NOVPUBChapter 1165: Chapter 1165: This is a Marriage Deception_1 Chapter 1165 -1165: This is a Marriage Deception_1 Old Master Wells wondered if Lyke Zhekova had any idea about what was being said about him.
However, Old Master Wells had to admit, Old Madam Wells was indeed correct.
Wasn’t Peggy Lewis won over by Lyke Zhekova’s persistent pursuit of her?
Even if Lyke Zhekova wasn’t thrilled about it, there wasn’t much he could do.
It was just the way it was.
“Besides, Peggy is a young girl who hasn’t experienced love before.
She’s adorably naive and rather slow to respond to feelings of love.
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It was a stroke of luck for our Lyke, who finally got her to reciprocate.”, Old Madam Wells cheerfully recounted.
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Wells blurted out without a second thought, “Wasn’t Lyke essentially tricking her into marrying him?!”
Old Master Wells: “!”
What did she mean by tricking her into marriage?
What was she implying?
Old Madam Wells: “!”
Old Madam Wells quickly covered her mouth after realizing what she had said. 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
Goodness, she shouldn’t have blurted out what she was thinking.
But, wasn’t he essentially tricking her into marriage!
Deceiving a young woman who has never been in love into marrying him.
There was nothing wrong with that.
“What do you mean by tricking her into marriage?” Old Madam Wells became defensive, “Everything our Lyke earned, he earned through hard work.
Besides, who asked Lyke to fall for her?
If he likes her, isn’t it natural for him to pursue her urgently before it’s too late and she gets snatched away by others?
Then, it would be too late for any regrets.”
“So, don’t fret about age difference.
If you really like someone, even if you have to act a bit thick-skinned and endure people pointing fingers at you, so what?
The important thing is to live well.”, counseled Old Madam Wells, “That’s definitely better than being single.”
Although Old Madam Wells didn’t name anyone, Old Madam Wells knew who she was talking about.
“Our Cindy is truly blessed.” Old Madam Wells went on, unabashedly praising, “Not only did she solve Adrian’s bachelorhood dilemma, she also took care of the love problems of our eldest.
Now, I don’t have any worries.
Except for Samson, but he’s still young so there’s no hurry, we can just take our time with him.”
After Old Madam Wells finished boasting, Old Madam Wells hung up the phone and said to Old Master Wells, “Why don’t we have someone to introduce a nice companion to Clifford?”
Old Master Wells thought for a moment and said, “Constantine does have quite a few friends, would you dare to take a chance with her friends?”
Old Madam Wells: “!”
Forget it, let’s pretend she never said that.
Constantine was known for being a handful; she herself had been married and divorced several times.
Both parties were to blame for those multiple divorces, not just one side.
But considering her troublesome nature, Old Madam Wells didn’t have high hopes for her.
Meanwhile, Lyke Zhekova was having a great time responding individually to comments on his IG stories.
Until he saw the time– it was 12 p.m.
He then got out of the car and sent Peggy a message on Whatsapp: “I’m downstairs at your office building.”
Peggy was going to stay an extra ten minutes or so since the work at hand was almost done.
With one last push, she could finish everything and start fresh in the afternoon.
If she were to interrupt her work, it would be challenging to regain the same momentum in the afternoon.
However, upon receiving Lyke’s message, Peggy, not wanting to keep him waiting, promptly saved her file.
Her work was momentarily interrupted and would have to be resumed in the afternoon.
Peggy hurriedly packed up and left the company.
Upon exiting the company building, she saw Lyke Zhekova waiting.
Since Lyke often visited the office to see Peggy, her colleagues at Sharp Edges had grown accustomed to his presence.
Although they couldn’t help but glance curiously at him every time he was there, their reactions weren’t as exaggerated as before.
Peggy ran over to Lyke as soon as she saw him.
“Why are you running?
I’m here waiting for you and I’m not going anywhere,” said Lyke as he smoothed Peggy’s hair.
Although Lyke had always come to see Peggy, they had never been so affectionate with each other before.
The change in a pair of opposite-sex friends’ relationship was easily noticeable.
The people around them could tell at a glance that something was different between Peggy and Lyke.
It was obvious they were dating.
Everyone stared at them, mainly out of curiosity to see what Lyke was like when he was in love.
“Did you wait a long time?” Peggy asked.
She came out as soon as she received his message.
She knew Lyke really well, so she thought about him; he would do the same for her.
She didn’t want him to wait.
And surely, Lyke must have thought the same.
He might have even arrived early to avoid making her wait.
Admittedly, Peggy now understood Lyke very well.
“No,” Lyke obviously wouldn’t admit, “I got here at the dot.”
Peggy wasn’t sure if she should believe it, but didn’t say anything.
May as well, she guessed.
As long as she knew in her heart, that was fine.
“Let’s have lunch nearby your office,” suggested Lyke.
In fact, their companies were close to each other.
No matter where they decided to eat, it could be considered nearby.
Peggy just nodded in agreement, and Lyke immediately held her hand.
They had officially become a couple just the night before.
To tell the truth, Peggy hadn’t quite adjusted to the sudden change in their relationship.
Being together all the time helped.
But after being apart for a while and then meeting again, things always felt a bit awkward.
Peggy blushed, her first love encounter, she didn’t really know how to interact with her partner or what she was supposed to do.
Fortunately, even though this was Lyke’s first relationship too, as the old madam mentioned, he was pretty shameless about it.
He casually brought up a topic: “How many red packets have you received today?”
Peggy found this intriguing: “I didn’t count exactly, but they each gave me 200.”
All in all, she received several thousand in red packets that morning.
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Over at Adrian Zhekova’s end, he was at the under Pingla Academy.
He had met up with Cindy Clarke.
There were several canteens at the under Pingla Academy.
There were student canteens and faculty canteens.
And Samson Zhekova, the high-level school official, didn’t do anything special; he, too, ate in the faculty canteen.
All the teachers in under Pingla Academy had their fixed seats, so there was no issue of someone coming late and not having a seat.
Of course, they could also choose not to sit in their designated seats and dine with their colleagues.
But their seats were always reserved.
Nothing in particular, it’s just how generous under Pingla Academy was.
Although there were separate student and faculty canteens, the menus were the same.
There was no disparity in terms of quality.
The separation was just for the convenience of teachers and students interacting separately.
To avoid a chaotic situation if everyone gathered together.
It also wasn’t convenient to chat while dining.
By rights, Cindy Clarke should have been in the student canteen.
But since Adrian Zhekova got a seat in the faculty canteen for her from Samson Zhekova, she went to the faculty canteen with Adrian.
Although the menus were the same and the quality was consistent.
The faculty canteen had fewer people and a better dining environment.
