Chapter 617: Who’d Be Unlucky Enough to Be Your Wife

Cecilia Vaughn’s eyes turned red, she stood up and watched Zion Prescott carefully re-bandage Adrian Law’s wound.

"You can’t scare me like that again in the future."

"Alright, I won’t."

The man, looking at the girl’s red eyes, couldn’t help but lower his head and give her a peck on the cheek.

Now Zion Prescott had started packing up, and when Cecilia Vaughn glanced at Felix Lockwood, who stood nearby with a teasing smirk, her face instantly flushed like a ripe peach.

"Adrian, stop fooling around, doesn’t it really hurt?"

Zion Prescott had re-bandaged Adrian Law’s wound, but the white gauze was still stained layer over layer with blood, as if it had turned scarlet like maple leaves.

Throughout the process, Adrian Law merely furrowed his brows and occasionally took a sharp breath. If Cecilia Vaughn didn’t know how unbearable it is without painkillers, she would have doubted whether Adrian Law even felt pain.

...

"With you here, of course it doesn’t hurt."

The man gave Cecilia Vaughn a meaningful glance. Seeing her ears blush faintly, he finally smiled and got up, no longer teasing his little wife.

And seeing those two all lovey-dovey, Felix Lockwood couldn’t help but say sourly.

"Is having a wife such a big deal... I refuse to believe, big brother, that your sense of pain was completely out of order."

"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is."

Adrian Law shot Felix Lockwood a dagger-like glare.

Then he seemingly casually wrapped his arm around Cecilia Vaughn’s waist and gave Felix Lockwood a smile.

"I heard that besides the CEO of the Hollister Family wanting to introduce his daughter to you, there’s also Boss Quinn’s daughter who seems to have taken a liking to you?"

"Do you think if your family knew about these things, they might just throw you out without hesitation?"

...

The daughter of the Hollister Family’s CEO!

Oh heavens, she’s renowned for her fiery temperament. More importantly, rumors have it she’s into women because she’s always surrounded by a flock of adoring followers. If he truly married her, who knows whether he’d be married or thoroughly overshadowed.

As for Boss Quinn’s daughter...

Felix Lockwood swallowed hard, even more intimidated. She was twice as wide as him, and it’s not like Felix discriminates against larger individuals; it’s just that he’s a sucker for looks. Even if someone has a great personality, he couldn’t accept a wife less attractive than himself.

Eww, something about that seems off.

Felix Lockwood muttered to himself, it should be less handsome than him!

...

Felix Lockwood momentarily pouted, putting on a look of mock grievance.

"Big brother, do you have to mess with me like this? Have I ever wronged you? I even left my dear soulmate to come and see how serious your injury was, out of concern for you."

"Oh."

Adrian Law responded tersely with a nod, completely subduing Felix Lockwood.

Wah wah wah, forsake bros for hoes!

This brotherhood just doesn’t seem worth it anymore.

Seeing he couldn’t get through Adrian Law, the "heartless rock," Felix Lockwood quickly shifted his playful gaze to Cecilia Vaughn.

"Sis-in-law, aren’t you curious why big brother knows so much gossip? Also, why aren’t you jealous of the Hollister Family’s CEO’s daughter and Boss Quinn’s daughter, both female acquaintances?"

"Instigating trouble, careful you might bite your own tongue."

"..."

What a fierce curse.

As soon as the man’s magnetic voice fell, Felix Lockwood immediately felt a chill, especially inside his mouth, as if wind was slipping through.

Despite saying that, Adrian Law still looked at Cecilia Vaughn expectantly, as if eagerly awaiting her response.

...

Could she say she doesn’t want to answer that question?

Cecilia Vaughn felt embarrassed.

She had full confidence in her husband’s faithfulness, but she knew Adrian was usually uninterested in gossip. Today, being so contrary as to directly reveal these two secrets was indeed surprising.

Although it was about Felix Lockwood, it also made one feel strange.

Cecilia Vaughn glanced curiously at Zion Prescott, who was quietly organizing the medical tools.

"Doctor Prescott, could it be that you’re the one who told Adrian these things?"

"..."

Zion Prescott gave Cecilia Vaughn a cold glance and then shook his head.

"Felix Lockwood has enough romantic entanglements; why would I waste my breath?"

"..."

Felix Lockwood inexplicably felt a pang of conscience.

Has his reputation really fallen to such depths?

He only drifted in and out of romantic affairs for a little too long. But, come on, he had some principles.

At the very least, Felix Lockwood believed he never dated two girlfriends at the same time.

He always broke it off cleanly before moving on to the next one.

Uh... even though there were always girls coming to him in tears, Felix Lockwood just ignored them one by one. Anyway, he’d already paid them the breakup fee, so they could do whatever they wanted, he was clear of any guilt.

To say those people weren’t after his looks and money—who’d believe that?

Anyhow, once Felix Lockwood got tired after the novelty wore off, he simply chose to break up. At the very least, he wasn’t wasting the girls’ time since he’d been clear from the start that it wouldn’t lead to anything serious.

Ugh, thinking of these things, he felt that he was quite transparently a jerk.

...

Just as Felix Lockwood swallowed and wanted a moment to ponder if he was being too ruthless, Adrian Law spoke up indifferently.

"Zion’s got no time for such trifles."

At the very least, ever since Zion Prescott drowned himself in alcohol daily and stopped going after that woman named Claire Sinclair, Adrian Law understood that if he hadn’t been shot, Zion wouldn’t have left his darkened room.

"It was Wyatt who told me. When those two CEOs’ daughters couldn’t reach Felix Lockwood, they tried another approach, probing Wyatt for Felix Lockwood’s schedule."

Felix Lockwood’s schedule was naturally best known by The Lockwood Group’s secretary.

But because in business, Adrian Law also takes care of Felix Lockwood, there’s often collaborative ties, so any meetings and business events are of course well-known to Adrian Law.

Those two CEOs’ daughters dared not bother Adrian Law, so they turned their attention to Wyatt.

...

Recalling Wyatt’s wry yet conflicted expression back then, Adrian Law gave Felix Lockwood a warning look.

"Felix Lockwood, go chase skirts out there, I won’t mind, but if it affects the people around me, don’t blame me for contacting the elders."

Felix Lockwood’s skinny frame trembled.

How to handle being threatened?

"Alright, alright, I’ll definitely mind my behavior!"

God knows, he hadn’t even exchanged more than three sentences with those two women; carrying this burden, he wasn’t willing to!

Oh, being so handsome really is a sin. Is it his fault?

...

Cecilia Vaughn saw Felix Lockwood’s miserable face and raised an eyebrow, enjoying the drama.

"No shortage of romantic debts, huh, Young Master Lockwood? Really curious about who’ll be unlucky enough to marry you in the future."

"..."

Is that a curse?

It must be a curse, right?

Felix Lockwood fumed internally and just as he was about to say something, suddenly the door opened...