Female Novel
Chapter 1516
Cindy furrowed her brows slightly and she shifted to the side uncomfortably to avoid him, but shecontinued to say, “There’s no need for all that between us. She doesn’t care for all these pretenses.”
Suddenly, Ian laughed and sat up as he leaned against the back of the chair. Then, he replied in a faintvoice, “Well, I care about it, alright?”
At that moment, Naomi lifted her head to look at the two of them. She had noticed them inching closerto whisper to each other earlier, so she started to tease, “I guess you haven't had enough of the publicdisplay of affection while we were in that game, which is why you’re doing it in front of me again. Couldyou please spare a thought for this single lady here and show some concern for my delicate mind?”
Meanwhile, Cindy raised her voice to hide her fluster. “Hurry up and order our meal. Stop dilly-dallying.If you keep this up, I won’t let you choose the dishes!”
Just then, Naomi grunted lightly and lowered her head to browse through the menu. Truth was, shewas in a tight spot and didn’t know what to order because everything on the menu was just too pricey.They had just graduated not long ago and weren't earning a fortune, so they tended to spend withintheir means. Her first reaction upon seeing such a posh menu was to jump in fright. Although Cindywas in a relationship with someone loaded like Ian, Naomi had no intention to take advantage of thesituation. I must not take advantage of Cindy’s boyfriend even if he’s loaded. If I do that, surely hewould be unhappy with Cindy. In the end, Naomi flicked through the menu and chose twocomparatively affordable dishes.
At the same time, Aurora held a menu in her hands too, but she was much more relaxed about it thanNaomi so she went ahead and ordered two dishes before handing over the menu to Cindy. “Cindy, takea look and choose what you’d like to have.”
At the same time, Aurora held a menu in her hands too, but she was much more relaxed about it thanNaomi so she went ahead and ordered two dishes before handing over the menu to Cindy. “Cindy, takea look and choose what you’d like to have.”
Cindy accepted the menu from Aurora and flipped through it. The first thing that she noticed was theprice range and her heart turned cold at the sight of it. However, she steeled herself and ordered twomore dishes.
Just then, Ian inched closer to her and shared her menu. Subsequently, he ordered two more dishes, asoup, and two desserts, signaling the end of the order for their table.
Soon after that, the waiter left the room with their order and Cindy took several deep breaths as sherealized that she was starving. She also realized that they should be able to clear off all of the dishestoday so instantly, she felt much better about the situation. After all, it was quite important for one to beable to provide comfort for themselves at the right time by coming up with excuses to bring peace tothemselves.
As they waited for the dishes to be served, Ian asked Cindy about the incident with the two fans whohad tried to find fault with her. In reality, she didn’t think that they had succeeded in causing trouble.After all, they were quite young and spoke immaturely. She concluded that her retort had managed torender them fuming mad so she was quite pleased about that.
Just then, Ian lifted the teapot next to him and poured some water into a cup for Cindy. At the sametime, he said, “I’ve spoken to Hannah about this and the company will release a statement. Althoughit’s not a big deal, I need to show my stance and steer public opinion. Don’t worry. I won’t let you
suffer.”
Meanwhile, Naomi sat by the side and shot a look at Cindy with a smirk. The former clearly had ateasing look on her face. She waited for Ian to finish his sentence before saying, “See, I told you thathe would definitely stand up for you! Once the statement is released, the two girls will realize thatthey’ve stepped on their own toes.” I don’t even know where they got the courage from to come forwardand stand up on behalf of Ian to attack his girlfriend! Funnily enough, they’ve really overestimatedthemselves!
Aurora chimed in, “You don’t have to take this to heart. It’s normal to encounter this in theentertainment industry, so just keep an open mind about it.” novelbin
Cindy and Ian exchanged looks and nodded in response. “Sure. I won’t take it to heart.”
They continued to chat with each other for a short while before finally getting their meal served by thewaiter.
Cindy’s cell phone chose that moment to vibrate so she quickly took it out to have a look, only to seethat there were two unread messages. Just then, Ian noticed her actions too. They were sitting quiteclose to each other so by shifting his gaze slightly, he could see the display on the screen of her phone.
Cindy then clicked into the messages and saw that both of them were from Gary.