Leo went to the parking lot, got into his car, and took out his phone. A WhatsApp message had arrived from Sophia with just one sentence: “Leo, hurry to the Autumn Leaf restaurant on the third floor of Wonder Plaza.”
He started the car and headed towards Wonder Plaza. When he arrived, he parked in the underground parking lot and took the elevator up to the third floor. Leo found himself standing outside the restaurant called Autumn Leaf.
Looking through the glass door, Leo noticed that something was off inside. The tables had been moved aside as if they were having a party.
Dozens of men and women stood in a circle with Sophia and Colby William at its center. Colby William wore an Armani suit while holding roses as he gazed deeply at Sophia, who was expressionless.
“Sophia, I have liked you for three years now,” said Colby William passionately. “Today I won’t suppress my feelings any longer; I want to show you my heart!”
As soon as Colby finished speaking, some girls watching exclaimed: “How romantic! If my crush said this to me, I would die happily!”
Sophia remained expressionless like she was watching a boring play unfold before her eyes.
Colby flicked his finger and immediately a man wearing a suit approached them with a gift box which he opened in front of Sophia revealing an extremely beautiful diamond necklace inside.
“This is Queen’s Heart!” cried one woman who attracted most people’s attention because she was with Langstel’s famous luxury goods evaluation media who could easily recognize the value of the necklace inside the gift box.
“Vivien,” another woman asked excitedly while her eyes sparkled with fascination: “Is this necklace really called Queen’s Heart? What are its unique features? How much is it worth?”
Other women quickly followed suit asking Vivien for more information about this necklace too.
Vivien cleared her throat twice before adjusting her tone, then spoke loudly: “Queen’s Heart is designed by Britain’s famous jewelry manufacturer. This necklace has 50 carats of pear-shaped and round white diamonds.”
“These diamonds surround a Burmese ruby. This heart-shaped ruby weighs 40. 63 carats. Its deep red and blood red tones make it even more dazzling.”
“In addition, this necklace is designed to be very versatile and can also be worn as a headpiece. The Queen’s Heart Necklace contains 50 diamonds and is estimated to be worth around ten million dollars.”
After hearing Vivien’s appraisal, many women couldn’t help but exclaimed.
To buy a diamond necklace for ten million dollars as a gift, Colby is really rich.
The woman who catches Colby’s eye must have saved the world in her past life.
Feeling the atmosphere around him being stirred up by himself and hearing the exclamation of men and women around him, Colby William’s smile became even brighter.
In his values, there are no women that money cannot win over; even someone as proud as Sophia would not be able to resist such temptation.
“Sophia, don’t worry about it. If you don’t want to speak, just nod your head.” Colby William was full of anticipation.
Sophia spoke: “Colby William, I’m just here to have dinner with you. You don’t need to put on such a show for me.”
“I do need it; I absolutely need it because I want you to know my feelings for you. For these three years, I haven’t looked at any other woman twice; my heart and eyes are filled with only you. I don’t want to wait or suffer anymore – will you be my girlfriend?” Colby William said affectionately.
Some infatuated girls heard these words and almost passed out from excitement.
“Colby William, stop joking around! I’m married; I have a husband!” Sophia spoke frankly.
Colby William’s obsessed expression did not change at all as he replied: “I know you’re married; four years ago when you had that big illness – remember? You found someone off the street for your marriage, who was nothing more than an tool for your use before throwing him away afterwards… so why should this matter?”
Colby Williams’s words deeply touched everyone present – his love towards Sophia was truly genuine if he could pursue her so romantically, despite knowing she had already been married!
Someone led the way in clapping their hands while shouting out loud: “Say yes! Say yes!”
As the crowd began to jeer, Sophia’s expression turned ugly and she shouted, “Colby William, are you deaf? I have no interest in you. Move aside, I’m leaving!”
Seemingly premeditated, as soon as Sophia finished speaking the circle of people closed in tighter and their cries changed to “You can’t leave without agreeing! You can’t leave without agreeing!”
Leo couldn’t take it anymore and pushed on the glass door from outside.
But he couldn’t push it open because it was locked from inside.
Inside the circle of people, Colby William was already kneeling before Sophia with a ring box in hand. He opened it like a magician and said: “Sophia, I formally ask for your love.”
Outside the door Leo raised his fist and punched at the glass door.
With a loud bang sound tempered glass shattered into pieces.
The onlookers were startled by this sudden turn of events and turned their heads towards Leo.
“Who is this guy?”
“I don’t know him. Never seen him before.”
“Could he be Colby’s creative arrangement?”
“He does look somewhat like Sophia’s useless husband.”
“Yes indeed! He looks just like him. This will be interesting to watch.”
Ignoring all these stares, expressions or whispers around him, Leo walked straight towards Sophia.
Initially some bystanders wanted to stop him, but upon seeing this man approaching them step by step, they inexplicably felt afraid deep down inside, so they subconsciously parted ways for him.
When Leo appeared before her eyes, Sophia complained: “You’re too slow coming here.”
“The traffic here, you know,” shrugged Leo helplessly.
“You’re my man now,” said Sophia firmly. “Figure out how to solve this problem.”
Leo made an okay gesture with his hand.
Hearing their conversation made those watching start spitting insults:
“That really is her husband; he doesn’t look rich at all compared to Colby.”
“You guys don’t know yet? Her husband is a freeloader – a man lives on a woman.”
“Ahh… I really don’t understand what’s going through Sophie’s mind; she actually likes keeping such a useless man around her side! If that were me I would have kicked such trash out of my world long ago!”