His Domineering Lover

They mentioned canceling the engagement.

To cancel the engagement? And why would they be laughing and cheering for something like that?

Aleigha was somewhat at a loss.

"Aleigha, don't you know what kind of person Adrian is? Although your grandfather and I were back in Country S."

"We know very well what happened here. Who was the woman who went back to the villa with him?

"He could he knowingly take another woman home when he himself was already engaged? We don't need someone like that as our grandson-inlaw!"

Aleigha had a whole perplexity of feelings in her heart since she was the woman that went back to the villa with him.

"You are indeed right that he really doesn't suit me." In the eyes of the elders, Aleigha had always been an obedient little lamb.

She was ready to go on like this. The innocent look would be of great help to her.

In the evening, Lainey and her daughter still didn't show up. It seemed that they knew that Laura would come back, so they deliberately didn't want to meet her. Aleigha stayed at the Gardner family's house for a night and returned to school the next day.

The new dorm was still bleak. Aleigha came and went alone every day. Except for Freddie, she seldom talked to others.

On this day, Freddie came to invite her to dinner. Aleigha wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist his repeated requests.

The two of them went to a mountain villa in the distant suburbs.

The weather was cold, and the villa was surrounded by dense trees. Even when the winter came, it was still very humid around there.

However, the air here was fresh, and it was a good place for a little break from the bustling world.

As soon as Aleigha arrived, she realized that it was Windy who was entertaining guests in the villa. It was she who asked Freddie to bring Aleigha here.

Aleigha didn't dare to get herself too involved with the Woods family, at least not now.

Her weakness, to be sure, was no advantage in the eyes of Windy, who she wanted to learn from desperately.

But she always knew very well deep down in her heart that all the things Windy did.

Each and every one of them could be well worshiped by modern women.

Aleigha thought it was just a tour but it ended up being a rather grand banquet.

She had only a set of casual clothes on and felt it was inappropriate. Yet Windy didn't mind at all as she took her around, making acquaintances with all the celebrities of the city. After walking around for a while, Aleigha was a little overwhelmed. Those people were very polite to her because of Windy.

But Aleigha knew from the bottom of her heart that they just did it for the sake of Windy.

While they were all talking and joking, Aleigha took the opportunity to slip out of the hall and breathe in the pavilion outside the house.

"Quite tense in there, isn't it?" A low male voice came, and Aleigha suddenly became alert.

Following the sound, it turned out to be a strange man.

The weather was cold, but he was only wearing a thin shirt, through which his perfectly shredded body could be seen.

Aleigha had never seen this person before. She was full of curiosity, but did not know what to say.

The man sat on the wicker chair beside Aleigha. Because his legs were too slender, he sat on it, but he seemed to still be taller than Aleigha.

He held a glass of red wine in his slender and white hand and shook it from time to time.

"I don't like this kind of atmosphere, so I came out for some fresh air. What about you?"

The man spoke again, and he looked at Aleigha without any emotion in his narrow eyes.

When their eyes met, Aleigha found that the man's eyes were so calm that there seemed to be no emotions in them at all.

Aleigha's body tensed up and she subconsciously wanted to escape. She had heard from her elders that men with slanted eyes and thin lips tended to be quite cruel ones. However, Aleigha faintly felt that this person was very dangerous.

"Are you afraid of me?" The man's thin lips were slightly compressed, and an almost imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.

Aleigha shook her head and got up in a hurry. "Sorry, you'll have to excuse me."

Only when she left hastily did Aleigha feel that her back had already been covered with cold sweats.

After looking at Aleigha for a long time, Freddie saw her come in a hurry.

"Aleigha, where did you go?"

Seeing Freddie, Aleigha hurriedly pulled him and asked, "Who's the man on the wicker chair outside?"

Freddie looked at the man. He smiled and said, "Well, that's my cousin. He doesn't live in the country and is only here for my uncle's birthday."

"Your cousin? So that's how it is." Aleigha suddenly felt she was quite ridiculous for being all panicked just now.

She must have encountered too many things recently, which was why she had been on her guard all the time.

"What's wrong? Tell you the truth, he's literally like a ghost, taking part in none of the family business. No one knows what he's up to."

Freddie had never felt in line with his cousin so they never got along, hence his comment "a ghost".

"Right, that's fine. I gotta go somewhere so please apologize to Mrs. Woods for me."

Aleigha suddenly lost the interest to stay.

"Then I'll send someone to drive you home. I kinda gotta stay here. You know how my mom is."

Aleigha nodded lightly.

"I'll drive her. I got nothing better to do around here anyway."

The man came in and happened to hear Aleigha's and Freddie's conversation.

Aleigha felt less wary since she knew that he was Freddie's cousin, but she did not want to have any contact with this man.

"Alright, if you will."

Before Aleigha could say anything, she was already led into the car.

"My cousin is not bad, just a little bit too simple." The man suddenly opened his mouth, and his tone was calm, not exerting any unnecessary emotion.

"Well, Freddie is a good man," Aleigha said perfunctorily, but she observed every move of the man from the corner of her eye.

He bore a wedding ring on his right ring finger, meaning he was already married.

Aleigha was thinking on the way. Why did she feel inexplicably afraid when she saw this man?

Calm. Yes, he was too calm. There were no ripples at all in his eyes.

"Your name is Aleigha Gardner?" The man said in a calm tone.

Aleigha nodded her head in agreement.

"Is it the Gardner family I'm thinking about?"

Aleigha was slightly shocked. How could he have guessed it so precisely?

"The one that's engaged to Adrian?"

Aleigha's heart skipped a beat. "Yes."

"Not bad. You're calmer than I had imagined. Looks like Adrian has put in a lot of effort on you."

"It's not easy to be his woman."

Aleigha didn't say anything, but her mind was in a mess.

This person was definitely not simple, at least not as simple as Freddie said.

"Where do you wanna get off, the Sunset Street?"

Aleigha nodded and said yes. She didn't want to say too much.

When they arrived at the place, Aleigha unfastened her seatbelt and left without looking back. She didn't even want to say goodbye to that man.

When she went back to her dorm, she could still feel her heart thumping in her chest.

Originally, she wanted to find out the man's background, but she realized that she didn't even know his name.

She gawked at the computer screen and suddenly smiled. "Aleigha, ah, Aleigha, have you been with Adrian for too long?"

"That you yourself have become paranoid?"

In the evening, Charlotte called her back to the Gardner family.

The subway station was only two blocks away from the Gardner family, so Aleigha got out of the subway and walked back on foot.

A gray shadow flashed away under the streetlights that had just been turned on.

Aleigha stopped in her way and looked over in confusion.

The man stood there for a long time, then suddenly turned around and left.