Meanwhile, at the other side of the restaurant, the girl whose bag got snatched was one of Debby’s friends, and her name was Cherry. She walked back to her other friends looking so disheveled and stressed. Her two other friends, Sharon and Sam, quickly asked her what happened because of how she looked. Cherry started narrating everything to them annoyingly. She said that after those thieves ran off, one of the other ones had the audacity to walk back to her and hand her bag to her like he was doing her a favour. She said the boy, whatever his name was, looked like a thief and a pervert and she was just so irritated by him. She said the whole thing felt like bad luck from the moment she saw him and she never wanted to see him in her life again. Her friends were also getting angry as she talked. Sharon’s face had already changed, and Sam was already shaking her head because she couldn’t believe that kind of rubbish could happen and it was so obvious they had already created their own

Debby couldn’t believe her ears at all and she also couldn’t believe that she was actually about to match her own friend with a pervert and a thief. Her heart dropped because she honestly believed Nolan was a good person. Gabriel had told her about his background, that Nolan wasn’t from a well-to-do family and came from a poor background but she didn’t care about that, didn’t judge him for it and didn’t mind at all.In fact, she introduced her friend to him because she thought he deserved someone nice, someone good, someone to lift him up so he wouldn’t feel like his whole life was miserable or hopeless. She was trying to be kind and was even proud of herself that she thought of it.“I can’t believe you were just about to link Cherry up with a pervert and a thief,” Sam said, shaking her head.“Oh please, I didn’t know he was such a person!” Debby snapped back immediately, her voice loud because she didn’t want her friends to blame her. “If I knew, there’s no way I’d let him even be he

Cherry quickly sat down on a chair, brought out her makeup bag immediately, adjusted her hair, and started fixing her makeup with full concentration. “Thank you for giving me heads-up, even though it was late,” Cherry said playfully as she dabbed powder on her face, checking her reflection every second. She packed her makeup bag the moment she was done, and right on time, James and his friend John walked into the restaurant and started walking toward them.James and John were friends, but anyone seeing them for the first time would think they were brothers because of how close they were. Their closeness was so tight and natural that there was nowhere James went that you wouldn’t see John right next to him. Everyone was always jealous of their friendship because it looked too perfect and people meeting them for the first time would automatically assume they were brothers because they had the same vibe and energy. The both of them walked in, looking so handsome in their luxury clothes

“This is unbelievable,” James said, still laughing, wiping fake tears from his eyes. “I don’t even know what to say.”He took a slow breath before shaking his head like he felt pity for Nolan. “But I do know one thing, yes, life might be tough, and yes, getting by might be a little difficult sometimes, but it is not enough reason for you to steal or start using that kind of childish tactic. That’s actually very saddening.”John nodded beside him, clearly enjoying the moment.James continued, acting like some wise elder giving Nolan advice. “Now that you know me, and because of Debby, I will even offer to help you. If you need financial help, you can just reach out to me. You don’t have to be going around stealing from people.”He paused a little, letting his words sink in before adding another jab.“If you’ve been doing this since, with the mindset that you won’t be caught, let me tell you, you will be caught one day and not just caught, you’ll be sent straight to jail. And I’m very s

But instead of being happy, Fiona slowly turned her head and stared at Cole with a glare that made him keep quiet. She looked at him like he had just said the most annoying thing in the world. In her mind, she was wondering who even asked him for his own input. She didn’t even ask him for anything, and wondered how he didn’t know when to keep quiet so that the person she actually wanted to talk to could talk to her.Fiona gave Cole one last look of disgust before hissing under her breath and looking away from him like he irritated her soul.James saw the way Fiona hissed at Cole, and instead of minding his business, he actually smiled to himself like he had been waiting for that exact moment. He leaned forward slowly, making sure his movement caught Fiona’s attention. And of course, she looked at him immediately.“If a beautiful lady like you wants to come here every day,” James said in his smooth confident tone. “then it shouldn’t be a problem at all. Pretty girls like you deserve to