His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius

Chapter 1402:

She wasn’t lying. After witnessing Lucas’s terrifying anger firsthand, she truly didn’t have the courage to speak up for Ryan again.

Quickly picking up her wine glass, she turned to Belinda and Lucas. “Uncle Lucas, Belinda, I really know I messed up. Please don’t stay mad at me, okay?”

Her voice carried an obvious note of pleading.

Lucas remained silent, not even sparing her a glance.

Belinda, noticing his coldness, gently nudged him. “Come on, Lucas, let it go.”

Faye put on her best pitiful face. “Uncle Lucas, look, Belinda is speaking up for me. Please don’t be angry anymore, okay?”

After five long seconds, Lucas finally cast a cool glance her way and said curtly, “Don’t do something like this again.”

“Yay! You’re not mad at me anymore!” Faye said, her face lighting up with delight. She formed a heart shape with her hands over her head and said, “Love you!”

Lucas immediately frowned. “Don’t say things like that to me,” he said sharply.

Faye’s cheerful grin froze awkwardly for a moment.

Rolling her eyes dramatically, Faye turned to Belinda and said with a huff, “Fine! This heart is for Belinda. If I’m going to love anyone, it’ll be her! Right, Belinda?”

Belinda just smiled faintly.

Faye then turned to chat with Johnson and Vincent.

Just then, Bethany tugged lightly on Belinda’s arm. “Belinda, come with me to the restroom.”

“Sure,” Belinda replied, rising to follow her.noveldrama

As soon as they were out of earshot, Bethany couldn’t hold back her irritation. “Seriously, what’s with Faye? I never realized before how thoughtless she is. Defending Ryan like that… Does she have any idea how awkward that made things for you?”

Belinda merely smiled, her expression calm.

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Bethany continued, “And another thing, what was that about your wrist earlier?”

Belinda replied, “That day, I was having dinner with Darwin. And then…” She gave a brief account of what had happened during her encounter with Darwin.

Bethany’s eyes widened in disbelief after she heard that. “Are you kidding me? What was Faye thinking? Just because you’re dating Lucas doesn’t mean you can’t even talk to other men!”

Belinda shrugged. “Who knows what she was thinking?”

Bethany’s face soured even more as she remembered something else. “And didn’t she promise to keep it a secret? Yet she went and brought it up right in front of Lucas today! What was she trying to do?”

At Bethany’s remark, a subtle glint passed through Belinda’s eyes. On this matter, their thoughts were surprisingly aligned.

“Perhaps it wasn’t intentional,” Belinda said, her voice steady.

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