Chapter 233

Chapter 233

Renee once told Liam that Stefan wasn’t good at drinking, and that he was like an elementary schoolkid when it came to drinking games. That was why Liam had prepared a bottle of the strongest vodkahe could replace. He wanted to play a drinking game with Stefan until he became drunk. Liam would thenhumiliate Stefan and avenge Renee.

Liam felt that Stefan was a proud person. With some encouragement, he would certainly accept thechallenge.

However, to Liam’s surprise, his plan didn’t work.

Stefan didn’t plan on accepting the challenge at all. He stood up and turned to face Christopher andXavier. “Something came up. I’ll catch you later.”

After that, he turned to Shirley. “Come with me.”

’Huh. I… Can I?” Shirley’s eyes were wide in disbelief. She was an ordinary college student, and it washer first time working in a bar as a part-timer. Everything that had happened tonight felt like a dream toher.

Stefan didn’t answer her, and just walked towards the bar’s exit.

’W-Wait for me!” Shirley grabbed her purse and mustered the courage to follow him. From herperspective, Stefan was more than a knight in shining armor. Even if there was a sliver of hope, she’dgrab onto it tightly and not let go.

The two of them walked out one after the other, and everyone else was in shock.

Even Xavier, who had been unconditionally supporting Stefan, couldn’t resist complaining. “Damn. Hedidn’t drink much today, so what the hell is he thinking? Does he really have feelings for that girl? Thatgirl really does look like his ex-wife. He’s leaving the real thing behind and going for the fake version…What’s wrong with him?”

Christopher glanced in the direction where Stefan and Shirley had gone, then looked at Renee. Aplayful smile appeared on his face. “Stefan is serious this time.”

‘Serious? About that girl?” Xavier shook his head. “I don’t think so!”

Christopher chuckled. “I didn’t say he’s serious about that girl.”

’This is so lame. Today’s supposed to be your bachelor party, so why did Stefan leave on his own?Even if he does have feelings for that girl, can’t he just resist them for a while?” Xavier asked.

A man and a woman meet at a bar, and they then leave together. Even a fool knows what’s going tohappen next.

Liam hurled his glass onto the floor and snarled, “Stefan is a heartless scumbag! He’s playing withsomeone’s feelings. He’ll get his karma soon enough!”

Liam returned to Renee’s side with his head hung low. “Sorry, Boss… I didn’t avenge you. I wasn’texpecting him to be such a jerk!”

Renee didn’t react to his words. In fact, she smiled as she shuffled the tarot cards she was holding. Itseemed like she didn’t care about what happened earlier at all.

Boss, don’t be sad. You’re divorced already. He can replace someone new, and so can you. If he’s goingfor someone younger, you can go for someone younger too!”

Renee didn’t say anything, and slowly placed the shuffled cards on the table. She then randomlypicked one and smiled. “The sun card… It represents freedom and success. My luck is about tochange, so there’s nothing to be sad about.”

Liam and Leia looked at each other. They felt sorry for Renee. When a girl started believing insuperstitions and mystic arts, that meant she had been hurt badly and was hoping to heal. AlthoughRenee appeared to be very carefree lately, she was probably struggling on the inside…

“I’m tired. Let’s go home!” Renee said suddenly and stood up.

When she walked past Christopher’s table, he called out to her. “Ms.

Everheart, do you have a minute?”

Renee stopped walking and turned to look at him.

Christopher smiled apologetically. “Stefan is the emotional equivalent of a rock when it comes torelationships. He doesn’t know how to express how he truly feels, so please don’t mind his childishbehavior.”

Renee shrugged. “It doesn’t matter. We have nothing to do with each other now, so he can do whateverhe wants. I don’t care.”

Christopher shook his head and didn’t say anything.

After that, he retrieved an invite from his bag. “Cecilia and I are getting married tomorrow. I wanted toask Stefan to pass this to you, but it seems like a better idea for me to personally hand it to you. I hopeyou’ll come tomorrow.”

Renee was a little surprised. She and Christopher had only met on two or three occasions, so shewasn’t expecting an invitation to such a private event.

However, after thinking about it, the Jacobs family was very powerful in the realm of politics. Being ongood terms with them would be very helpful for the Everheart family’s future developments.

Renee accepted the invite with a grin. “Thank you for inviting me. I’ll make sure to show up in style.”

After Renee left, Christopher grabbed hold of Julian. “Kid, you’ve got some explaining to do. Why areyou so close to your aunt-in-law?”

“Didn’t you hear? They’re already divorced. She’s not my aunt-in-law anymore,” Julian answeredcasually.

‘ Don’t mess around. Your uncle is serious this time,” Christopher said sternly.

“Really? I couldn’t tell.” Julian’s arrogant demeanor was very much like Stefan’s. “I already gave him achance. He didn’t appreciate it, and he even made things worse. He can’t blame me for giving it a shotnow.”

Over the years, Julian had met all kinds of people through his carefree way of living, but he hadn’t metsomeone as interesting as Renee for a very long time…

Julian wasn’t sure if his feelings for Renee were romantic, but he certainly was interested in her.

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