Chapter 1611 A Protector
Could it be that Rose isn’t Ms. Nina?
To his side, Levant was equally bamboozled. “Logically speaking, Nina would have slapped that pervert several times over or at least aimed a punch or kick his way. So why…”
He then turned to regard Evan. “I can only assume that she’s not Nina!”
“But what if she is?” Evan blurted this off the cuff for some inexplicable reason.
“What if…”
That got Levant thinking. “What if…” For the life of him, he just could not figure out why Nina would want to go along with something like this.
“Perhaps she has her reasons?” Levant speculated.
No longer able to contain himself, Evan shot onto his feet when he saw the duo enter the private room. “I can’t stand by and watch this happen. If that were Nina, I’d regret it for life!”
This time, Levant stayed out of his way.
Alongside Damien, the two of them collectively made their way toward the private room as well.
When they were halfway there, a man went up and started pounding away at the door.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
The trio found the figure familiar.
When the trio stopped to investigate, they realized that it was Stephen.
Evan’s brows knitted. “It’s him?”
“I heard that he was the recipient of Chris’ heart, Mr. Seet. If he’s also here to spy on Rose, could it be that he is also suspecting that she’s Ms. Nina too?” Damien said.
Levant sneered, “I’d say this show has just gotten that little more interesting. Why’s this Rose being so nice to that pervert, though? Why did she not kick his ass? Why did she decide to follow him into the private room instead? Perhaps she was staging this to create an opportunity for Stephen to play the hero.”
He continued, “Like us, Stephen must have been also actively searching for Nina. I bet he must have also realized that Rose could be her, and hence decided to tail her. As a father, you have nothing to worry about with a protector like him around.”
By the time Levant’s voice trailed off, Stephen had already busted his way through the door to the private room. Moments later, they could hear the ruckus generated by the sound of objects being thrashed around on the inside.
“Shall we go have a look, Mr. Seet?”
Levant stepped in again. “Damien, you should go on ahead on your own, as they won’t recognize you. Act at your own discretion. Just make sure that Nina doesn’t come to harm.”
“Understood!”
Damien was about to approach when he saw the sorry-looking licentious man lumber out of the private room with his hands clutched around his own abdomen. The latter never stopped cussing as he fled. “Busybody, how dare you fight me for my catch? Just you wait. I’ll have people tear you limb from limb!”
Following that, the emergence of Stephen and Rose from the room prompted the trio to duck out of sight.
“Why did you help me?”
“Because…”
Rose’s resplendent eyes fixated upon him unflinchingly while she awaited an answer from the hesitant Stephen. “Because you’re cute!”
Rose could not decide if he was telling the truth. Cute? So he’s just drawn to my looks?
Three days ago, she was drinking alone at the bar when Stephen passed her. Her glass slipped, but with his keen eyes and quick hands, he managed to catch it and have it returned to her.
That set the stage for their initial meeting.
Using her beauty as a lure was, indeed, what she had in mind. However, she wondered if Stephen would have fallen for it so easily.
Regardless of whether that was the case, she had attained her goal of getting close to him.
“Really? Am I the type that you’d fancy?” Rose said that while purposefully striking a sexy pose to a gawking Stephen.
He nodded sheepishly in response as though smitten by her.
“In that case, let’s be friends. What would you say if we swap contacts?”
Stephen nodded after a moment of silence.
The two of them exchanged phone numbers, and a hint of glee swept past Rose’s eyes when she looked at the contact details she received from Stephen.
“Come look me up here in the future whenever you are free. I do frequent this place at night, as I stay quite nearby.”
