My Wife

The shadows of Aaron and his father-in-law faded from sight. An unsettling feeling rose to his chest. Distracted by the sudden change of events, Jason decided it was best for him to take a look himself. At the very moment when he stepped his left foot forward, three ladies blocked his path.

Without taking a single glance at the three girls in front of him, he tried moving past them by shifting sideways. Annoyingly, the girls followed his steps and refused to let him through.

Infuriated by the three women, he inhaled a deep breath. Revealing a polite smile on his face, he kindly asked them to step aside. Unfortunately, the anticipated response he wanted to hear never came. One of the girls stepped forward and raised the glass in her hand for a toast.

"Mister Hui, have you forgotten about me? My dad is one of the investors of your company. We met a few times during company events." The girl bit down on her lips as she pretended to be a close acquaintance to him.

After a brief second of observation, Jason's smile disappeared. "Sorry, I don't recall your name. I have something very important I need to deal with right now. Please, excuse me."

"I'm Trang Lai and these two are my sisters. Actually, my dad is standing by the plant over there. He said he wanted to speak to you about upcoming projects he may be interested in." Trang tried getting closer to Jason's arm. Just when she thought she could grab a hold of his sleeve, Celinda appeared.

"Brother! You're here!" Celinda witnessed how her brother almost got devoured by three cheetahs.

"Celinda, you're here. I-" Before he could say another word, Celinda replied in his place.

"My apologies, Miss. Lai. My brother is the host of the event, and he is very busy at the moment. If your father wants to speak about potential projects in the future with us, he can talk to my brother during office hours. If not, his assistant is available to take down his available timing to match with my brother's schedule. In the business world, fairness is very important. Tonight is an event to celebrate our completed project. So, we can only decline your offer. By the way, brother, Selina is coming downstairs! Look!"

Celinda pointed at the stairs where Rosanna and Selina made their way down the steps. At the same time, Kyla and Jessica were playing around with the lighting effects in the room. With Bryan and Alfred's help, the girls quickly caught on with how the controls worked.

The second Selina and Rosanna appeared, the lights in the ballroom dimmed and spotlight shone towards the stairs.

Jason's eyes fixated at the figure in red. Her elegant posture and Duchenne smile captivated everyone's attention. Awestruck by her beauty, Jason's lips were left parted. Trang Lai and her sisters let out a tsk, expressing their dismay to the over-exaggerated reactions everyone gave to Selina.

The center of attention was on Selina, whose identity was mysterious to most people. None of the guests' present would expect the extremely low-profile Clover family to attend the event tonight. With the spotlight's guide, everyone stepped to the side and paved way for Selina and Rosanna to reach Jason.

Tiptoeing amongst the huge crowd, Trang Lai searched for the person controlling the lights. The tsk she and her sisters made earlier was heard by many, but they didn't say anything. Celinda, on the other hand, heard it and she couldn't wait to shove dog food in her face.

Since Trang couldn't see who was controlling the lights, she decided to make a move on her own. She couldn't let Jason keep his attention on another woman! A thought surfaced her mind as she pretended to fall in Jason's direction. Under normal circumstances, the man would help the woman by hugging her in his embrace - at least that was what novels and dramas showed.

"Ah! I'm falling!" She loudly announced, diverting everyone's attention from Selina. She wanted everyone to witness her falling into Jason's embrace and him holding her in public. Nobody is allowed to take him away, and she would do anything to claim him.

"Oh! Miss. Lai should watch out!" Celinda gave Jason a small push forward as she replaced him in his original position. She reached out in a caring way and nudged her brother's back to walk to Selina. Of course, everyone would follow the host after seeing him walk towards the opposite direction. Jason didn't even give the eldest daughter of the Lai family a glance!

Brushing Celinda's hands off her arms, Trang forced a smile. "Thank you for holding onto me." She thanked Celinda with thousands of curses in her heart.

"You're very welcome." Celinda smiled meaningfully at her.

Ignoring everyone's curious gaze, Jason walked up to meet Selina midway. He fixed a strand of her fringe and complimented his wife dotingly. "You look very beautiful tonight."

"Oh? Just tonight?" She tilted her head slightly, smiling blissfully at him.

Taking her hands in his, he bent down and kissed her cheek. "You're beautiful every day, Mrs. Hui."

For those who were standing at a close distance, they heard the way he addressed her. Seeing the sunshine smile on Jason's face, everyone started nodding their heads to confirm their relationship. Indeed, only his lover could make him smile like that.

Soon, words spread to Trang Lai's ears. When she heard someone talking about Jason calling the lady in red his wife, her knuckles turned white. She couldn't believe their words and even wanted to refute them.

She started speaking to those around her. "If they were really married, then there should have been a wedding. Since there wasn't one, then they aren't married yet. She's probably some girl who wants to look for a rich man and somehow caught Jason's attention."

Celinda scoffed when she heard her words. "I'm sorry for interrupting your small conversation here. Just because my brother hasn't held a wedding yet, it does not mean he isn't married. How about taking a close look at the ring fingers of their hands? Oh, sorry. I said a bit too much. I should leave the talking to my brother since he is the host tonight. Anyway, I need to greet my sister-in-law now. See you around!"