Cupid's Arrow Hit On Me

Awkward Behavior

Having eaten to her heart’s content, Jasmine gleefully said, “Shawn, I’m not interested in the eligible bachelors. Serenity and I are only here to check out the scene and taste the food. The place lives up to its name as a seven-star hotel. The food is amazing. It was a hearty meal.”

Shawn, “…”

“We‘re stuffed now. It’s getting late, Shawn. Serenity and I got to go. Please let my aunt know on my behalf.”

Anxious, Shawn did a double take on Serenity and answered, “Leaving so soon? Jas, the party is only halfway through. It’s still early. The earliest would be eleven o’clock tonight before the party’s over.”

Serenity chimed in. ‘We have a business to run tomorrow, so we can’t stay out that late.”

With the pair getting up, Shawn followed behind them.

“You know you can delay the opening time by a few hours.”

Shawn hovered around Serenity, hoping to keep the girls around for a little longer.

“That won’t do. Our busiest times are in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Missing out on the morning session could cost us a lot.”

Patting her cousin’s shoulder, Jasmine poked fun in delight. “You should stick around and see if there’s anyone you fancy. Although you’re still young, nothing’s stopping you from seeing a girl.”

Shawn stole another glance at Serenity. Blushing in the face, he bashfully said, “I’m fresh out of college, Jas. I’ll think about marriage once I’m steady in my job for a few years.”

Serenity put forth her opinion. “There’s no rush for boys. Shawn‘s only twenty-two this year. He can wait another two years.”

Shawn bobbed his head along, only for Serenity to add responsively. “You were still a little kid when I first met you. I can’t believe you’re all grown up now.”

Shawn, “…”

Unable to persuade the girls to stay, Shawn walked with them out of the hotel.

“Jas, did you drive here?”

“Your mom arranged for a car to pick us up.”

Jas was not bothered when she said, “Seren and I can take the cab. You should go back in. Shawn. Tell my aunt that we got to leave. I hope you have fun.”

There were a lot of people hanging around the lobby. Everybody glanced at Jasmine and Serenity, but none came to chat with him as the girls were unfamiliar faces.

Since the pair did not want to catch a cab in front of the hotel, they walked to the street before hailing a cab. They told Shawn, who had been walking with them, “Shawn, hurry back to the hotel. Bye now.”

Shawn waved his arm reluctantly as he watched the girls get into the cab and ride off. He stood by the road for a long time before making his way back. At the hotel entrance, he bumped into Zachary who was on his way out. The center of attention as always, Zachary demonstrated the makings of a leader through his security detall around him.

Shawn stopped at the sight of him and took a step to the side to make way for Zachary.

“Mr. Lowe.”

Zachary paused in his footsteps as he was pa*sing by Shawn and politely acknowledged Shawn.

Flattered, Shawn immediately responded with a smile, “Mr. York.”

Everybody else was taken aback by the exchange of greeting between Zachary and Shawn. The Lowes were of the upper crust, but they barely crossed paths with the Yorks. Shawn was only a kid in everybody’s eyes. Although he had entered the family business, Shawn was starting from the bottom up. Shawn was holding an insignificant position in the Lowes’ company.

For the lofty Zachary to say hello to Shawn, was he trying to build a bridge because he saw something in Shawn as the future heir of the Lowes’ business, or did he see a promising future in the Lowes?

Mr. and Mrs. Lowe were seeing Zachary out along with the crowd. Seeing that Zachary acknowledged their son’s presence, the couple was astonished and pleasantly surprised.

Within the business community in Wiltspoon, anyone who had won Zachary’s favor would go places like the world was theirs to take.

Mr. and Mrs. Lowe brought their son along to the dinner party so he could meet people and make friends. It was to lay the groundwork for their son’s future.

“Mr. Lowe, you were…”

“I was just returning from walking my family to get a ride.”

Before Zachary could finish his sentence, Shawn jumped in to explain what he was doing in case Zachary might take it the wrong way that Shawn did not care for these social settings or was unhappy with the hotel service.

The Wiltspoon Hotel was one of the many hotels under the Yorks’ flagship.

“Oh.” Zachary then walked past Shawn, looking like he only greeted Shawn out of politeness.

Shawn had no time to get over the situation as a crowd around Zachary walked right past him. Shawn became a nobody in an instant.

Everybody was used to Zachary making a brief appearance at an event before taking off.

The CEOs were secretly glad that they managed to talk business with Zachary. It was a good thing that they moved quickly and jumped at the chance.

Soon, the Rolls Royce with the car plate number, XX8888, escorted by cars of his security detail, left the Wiltspoon Hotel.

“Where to, Mr. Zachary?”

Behind the wheel, the driver asked.

Zachary took a look at the time, and it was only half past nine. Since it was still early for him, he gave it a thought and replied, ‘To Brynfield.”

“Got it,” the driver responded.

To Zachary’s surprise, he came home earlier than Serenity.

Back at his barren, warmthless, vacant home, Zachary sat on the sofa and disinterestedly watched TV while waiting for his wife, who had not come home despite leaving the hotel earlier.

The bodyguard had captured Serenity’s every move at the party and sent the pictures to Zachary’s phone.

Zachary scrolled through each photo. All the woman did was eat as if she had been starving for a lifetime.

Nevertheless, her hiding in a corner to eat was better than her hitting on other men.

Zachary frowned at her attire. The woman was underdressed and did not even put on an evening gown. Of course, he would lock her out of the house if she appeared at the ball, dressed to the nines.

Apart from Shawn, Serenity did not engage with other males. Shawn was the cousin of her best friend, so they must already know each other.

In the end, Zachary was fixated on a photograph with his lips pursed. His eyes reflected growing profundity and callousness.

It was a hard angle to pull even for a candid photo. The bodyguard somehow managed to capture Shawn sneaking a glance at Serenity. As the head of York Corporation, Zachary had trained eagle eyes.

He picked up on the subtlety of the photograph.

Shawn had a thing for Serenity!

It was hard for Zachary to believe he had a rival in love!

There was a click on the door lock.

Zachary stopped looking at the photos and quickly stuffed his phone into his pocket.

Serenity opened the door and came into the house to find Zachary sitting on the sofa watching TV. While closing and locking the door, she asked. “Are you not working late tonight, Mr. York?”