Yasmin glanced at him.
The young man looked nothing out of the ordinary, and she would have never given him the time of day if they were in school. But now…
“Thank you.”
She took the plate with her slender hands and placed a chicken wing to her lips.
Oh, God. The ice queen accepted my gesture.
The young man was on cloud nine.
All the other boys grew excited upon seeing that. It was only normal for them to react that way toward a girl as beautiful as Yasmin.
With that, Yasmin soon became the subject of all the boys’ adoration.
The other girls were on the verge of exploding.
“Look at that. I told you she’s such a b*tch! She won all the guys over the moment she showed up.”
“Right!”
They were livid.
Susan frowned. “Come on, now. You left her on her own back there. What could she have done if the boys hadn’t approached her? Did you put yourselves in her shoes?”
She understood how Yasmin must have felt.
Unfortunately, Yasmin didn’t seem to appreciate Susan’s kind thoughts. After sitting down for a while, she suddenly caught sight of Timothy and made her way toward him.
“Do you need help?”
“Hmm?”
The young man immediately looked up while grilling some meat.
She’s…
Timothy found himself unable to look away or even speak. It was as though everything else around him faded away the moment he saw her.
A blush crept across Yasmin’s cheeks.
“Do you need help?” she repeated.
“Oh! Sorry about that. Yeah, I could use a hand.”
Timothy snapped out of his daze and readily accepted her offer to help.
As someone from a different faculty, he had heard of a famous ice queen from the Faculty of Finance, although he had never taken a proper look at said figure despite having met her a few times while with his sister.
But, she looked way too stunning.
The woman was now clad in a beautiful dress and had dolled herself up, looking like a goddess. It was only normal that a young man like him would be smitten.
Yasmin spent a good part of the night helping him, and it didn’t take long for them to grow close.
Susan walked in their direction just in time to see the two chatting away, and a chill ran down her spine instantly.
She dashed over without a second thought.
“What are you doing, Timothy? Put those things down and stay away from her!” she screamed at once, having lost her ability to reason.
Timothy froze in shock.
Even the other guests looked bewildered.
What’s going on?
Hasn’t she always been level-headed? Why does she look like a completely different person now? Why is she making such unreasonable demands with her brother?
“What’s wrong with you, Susan?” Feeling his blood boil, Timothy glared at his sister and refused to comply.
That only aggravated Susan more.
She charged toward him, slapped away whatever he was holding, and began to drag him away with her.
“You’re coming home with me right now!”
“Susan!”
Having never expected his sister to be this unreasonable, Timothy pulled his own arm out of Susan’s grasp, resulting in the young woman losing her balance and falling over.
“Ahhh!”
An intense feeling of pain came from Susan’s waist as she clutched onto the table, unable to get up for a moment.
Timothy and all the other guests fell silent.
Just as everyone glanced at one another, a young man emerged from the building after hearing the commotion outside.
“What do you think you’re doing, Timothy?”
Laced with anger, Ian’s voice pierced the air, instantly causing everyone to shiver with fright—including Timothy.
“I… I…”
“Shut your mouth! Get your a** home right now, or you’ll be leaving this place in a different way.”
The same icy voice rang across the room again.
Despite being older, Timothy was unable to stand up for himself as an unexplainable hint of fear surfaced in his eyes.
He then remembered who led the Jadeson family.
This young man standing in front of him possessed such a powerful and fearsome energy. He’s just as terrifying as his father!
Susan finally left with Timothy a few minutes later.
Having been calm and collected all this while and finally losing her mind because of her brother, she could only scurry off as quickly as possible.
Her fears were deep-rooted.
Ian stayed behind, his eyes never leaving the woman before him as the sun set behind the garden they were in.
“Are you that tired of living?”
Those words sounded as though they had crawled out of the abyss.
Yasmin stood there in a daze, her face slowly losing its color.
