<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I forced a smile and replied, “Thanks.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan then nudged the menu and said, “Do you want to see what you’d like to eat?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I nced at the menu and noticed it was all in Chessian. I awkwardly admitted, “I can’t read it.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“There’s a tranted menu.” The restaurant manager promptly gave me the tranted menu…</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I took a look at it but still struggled to understand.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Upon seeing my struggle, Logan smiled and asked, “Still can’t understand it?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Embarrassed, I confessed, “My brain… I don’t really remember.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I felt dejected. My amnesia had caused me the loss of the past seven years of memories and the knowledge I had during university.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Now, I felt truly clueless and silly.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan understood immediately and said, “I’m sorry, I overlooked this.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">As we spoke, a couple walked toward us, holding hands.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">My expression shifted when I saw them, and I immediately covered my face with the menu.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The couple stopped in their tracks when they saw me, and their expressions went from stunned to embarrassed.</font></font>N?velDrama.Org owns all content.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">At that moment, Logan was still studying the menu and wine. He only realized this when he looked up and noticed that I was hiding behind the menu.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">His gaze flickered as he raised his head slightly to look at the couple in front of him.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The couple quickly approached us.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Elijah walked over and extended his hand. “Mr. Wood, what a coincidence,” he greeted.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan slowly looked up with a calm expression. “It is quite a coincidence, Mr. Linden.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">He then nced at Jocelyn who was dressed in a long, dark blue dress.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">His gaze flickered again.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Jocelyn extended her hand, her toneced with a hint of ttery as she said, “Mr. Wood, I’ve heard so much about you. It’s my pleasure to meet you today.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Let me introduce myself. I’m Jocelyn Cornell, a student of Professor Dale from Barkley College of Music. I’ll be holding a solo recital in the city’s concert hall soon.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Both of them extended their hands, but Logan showed no interest to reciprocate.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Instead, he turned to the restaurant manager and said, “Change the Lafite we ordered earlier to champagne.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">He looked at me and gently said, “Ari can’t drink.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">His behavior put Elijah and Jocelyn in an awkward position.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Elijah’s expression darkened as he stared at me with fiery eyes. Meanwhile, Jocelyn tugged at him andughed sweetly. “What better day than today right, Elijah? Since we have something to discuss with Ms. York, let’s just share a table.”</font></font>
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<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">With that, she pulled Elijah to sit down at our table.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan frowned slightly, clearly displeased with the situation.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Elijah swiftly sat down, though it was evident that he didn’t want to see me, especially not in this setting.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nevertheless, I regained myposure and continued to read through the tranted menu.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I had nothing to say to either of them anyway.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The strange silence made the atmosphere feel extremely ufortable.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Finally, Elijah couldn’t hold back anymore. He said, “Ariana, I wish to have a proper conversation with you.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I sarcastically replied, “Mr. Linden, what is it that you’d like to talk about? Is it about the 50 million dors. I invested in Linden Group? If that’s the case, I’m willing to schedule a time for a proper discussion.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Elijah’s expression shifted. “Ariana, you want money?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I sneered. “Mr. Linden, you’ve gotten it wrong. I don’t want money. I want my money back. There’s a difference between the two.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“As for the profit generated by Linden Group from my 50–million–dor investment,” I shot a cold re at the nervous Jocelyn, “I expect my share, to be returned. Not a penny less.”</font></font>