It was just a very ordinary night for ordinary people.
But for the upper class, the night was as long as a century.
A financial high-rise in Valenham.
The top floor rooftop was a small private bar, there were only two customers, a man and a woman.
The musician plays an elegant violin, playing Beethoven’s authentic Moonlight Sonata, and the bartender is unhurriedly mixing the drinks.
Within moments, two blue cocktails were presented to a man and a woman.
The woman is elegant, dressed in a purple cheongsam, classical and demonic, quiet as a lady coming out of a painting.
The man dressed in a black suit and tie, looking mature and stable.
“I really didn’t expect that the Lawson Group would one day move to S City.”
Ariella held the ‘Azure Dream’ cocktail with a faint smile on her face as she lamented.
The man gave a smile, picked up the cocktail, tasted a sip and said, “Because you are in S City. The glory of Lawson Group started because of you. Besides, aren’t you happy to see Lawson Group in S City?”
The man was Ariella’s cousin, Chris.
“I am.”
With a smile on her face, Ariella stood up and surveyed the small bar on the top floor.
After looking at it for a long time, he withdrew his gaze and said softly, “This little bar is exactly the same as the one I opened in Pearl Lawson Group on the top floor, even some of the details are the same.”
Chris drained his glass and smiled softly, “I built one in accordance with the Pearl.”
When she was still in the Lawson family, Ariella’s entire aura was deadly, out of place with the rest of the Lawson family.
It was in this environment, she brought the Lawson Group to glory.
When she’s not working, she likes to drink.
So, she opened the small bar on the top floor of the group, a bar for her alone.
Drinking alone is a very lonely thing.
And what she likes to do most is to drink alone and then look at the beautiful night view of Pearl.
In those days, Chris was always alone in his office peeking in.
Although Ariella was terrifying, the faintly sad, lonely air about her appealed to him.
“Chris, you’ve really become a lot more mature.”
Ariella surveyed Chris’ face and said with a smile.
Thinking of how he used to be, Chris blushed and said with a smile, “People always change, don’t they?”
The people who changed him were two.
One was his cousin and the other, Leo.
They are enemies and confidants, who know each other.
“Yes, people change, and if they don’t, they’re out.”
Ariella smiled, but the meanings of the words had changed dramatically.
More depressing, more compassionate.
“I’m getting married tomorrow, so wish me happiness.”
She turned her head to look at Chris and said with a beaming smile.
“…”
Chris grinned, forcing a smile.
But a closer look at his hand on the table reveals that it is trembling badly.
The hostility in his heart spreads rapidly like a weed.
Yes, tomorrow his cousin is getting married.
Shouldn’t he congratulate her?
But why, he didn’t want to congratulate her at all?
Instead, he wanted to be destructive, yelling hysterically and venting his feelings in front of his cousin.
Having lived together since childhood, it would be impossible to say that there is no affection.
When a sister gets married, the younger brother must be the one who is most upset.
Not to mention, having her sister marry someone she doesn’t like at all.
“…”
Chris wanted to roar out.
But his throat felt like it was stuck on a fish spike, and he couldn’t yell out.
Ariella gave him a deep look and smiled flirtatiously at him.
“It’s late, it’s time for you to get off work.”
Chris got up in silence and when he reached the staircase, he couldn’t help but turn back and take one last look at his sister.
She was standing on the rooftop, glass of wine in hand, looking up at the moon.
The moon was cool and illuminated the side of her face with such beauty and holiness.
Chris lit a cigarette and leaned his back against the wall of the stairway, smoking silently.
At that moment, the lift door opened and a young man, flanked by two bodyguards, walked over holding a large bouquet of red flowers.
Seeing Chris, who was smoking alone, he grinned, “Chris, where’s your cousin?”
This man is none other than Ariella’s fiancé, Hayden.
Coldness flashed in Chris’ eyes and he pointed to the rooftop, “She is in the rooftop drinking.”
Hearing these words, Hayden laughed at once, “Knowing that I was coming, she drank and flirted in advance, she is quite conscious.”
“…”
A cold glint flashed in Chris’ eyes, but he did not speak.
“All right, get going, I’ll talk to your cousin.”
Hayden took out a large red envelope from his pocket and put it in the pocket of Chris’ clothes, patting him on the shoulder, “Brother-in-law, take your envelope.”
Having said that, he led his men towards Ariella.
“Ariella, we’re getting married tomorrow, so tonight, should we do something?”
“Hayden, I’ll marry you, but we don’t have to fulfill that obligation.”
“Fuck you!”
Hayden interrupted Ariella as soon as she finished speaking.
Then it came a crisp slap.
Chris’ footsteps were halted, and through the gap he saw his cousin being viciously slapped to the ground by Hayden.
“Don’t fucking pretend to be noble to me, you’re all mine and you won’t let me touch you?”
At the thought of getting Ariella tomorrow, Hayden changed his previous obsequious and pleasing attitude and showed his fierce face, stepping on Ariella’s head with a fierce foot.
There was a splash of blood.
“Don’t forget that you have been married once five years ago, only that Leo did not want you and did not touch you. I did not expect you to be so cheap, you actually took the initiative to throw into his arms and lost your virginity. Damn, today I have to fuck you!”
“Take her away!”
With a loud curse, the two bodyguards behind Hayden dragged Ariella away like a dead dog.