After discussing the situation for a while, Jayden finally decided to close the restaurant for the rest of the day. He would follow William and Jake’s advice, renovate the place, and try to reopen the following day. He also planned to hire several waiters. Until then, Jayden had been doing practically everything himself because he simply didn’t have enough money to hire anyone. Evan and Daniel had already returned to Little Heaven because they couldn’t stay at the restaurant any longer. Meanwhile, William and Jake returned to the office building’s parking lot because both of their cars were still there. “Oh, Jake, I’ll go by myself. You can go back to your house and get ready to move into the office tomorrow,” William said. “Oh, okay, I’ll take a taxi home.” “Taxi? You can take that car. I’ll give it to you so you can get around easily,” William said, pointing toward the luxurious white Mercedes-Benz S-Class parked nearby. “But…” William held up the car keys. “But what? You know

“Are you the one named Vicky?” William asked. The girl smiled smugly and tilted her head. “Yes, it’s me… why? Are you fascinated by my beauty?” William didn’t answer immediately. There was something familiar about her face, but he couldn’t quite place where he had seen her before. “You’ve gone too far, Vicky! Sean is my good friend, but why do you want to get rid of him so badly?” Deva demanded. Vicky burst into loud laughter, but the amusement disappeared from her face almost as quickly as it had appeared. Her expression hardened with irritation. “Sean this… Sean that… I HATE HIM! Is it because he’s more beautiful than me? Do you prefer men? All you ever talk about is Sean, Sean, and Sean! He’s just your friend! He didn’t even save your life… but you, all you can think about is Sean, right? So… because of that, it’s better if I kill him. If he’s gone, you’ll turn to me, right? Right, Devano Hanzel? Hahahaha, hey, hurry up and kill Sean, the pretty one in the corner!” William, De

Zeno remembered how he had often helped William during high school and university whenever the younger man ran into trouble. Unfortunately, Zeno had been busy with his own responsibilities too, so there were plenty of times when he couldn’t be there for him. Still, he had always kept an eye on William whenever he could, even when William stubbornly insisted that he could handle everything himself. Then, out of nowhere, William had shown up wanting to buy his shop. Zeno had been genuinely surprised, although he had tried his best not to show it. Even Devon, who was also one of his closest friends, hadn’t mentioned anything about William’s sudden change. Devon had mostly complained because his twin sister and cousin were both interested in William. He had even gotten annoyed with Zeno for defending William and insisting that William was actually a good young man. Come to think of it, Devon’s expression back then had been hilarious, especially when he saw his cousin dating William on te

"Aren’t we not really that close?" Zeno reached out to flick William’s head, making William wince in pain. Zeno’s flick was very strong. "Ouch!" "We talked about a lot of things last night, how can you say we’re not close? It’s like you’re creating boundaries between us." William fell silent. Had he been doing that all this time? He was sure that he used to have some good friends. But his friends slowly drifted away. William thought that they didn’t want to be bullied like him, so they stayed away from William. Because of that, William didn’t dare to be friends with anyone. Was it William himself who had set boundaries that caused them to drift away? "Maybe you’re right." "What?" William shook his head, "No. Let’s meet again at university, Zeno." "Okay." *** "Suddenly you have shares in Hayper Entertainment?" asked Jake, not believing what he had just heard. It wasn’t easy even for people with a lot of money to buy shares in Hayper Entertainment. But William—uh, Jake was

While the others explored the garden Liz had been working so hard to maintain, William followed Liz into the kitchen to help prepare snacks and drinks for everyone. Liz glanced at him with a slightly guilty expression. “I’m sorry for bothering you. Actually, you can go with the others. I’ll do this with the servants,” said Liz. She had originally invited William because she wanted an excuse to spend some time alone with him, but now that he had actually agreed to help, she felt guilty about keeping him busy. William chuckled and reached for a jar containing several different kinds of tea. “I already said I would help you, Liz… you don’t need to feel bad about me.” “But you also came here to help me take care of my plants…” William turned toward Liz. She seemed to become prettier every time he saw her, and he couldn’t help smiling before reaching over to gently pat her head. “Just think of me as being here to show you how I make delicious milk tea. Oh yeah, I used to work in a tea