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Chapter 225
Chapter 226 This Is My Boyfriend
The two men exchanged glances in surprise.
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“Ah, Mr. Wells is dropping by? Then we should leave him a seat,” replied Zane, who felt much betterafter hearing it. He smiled brightly, but he also started to see things differently. Mr. Wells is dropping byto wish Ronald’s mom a happy birthday. This is something I should look into and consider whenmaking future decisions.
Presley took a seat after Zane sat down. That was followed by Jessica’s uncle, Ronald, and otherrespectable individuals in the village.
Everyone was courteous, but they didn’t disrupt the traditional seating orders.
“Jessica, Alex, you two should sit here,” instructed Victoria when she saw Jessica leading Alex to theother table. Victoria was pointing at the two seats at the other end of the main table.
“Grandma, we’ll just sit there,” replied Jessica. She didn’t want to go against the traditions.
Victoria chuckled and said, “Ah, my granddaughter, just listen to grandma, will you?”
“Let’s just sit at the main table with your grandma,” agreed Alex. He figured that Victoria must have herreasons for asking them to sit over there, so he didn’t reject her offer.
“Okay, then,” replied Jessica, who had no choice but to sit there since Alex had already agreed to it.
“Mom, it’s fine for Alex to join the main table. But Jessica should sit at the other table,” suggested Kittyas she frowned.
The tradition dictated that younger women were not allowed to sit at the main table when importantguests were around. That was especially true when the important guests in question were someone aspowerful as Zane.
“We’re in the modern age. Let’s not talk about all this anymore. Come sit with us,” said Zane with asmile.
Kitty didn’t raise any objection after hearing what Zane said,
Alex then sat beside Zachariah while Jessica sat beside Alex.
Zane saw their seating arrangement and thought that they were deliberately putting his son at adisadvantage.
“Ronald, I don’t recognize this guy. Introduce him to us, will you?” requested Zane. Ronald was Zane’sright–hand man, so Zane still felt like he was the boss even as he sat there.
That was somewhat normal since he was the most powerful figure over there.
“That is probably Jessica’s friend?” replied Ronald, who wasn’t sure what was happening either.
“Ah, a friend from the city? He traveled all the way over, so he’s an honorable guest. How can we letZachariah sit in a more prestigious seat? Zachariah, switch seats with the guy,” instructed Zane with asmile.
Zane wanted Alex to sit closer to the head of the table, and it might seem like he was saying that theguy Was a more important guest compared to his son. However, it was obvious that Zane was trying togive his
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son more opportunities to get closer to Jessica. Zane had already sensed that Victoria seemed to havesomething strange planned.
“Mr. Hayes, that won’t be necessary. It works out well for the new couple to sit together,” informedVictoria directly.
They would have to face Zane and his family sooner or later anyway, so Victoria thought that she mightas well rip the band–aid off. It’d just be even more embarrassing if Zane had publicly asked to let thetwo kids be engaged later on. That would make things truly irreversible with the Hayes family.
“What?”
Aside from Alex, Jessica, and Zachariah, everyone at the table looked flabbergasted as soon asVictoria said those words.
It was true that the Hayes‘ was there to wish Victoria a happy birthday, but everyone knew that theHayes‘ was also trying to talk about Jessica and Zachariah’s engagement.
Zane looked utterly terrible at that moment.
“Uncle, this is my boyfriend, Alex. I didn’t get a chance to introduce him to you guys beforehand,”informed Jessica as she turned to Ronald and pointed at Alex.
“Hello,” greeted Alex to Ronald.
Ronald’s expression darkened immediately. He nodded stiffly, like a robot, without saying a word.
Jessica’s marriage into the Hayes family could affect his career and his future!
Just when everything seemed to go according to his plans, Jessica showed up with a boyfriend all of asudden!
How were they going to deal with the Hayes‘ now?
The other members of Jessica’s family turned pale as well.
Zane and Presley were the most powerful guests of the day, and their glares at Alex were downrighthorrifying.
When the younger members of Jessica’s family heard the shocking news, they turned around andstared as if they were only interested in watching the show. Jessica’s mom, on the other hand, wasworried sick. We just messed things up with Mr. Hayes!
Naturally, Alex didn’t care about Zane’s or Presley’s fury.
If he was being honest, Alex saw a puny figure like Zane as someone who wasn’t even qualified tocomb his hair. Alex could kick that man’s butt regardless of whether Zane attacked aggressively orpassively.
“Mr. Wells is here!”
Someone suddenly informed the party at that moment. Everyone turned around and saw an elderlyman in his fifties walking into the house.