Even though he was laughing out loud, Kris couldn’t seem to make out the genuinity in his gesture
while she continued to stare at him.
“All right, let’s pack up and leave. Since it’s your first day out of the hospital, we’re going to eat
something fancy!”
With that, Hayden left the hospital with Kris. In the car, he picked up a call and calmly replied with a
grunt before he searched up a Western restaurant. When they arrived, he carefully helped her through
the doors.
Throughout their meal, Hayden was incredibly caring toward Kris. Whatever she wanted, he delivered;
he had the waiter bring out each and every food that she was craving. Nevertheless, Kris couldn’t eat
much since she had just been discharged, so the two of them finished up pretty quickly.
As Kris rose from her seat and was prepared to leave, Hayden stopped her and cast her a slight smile.
“What’s the rush? Since you’ve just recovered, I asked someone to get you a bowl of bird’s nest
essence. At the very least, you should have some of it; it’s good for your health.”
Even though Kris thought that it was extremely odd to eat something like that in a Western restaurant,
she sat down and waited quietly—Hayden was just concerned for her, after all. Just then, Hayden got
up and went over to Kris before he sat down next to her on the sofa. He then leaned in close to her,
raised his phone in front of their faces, and took a selfie.
“What are you doing?” Kris jolted in surprise.
In return, Hayden smiled at her mischievously. “You’ll know in a while.”
Immediately after that, he logged onto social media and posted the selfie on his Stories with the
caption, ‘First family dinner of three. Feeling blessed.’
Kris could see everything as he tapped away on his screen by her side. When she realized what he
was up to, her pupils shrunk a little—he was blatantly exposing her state of humiliation to the whole
world. However, she could only keep her anxiety hidden; she couldn’t do anything against him at a time
like this, so she forced a smile at him and said, “You don’t have to post it—we’re just having a meal.
Besides, I remember that you don’t like going on social media.”
“I used to hate it.” Hayden nodded before he fixed his gaze on her and gave her a warm, sincere smile.
“But from now on, I’ll post photos of us; there are many other couples on my Stories who love showing
off, so we have to up our game as well.”
Kris felt a little uncomfortable at his sentiment; perhaps she was imagining things, but she had the
impression that Hayden’s words had a deeper meaning to them. With that in mind, time seemed to
drag on as they waited for the bowl of bird’s nest essence in the restaurant.
Just then, Kris’ eyes locked onto a nearby corner; she had caught sight of a couple walking out of the
Western restaurant, and her expression hardened as soon as she recognized them.
The pair of lovers weren’t strangers to her—it was even safe to say that she was more than familiar
with the man!
It was Gideon!
He was engaged in an affectionate, light-hearted conversation with the woman next to him; Kris even
noticed that his arm was wrapped tightly around the woman’s waist. As soon as they stepped into the
lobby of the restaurant, they started kissing in public without a care in the world.
Kris watched the scene in front of her angrily, and her hands balled into fists.
Gideon hadn’t even officially broken up with her, yet he already found another woman in such a short
period of time. He was obviously giving her a punch on the face!
“See, Kris? Gideon was playing with you the entire time; he doesn’t appreciate you at all. It hasn’t even
been that long, and he already has a new chick!” Hayden said in her ear, his voice low and eerie.
Kris’ head snapped toward Hayden in an instant; she stared into his eyes in disbelief as she exclaimed,
“Did you bring me here on purpose? Did you try to stall me because you wanted me to see Gideon
together with his new girlfriend?!”
It all made sense now—Kris finally knew why things felt so odd today. Hayden wasn’t worried about her
out of concern; he hadn’t asked anyone to buy her a bowl of bird’s nest at all. Instead, he simply
wanted her to wait in place so that she could see Gideon sharing a kiss with his new woman!
For a moment, Hayden couldn’t hide the cunning look in his eyes; Kris caught it and she suddenly felt
like Hayden was a whole new person she never understood.
“Of course not; I had no choice but to do it because I was worried for you. I was afraid that you were
missing someone you shouldn’t be thinking about.” As he smiled at her, the underlying foreboding
beneath his smile didn’t go unnoticed.
Kris took a few deep breaths; she stood up abruptly and turned to leave the restaurant.
“Where are you going, Kris? Wait for me!”
Since Hayden was a little loud, several neighboring diners turned to look toward the commotion.
Kris felt inexplicably bothered by the sudden spotlight. Naturally, Hayden’s voice attracted Gideon’s
attention as the latter turned toward their direction as well—he wasn’t that far away from them.
As soon as Gideon’s eyes fell upon her, the mocking look he threw at Kris gave her the urge to walk up
to him and land a few slaps on his face. What is there to smirk about? As a result, she changed her
mind in an instant and walked toward Gideon instead.
Meanwhile, Gideon reacted by calmly stepping in front of the woman who was in his arms.
Kris went up to him, raised her hand to his face and slapped him without a moment of hesitation.
It happened all too quickly that the onlookers couldn’t even comprehend what had just happened. After
suffering a smack to his face, Gideon’s expression darkened. He immediately caught Kris’ hand which
was about to land another stinging hit. He then bellowed, “What are you doing, Kris?! Are you crazy?!”
“Am I crazy, you say?! Yes, I want the woman behind you to see how rotten you are!” Kris’ attitude was
unyielding. “Are you having fun playing around with women, Gideon?! How dare you get with another
woman before even ending things with me?!”
“Kris, you can’t be thinking that you’re still my fiancée, right?” Gideon said deridingly as he sized her up
sarcastically. “Look at you—how can you even compare to Miss Brie? More importantly, when it comes
to playing around… aren’t you more of an expert than me? You were with another man when we were
together!”
Then, Gideon’s eyes shifted to Hayden who was standing next to Kris. “Young Master Fuller, when this
woman was around you, she couldn’t have told you that her relationship with me was fake, and that it
was all pretend, right? Or did she? If that’s the case, how is it possible to pretend in bed?!”
Kris’ face fell at once. “Enough of your nonsense, Gideon!”
She looked toward Hayden instinctively, but to her surprise, the man was unfazed and his expression
was indifferent.