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Chapter 872 Protesters
Althea descended the grand staircase of the Vasconcelos Mansion with Dalila’s careful support.At that moment, Sandro and Nadir were stepping through the doors. Nadir’s face was drawn and dark, the frustration of her failed conversation with Julian still evident in her furrowed brow and clenched jaw.“My dear, what’s troubling you?” Sandro asked gently.“I’m thinking about the challenge your nephew threw at me,” she replied dryly.“I thought you were prepared for it.”“I am excited,” Nadir said, adjusting her purse, “but now’s the time when I—” She caught sight of Althea and cut herself off. “Good evening, Mother-in-law.”Althea regarded her with that sharp, knowing smile she’d mastered long ago. “What did Christopher assign to you, Nadir?”“Continuing the drama series ‘Live Your Life’, another project backed by Briana.”Althea’s expression softened with satisfaction. Dalila, standing quietly behind her, smiled as well.“Chris is keeping his promise,” Althea said, her voice warm with
Chapter 871 Crab Stew with Coconut Milk
Luana and Karl had come to visit the Ferro couple out of solidarity, their presence bringing affection and curiosity to the quiet evening.In the living room, Regis, precise and composed like an English butler, placed a silver tray on the coffee table, arranging teacups and a plate of salt biscuits with ritualistic elegance.“Julian is preparing dinner,” he announced.Briana smiled. “Would you like to stay?”Luana glanced at Karl, half-tempted. “Maybe… if it’s not an inconvenience.”Karl’s grin was pure mischief.The last time they’d stayed for dinner, the night had ended with him and Luana vanishing into a guest room for nearly two days of passionate confinement.“We’ll decide later,” he replied smoothly.Regis bowed and retreated, missing the flash of indecency that crossed Karl’s eyes.“So, Mark,” Luana said, sipping her tea, “have you discovered which criminal faction was behind the explosion of your car?”Mark chuckled lightly. “Whoa, Luana, don’t let your imagination run wild.”
Chapter 870 Patricio Went To Get Wool and Came Back Shorn
Katrina exclaimed with of alarm and disbelief at the same time, “Darling, what happened to you?!”Patricio acted as the master of deception, drawing in a shaky breath and replying with theatrical frailty, “I… I was mugged in the underground parking lot.”Katrina’s brow furrowed. “Why on earth would you park down there?”“It was… hot this afternoon. The sun was unbearable,” he muttered, improvising poorly.She glanced at her watch, confused. “It’s past five, darling. That means…” Her eyes widened in sympathy. “They must’ve knocked you out!”Patricio almost smiled. His fiancée was, unknowingly, helping him build his own lie.“Seems I just woke up now,” he said, feigning dizziness.At that moment, irony itself strutted down the hallway in the form of Celia, who passed by them with infuriating composure. She looked fresh, radiant, not the slightest bit sore or tired.She could’ve skipped rope or danced a tango without showing the faintest trace of strain.“Oh,” she said with theatrical co
Chapter 869 Nadir Checks Briana’s Staff
Nadir felt a perverse sense of relief upon learning that the cook had finally returned home.“Well,” she said with a falsely maternal tone, “I’m glad to know the cook took some sense and went back home. Something terrible could’ve happened to him. Perhaps he might’ve been kidnapped!”Briana couldn’t help but laugh. “Who would kidnap the cook, Mother?”“You never know, my dear,” Nadir replied, her tone deceptively innocent. Then, feigning concern, she added, “I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of someone wanting to send Mark a message.”Briana exchanged a worried glance with her husband. “Mother, since you’re so interested, I’ll hand the phone to Mark.”“There’s no need, darling—”But it was too late. Nadir, who had only wanted to know about Julian, now found herself forced into a conversation she would rather avoid.“Dear mother-in-law,” Mark greeted politely, “thank you for your concern. I’m fine.”Nadir pressed on, masking her impatience. “Yes, well, I just worry that this might’ve
Chapter 868 I Won’t Be a Kept Man
Julian stopped slicing the potatoes, the knife hovering in midair as his phone began to vibrate against the counter. One glance at the screen made him smirk with disdain. He wiped his hands on a towel and answered.“Relax,” he said dryly. “I’m alive.”On the other end, Adalberto stood in the middle of his brand-new loft: an open space gleaming with fresh porcelain tiles and spotless white walls that smelled of new paint and ambition.The place was empty, echoing his voice as he spoke, but it was clearly high-end, the kind of place meant to impress.“Man, how could you?” he demanded, his voice filled with indignation.“How could I what?” Julian replied, unimpressed.“You seriously chose to get yourself stuck naked in a bouncy castle full of other guys instead of getting naked with your lady?”Julian’s tone dripped with sarcasm. “Well, I panicked at the last minute. She took forever to show up.”“I’ve never seen a real man run from a bed before!” Adalberto barked.“A REAL man,” Julian c
Chapter 867 A Man Never Abandon a Woman in Bed
Julian was finally back in his element: clean, dressed, and proudly wearing his chef’s jacket, that unmistakable symbol of his authority in the kitchen. Around him, the familiar sounds of chopping, sizzling, and clinking filled the air as he prepared the mise en place for dinner.Regis, Everton, and Vargas lingered nearby, trying to maintain a conversation that teetered somewhere between serious and ridiculous.“Tell us, Julian,” Everton teased, his grin infuriatingly wide. “Heh, heh… Is it true you got tangled up with other guys… without your trunks?”Without even glancing up from the carrot he was slicing with surgical precision, Julian replied calmly, “I got stuck in a colorful inflatable tunnel while trying to cross it.”Vargas frowned. “But weren’t you supposed to meet that beauty of yours?”“It seems,” Julian said with mock regret, “that I unfortunately left the beauty high and dry.”Both men groaned with disappointment.“That’s the most effeminate thing I’ve ever heard,” Everto
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