Chapter 437
“If I go and talk to him…
“It’s no use.” Sophie said calmly. “Being bom out of wedlock isn’t something you can decide for yourself, but here, in this place, Ricardo will never allow your existence to threaten his position. Whatever you say will be in vain. He might even pretend to be brotherly to your face but plot against you behind your back.”
Julian fell silent. He never wanted to get involved in these matters in the first place. All he wanted was to dance quietly, searching for the stage he longed for.
Seeing Julian troubled, Sophie said, “How about this? Come find me tonight when you’re resting. I have a business proposition for you. If you agree, I guarantee Ricardo won’t bother you anymore.”
At her words, Julian was taken aback, skepticism in his eyes, “You have a way?”
རྫོངྒཝོ རཏྟཾ ཨོང ན ཀྲྀཥྞཾ བྷནྣཾ ཚེ ནཙྩཾ ཟྭ Č
“Believe me and come. If not, pretend I never said anything. I won’t force you.” Sophie left first, waving at Julian, “Tonight at 8:30, at the back of the gym, don’t stand me up.”
Johnny had been eavesdropping around the comer. Since he hadn’t heard anything, he immediately approached Julian after Sophie left, saying, “Hey! Dude, what were you talking about with her?”
“Nothing.”
Julian turned to leave, but Johnny y was persistent and blocked his way, asking, “I was watching from over there! You two were so close!! don’t think it was nothing.”
Julian stopped, frowning, “You heard it?”
“Not a thing.” Johnny, probably not expecting Julian to question him like that, suddenly got angry. “You’re even keeping secrets from your friend? Fine, fine, I knew there was something special between you two!” Julian felt a headache coming from the noise and, without another word, left.
Johnny followed, shouting, “Julian! Damn you! Keeping a romance from me!”
Johnny’s voice was so loud that other male and female apprentices who had been eavesdropping caught on.
“What? Julian is in a relationship?”
“When did our captain start dating? How did I not know?”
“No wonder he hasn’t been hanging out with girls before. It turns out…”
“Damn, his girl couldn’t possibly be Sophie, could it?”
The crowd buzzed with speculation. Shirley, overhearing this, clenched her fists, her face turning sour
“Really? Sophie is pretty, but to think she could even thaw a big ice mountain like Julian.”
*This is explosive news! Didn’t you see them just now? Julian was even protecting Sophie in front of Mr. Ricardo!”
Hearing the surrounding speculations, Shirley grew more anxious. She took a shortcut to confront Julian. Her usual cool demeanor was gone. She bit her lip and asked, “What’s your relationship with Sophie?”
Johnny smelled the gossip but, for the sake of his good friend’s privacy, raised his hands in surrender, saying, “I didn’t hear anything. You guys talk. I’ll leave.”
After Johnny had moved a few meters away, Julian coldly said, “It’s none of your business.”
Shirley, anxious, grabbed Julian, Julian! Your mother told you not to date, remember?”
Chapter 438