right. All right. I’ll stopughing. When you


    go after a girl, you must let her feel that you do like her.”


    rence frowned, “I’ve given her changes before, but she refused.”


    Vincent was speechless.


    He inhaled and asked, “What did you say when giving her the chances?”


    rence said, “I said I’ll give her the position of Mrs. Conrad. She can do whatever she wants.”


    Thinking of Ste’s reply, rence looked quite annoyed. He didn’t continue.


    Vincent said, “You can’t only use the verbal method to let her know you like her. You must do


    something actually, making her feel that you like her. Please, don’t ever mention to her that you are


    giving her a chance. That’s bullshit! You’ll piss her off.”


    rence pressed his thin lips. Raising his head, he gulped down the wine in his ss and didn’t utter a


    word.


    After a while, Vincent asked, “Does she like you?”


    Upon hearing it, rence couldn’t help but feel quite annoyed, “How do I know?”


    He had tested Ste many times, but she always skipped such a subject.


    However, if she didn’t like him, how would he have drawn his portrait in secret? Why would she have


    cared if Phoebe and he would get married?


    After a few seconds, rence curled up his lips and said, “But in her heart, I’m quite different from


    Horace. Otherwise, she wouldn’t want to pay back the favors she owed Horace but never wanted to


    pay back mine.”


    Vincent blurted out, exposing the other possibility that seemed more real, “Well, that’s because she


    simply doesn’t want to have any connection with you.”


    rence was silent.


    He looked over at Vincent indifferently, but his gaze was cold and sharp.


    Nathan, who was waiting for rence outside the club, sneezed several times for no reason.


    The Chinese New Year would being in one month. It was quite chilly.