Rick's uncle had made great effort to take the company away from Rick's father.
However, Rick came back when his uncle was at his worst. He bought the company shares from others
at a very low price.
After approaching several major shareholders and the board of directors secretly, Rick successful
forced his uncle to abdicate.
Moreover, Rick had also taken back the villa from his uncle.
That was why Rick was going to hold the party in this villa—to declare that he was the new owner of
the villa and the company.
After walking with Rachel, Lea and Lucas for quite a while, Rick led them to the buffet hall. Then,
someone came and whispered something to Rick. It seemed that someone important had arrived.
Rick nodded and snapped his fingers to get the attention of the waiter nearby. After talking with the
waiter, he turned to the three of them and excused himself.
"I'll excuse myself for now. Enjoy the party," he said with a graceful smile.
"Don't worry about us, we can manage here," Lea answered.
She planted a sweet smile on her face.
When Rick turned around and left, Lea was about to say something, but a waiter came to serve them
drinks. So, she waited for the waiter to leave first before she spoke. "Lucas is here to have a blind date
with his sister, and yet he brought us with him. Why is Rick still so polite to us?"
Lea felt embarrassed because of Rick's politeness.
"Would you like him to kick you out?" asked Lucas.
"Well, if he came back and drove me away, I wouldn't hesitate to leave immediately," she answered
with a smile. As she spoke, Lea looked around curiously.
There were not so many people in the buffet hall. Most of them were standing in small groups like them
and having a chat. There was nothing interesting in particular.
Lucas checked the time on his watch and said, "Let's find a place to sit. There may be a show later."
Lea winked at Rachel.
She then turned to Lucas and teased him, "Why don't you go and see how Miss Ying looks like?"
"Lea!" Lucas snapped.
Seeing that Lucas got annoyed, Lea stuck out her tongue at him.
"Rachel and I will go somewhere else. You can look around by yourself," she added.
She then grabbed Rachel's hand and rushed away. "Let's eat something," she suggested to Rachel.
"You're acting so strange today," complained Rachel. "Why do you keep on reminding Lucas of that
blind date? You are already pissing him off." They were already far from Lucas so he wouldn't hear
them anymore.
Lea pursed her lips disapprovingly and asked, "Aren't you afraid that Lucas will be taken away by
another woman?"
Rachel rolled her eyes at her and said in a low voice, "Why would I? I don't own him, okay? Stop
making fun of us anymore."
"When did I make fun of you?" Lea was somewhat confused.
"When we were in the car." Rachel reminded her of what she did earlier.
"Oh, that. I'm just trying to make you two get closer," Lea defended herself.
"You are just making troubles."
Lea was speechless for a moment. After contemplating for a short while, she said, "I'm just kidding. I
won't do it again."
"Don't make us feel embarrassed. It's making us uncomfortable," Rachel said seriously.
Noticing the seriousness in her voice, Lea promised, "It won't happen again, I swear."
And then she added in a low voice, "But I don't think I did something to embarrass you."
Rachel didn't know what to say anymore. She cleared her throat and said, "Okay, that's enough."
If Lea like someone, she would expression her feelings straightforwardly.
Lea was a little disappointed that Rachel had been hiding her feelings from Lucas. But then she
realized, it wasn't really necessary to force them to like each other. After all, they were old enough to
decide for themselves.
Since the party was not going to start soon, Rachel and Lea began to enjoy food.
The food on the buffet table looked sumptuous. The desserts were all mouthwatering. They were
especially cut into smaller bits so it was very convenient for women to eat and maintain a graceful look
at the same time.
As a stewardess assigned to business class, Lea had already tried various kinds of desserts on the
plane, so she had little interest in them.
Rachel was contemplating which desserts had less sugar based on their appearance, so she was
staring at them intently. She wasn't paying attention to her surroundings. All of a sudden, Lea
whispered in her ear, "Rachel, look at Lucas' direction."
She looked up and glanced at the direction where Lucas was. Her facial expression changed slightly.
The buffet hall was definitely amazing. Its brightly lit ceiling was hung down a little. Near the entrance,
there was a fake hill that was covered with fog.
There was also a well-decorated spring where the artificial spring water was flowing. However, they
were not the focus of Rachel's attention.
"Lea, am I really seeing it right? Or maybe I am just mistaken." Rachel squinted to make sure she was
seeing things clearly. "Why does the man standing there look like Jack?" she asked again.
She turned to look at Lea and they exchanged glances. "Yeah, it's him," confirmed Lea. What a
coincidence!
She didn't expect that Jack would also be here.
Lea shook her head and said, "Now, this is something interesting."
They didn't know that something more exciting was going happen at today's party.
And the party wasn't really that big so all the invited guests mostly knew each other. In short, this could
be called "friends gathering."
Rachel thought that it was really such a small world because a few minutes after she saw Jack,
Michael
Marcus and Henry also came into sight.
Although she wasn't sure if they had seen her, Rachel did her best to avoid meeting them.
Rick had invited a lot of business partners. But apparently, the businessmen didn't come here to have
fun just like her and Lea.
She suddenly remembered that this party was held to announce Rick's partnership with some big
hospitals in Ninwell City. And there was another banquet hall on the second floor for those people.
Probably many business people like Jack came there solely for business purpose and not to socialize
with others. So, perhaps he hadn't notice her presence there.
Rachel was already surprised to see those men she knew but she was even more surprised to see
someone familiar twenty minutes later. That someone was the woman she saw with Celine in the store
offering maternal and infant products before.
She couldn't help wondering if she would also meet Celine here today.
More and more people had arrived until the banquet hall was almost fully occupied. Rachel and Lea
walked around to look for Lucas but they couldn't find him. When the party had finally started, Rick
appeared and spoke on the stage so everyone paid attention to him.
There was still no sign of Lucas. Lea tried to call him but his phone was off. They couldn't do anything
but just watch the people around them, hoping that one of them would be Lucas.
"Maybe he got attracted to someone and went out with her," Lea speculated.
Rachel shook her head as she found Lea's idea ridiculous. But she still asked, "And who could that
be?"
"He was talking with a beautiful woman a while ago, right? They even looked good together." Lea
remembered that a woman approached Lucas earlier and they had a chat.
"Your imagination is really amazing," commented Rachel unbelievably.
They were in the middle of their conversation when a voice behind them suddenly cut in. "Hello,
beautiful ladies."
Rachel turned around and she was a little surprised with what she saw.
"Michael?"
Actually, it wasn't only Michael. Rachel failed to notice that Marcus and Henry were also behind him.
When she realized it, she began to wonder if Jack was with them too.
She looked around to search for Jack.
"It's you!" Lea suddenly blurted. At that time, Henry, who was whispering something to Marcus, looked
at Lea and surprise was suddenly written all over his face.
"Do you know each other?" asked Rachel, shifting her gaze from Lea to Henry.
She felt like this was the most dramatic day of her life.
It seemed that some stories were about to be revealed in this banquet. Was there something between
Lea and Henry?
As for Lea, it was rather surprising. She met Henry for the first time in one of her flights thousands of
miles away from this place. She hadn't expected that their second meeting would be in this banquet.
Such a small world indeed!
Was it another coincidence? Someone very close to Rachel and one of Jack's friends happened to
know each other.
Obviously, it was fate that led Lea and Henry to meet again. Even though they had only met once, they
were both able to recognize each other immediately.
All of a sudden, Lea and Henry held their glasses and walked towards the balcony. They needed a
place where they could talk in private.
Michael was a little dumbfounded as he watched his friend leaving them for a beautiful lady. He pointed
at their direction and asked Rachel, "Do you have other beautiful friends like her? Maybe you can
introduce one to me too." Rachel found Michael hilarious so she couldn't help laughing.
"Ha-ha! Unfortunately, there's no one else." Michael leaned on Marcus and massaged his chest in an
exaggerated way.
"Ouch! My heart hurts," he said helplessly.
Marcus pushed him away and said expressionlessly, "That's none of my business, dude!"
Among the three men, Rachel was more familiar with Michael, but she didn't know that he had this
funny side.
Looking at Michael and Marcus making fun of each other, she couldn't help but chuckle.
They were not aware that two pairs of eyes were watching them for quite a while now. They were Rick
and Jack.
"That woman came here with Lucas earlier," Rick said to Jack. He didn't know that Rachel was Jack's
wife.
"With Lucas?" Jack asked casually as he shook the wine glass in his hand.
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