"What?" The corners of Benard's lips twitched. "I don't…"
"If you dare say that you don't know how to flirt, I'll cut your tongue off. If you don't know, then learn! It's that easy. Don't tell me it's more difficult than firing a gun?" Zayn snapped.
"I understand." Benard lowered his head.
"Okay…" Bugara replied nervously, his entire face wrenching up.
Soon, they arrived at Ashenville Garden. Zayn initially wanted to change into a new set of clothes before going there, but Lucas had called him yet again to urge him to hurry up. "You're half an hour late. Everyone's waiting for you."
"I'll be there soon." Zayn was heading straight for the banquet hall.
Benard asked one of the bodyguards at the hot spring resort to send a set of clothes over.
When Zayn arrived at the banquet hall, he found another car that belonged to the Giblo family parked behind his. Selena had also arrived.
"Why did you come?" Zayn could not help but frown.
"I was just going out to have some fresh air when I heard that you needed some clothes to be delivered to you. So, I just came over." Selena smiled as she gestured to Zayn.
"There's no need for all the trouble." Zayn did not overthink her unexpected arrival despite feeling somewhat annoyed.
Benard walked up to her and took over the clothes.
"You should go back and rest now, " Zayn said, walking off.
To his utter horror, the group of guests in the banquet hall suddenly came out to welcome him, and a woman called Mrs. Rogana immediately spotted Selena. "Hey! Isn't this Mrs. Giblo?" she yelled.
"You're right! It's her!" Mrs. Lorenzo seemed rather excited too. "This is Mrs. Giblo indeed! I saw her on the news! Mr. Giblo, I didn't know that you were bringing your family along for the night as well! That's great. We can all get to know each other!"
Zayn immediately gave Benard a steely look.
Benard started panicking and urged the bodyguards to bring Selena back.
However, at that very moment, a foreboding, crisp voice echoed from a distance. "What's with the secrecy? Can't we take a look at her?"
Just as Carla had gotten changed and came out, she heard the commotion outside the banquet hall.
The woman in question that those people were buzzing about had not gotten out of the car, and Carla could not see her face.
That sparked Carla's interest in the mysterious woman Zayn was trying to hide.
For Zayn, the last thing he wanted was for Selena and Carla to meet.
If Carla listens in on the gossip those guests are rambling on about and deduce that the Giblo family had replaced her with Selena…
Before Zayn could do anything else, Selena's medical staff was already escorting her out of the car.
She smiled and waved at the guests who were talking about her.
Zayn's expression instantly darkened. Grabbing onto Selena's arm, he desperately wanted to shove her back into the car.
However, in the eyes of the onlookers, they saw it as a kind act to support Selena.
Oh, what a loving couple!
The worst had happened, and it was too late to reverse it.
Carla had finally gotten a better look at Selena's face. The moment her eyes landed on the woman in the distance, a complex yet strange feeling that could not be described with words began surging through her veins.
A nauseating sensation overwhelmed her body, and something cold was oozing out from her nose.
"Carla!" Lucas came rushing over and put his arm around her shoulder to support her.
When Zayn noticed that Carla was having a nosebleed, he also ran over to her but was suddenly met by Carla's scathing glare.
Her eyes were burning with the unmistakable flames of vengeance and hatred.
Zayn froze in his tracks. His eyes widened in shock.
Did she remember something?
Or… Did she find out about something?
"Carla, are you okay?" Lucas was also taken aback by Carla's expression.
A stinging pain grappled with Carla's brain. She felt a sudden surge of emotions just seconds ago, but everything was fading away again.
"You should go in and rest first." Lucas promptly brought Carla into the house.
Upon seeing Carla's sudden breakdown, the other guests at the scene had no idea how to react and simply stood there silently.
As Zayn watched Carla go further and further away from him, he felt like he was sinking into a bottomless, dark abyss.
He was stricken by the realization that Carla might have already found out about Selena replacing her two years ago before she had even lost her memories.
Otherwise, she would not be so innately curious about the woman by his side, nor would she react that way upon seeing Selena.
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