Chapter 18
Chapter 18
"Let me tell you.You know that..."
Zac then told Frederick to get ready for the next meeting in half an hour and didn't pay him any attention after that.
Tony sensed that his situation was worsening.
He would not have returned to his distant and silent appearance otherwise.
When Zac was in a good mood over the last two years, he could catch a glimpse of his previous rambunctious behavior.
Tony sat down across from him, putting down his club.
"What kind of personalities do you and Leo have? Three months ago, he went home to play video games, and a month ago, he began conversing on his phone.I genuinely care for him, and he also stated that I understand something.'
At this point, Tony snorted softly.
"What's wrong? Could it be that you have already transcended humans and are going to study the origin of the moon?"
Tony's tone was relaxed, but on the surface, it was as if "I would not give up until you tell me your story.'
Seeing Tony asking about him so hard, Zac raised his head and said indifferently, "I'm different from you, understand?"
When Zac said this, Tony became even more irritated.
"Bro, aside from being slightly better looking than me, what else is unusual about your structure?" he asked, gazing up and down at him.
Tony stretched out his fingernails to demonstrate the distance between them, comparing it to the size of a grain of rice.
Zac drew his brows up and slammed the document shut.
His fair and slender knuckles slowly pointed toward him, and he replied, "I'm married; in a languid tone.
"And you, unmarried.We are different." He continued.
"Why don't you just pretend to be a guest groom for a while? Isn't this the definition of marriage?"
"When the storm passes, Anika might ask for a divorce from you one day” Tony didn't mind.
Zac's expression, which had just softened slightly, abruptly dropped as soon as he finished speaking.
"We can't leave this marriage, he remarked coldly, glancing at Tony with a frown.”
"I know, I know.Everyone says that the divorce lawsuit is troublesome.It's not easy to leave."
Tony lowered his head and didn't notice Zac's emotions.
He added, "But that's because a serious husband and wife can't leave each other.What does it have to do with you?"
The room was completely silent, and an icy coldness gradually permeated the air.
Ton raised his head and finally noticed the man's cold gaze.
"No way, Bro..."
He finally sensed something different.
"Did you suddenly fall for Anika?!"
Zac frowned, "Noisy.Then, he suppressed his dislike for him and snorted, Can't tell? It's not sudden'
Tony was taken aback.
He could not only see it, but he also managed to conceal it.
He and Zac had known one other for almost 10 years and were the best at deciphering each other's ambiguous words.
Nonetheless, Tony had not anticipated this.
"Bro, are you still playing with secret love?"
He stood up abruptly and paced back and forth in the big president's office, muttering, "No way, no way: Zac was already stressed, but now he was even more irritated.He pressed down on his temple and simply closed his eyes.
After digesting for a long time, Tony said again, "So you're in a bad mood.Did Anika make you angry?"
Anika's engagement to Kayden was not a secret, and Zac had become a ready-made groom because of Kayden's escape.
He liked being the bridegroom.
If Anika treated him badly, he couldn't be angry! Zac choked slightly and then said in a deep voice, "No."
With that, his slightly light gaze stopped on the transparent lunch box next to the contract and he casually pointed.
"She made this earlier"
"Anika is really considerate.' Tony was surprised to see the sandwich.
He heaved a sigh of relief for Zac and couldn't help but ask, "Then what are you angry at?"
Zac paused for a moment, then lifted his eyelids and said indifferently, "Does Kayden have a better temper than me?"
Tony smiled as he realized something wasn't quite right midway through his words.
"This isn't the case at all.To begin with, you two have very distinct personalities.' Kayden was the type of kid who had always been lauded by his teachers and elders.
Finally, Tony deduced why Zac had been in such a foul mood for the past few days.
"You're jealous of Anika's ex-boyfriend"
Zac, on the other hand, was adamant about not admitting it.
"Do I have to be jealous?" he said sarcastically.
Even if he had a ready-made engagement to marry someone and live with her in the same house, he didn't need to be jealous.
"It was, after all, her first love…”Tony mumbled under his breath.
"What is first love? It was a temporary slip of her foot.Zac retorted with a frown.Then, as if he had thought of something, he slowly took out an item from the pocket of his suit and placed it on the table.
Seeing Tony's eyes open wide in an instant, he said with satisfaction, "I have this.Do I still need to compare myself with others?"
"Oh, this is the first time I've seen a living marriage certificate."
Tony was rather surprised.
After all, in the past, he had seen a bunch of people posting their certificates in the circle of friends.
Zac almost didn't use social media but still knew it.
He actually had a marriage certificate with him! Tony called out to the excellent fellow, wishing to see the dark red marriage certificate more closely, but the other party held it.
'Who'd have guessed Zac would say something so important in such a low tone and deal with Anika so quickly? Not only did he receive the certificate quickly, but she also prepared meals for him on a daily basis.
It's pretty impressive: Tony thought.
After a while, he smiled and said, "Bro, you're jealous of Kayden after obtaining the certificate.This isn't like you.You've already taken his wife.You have to be arrogant." Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
"Do you need to teach me?"
Zac sulks his thin lips, paused, and then glanced at his eyebrows.
"Don't worry about my divorce in the future."
After lunch, Anika declined Tia and Sharlyn's dessert invitation and took the elevator back to her office.
She was scared that the two of them would be overly enthusiastic and would ask her about their high school experiences.
They weren't acting maliciously, and Anika didn't want to answer with a frown.
However, if she uttered a lot of things incorrectly, things would not go well at that moment.
Anika shook her head and emptied her mind.
She turned on her computer to prepare for work, but the phone on her desk buzzed.
She clicked on Viber and discovered that it was Kayleigh's message.
"Sis, my mother and my brother's pressure has been so low recently.She was so enraged that she fired the head of the wedding company.At home, I was afraid to speak.My family's situation is sad, as expected.You deserve to kick my brother because he didn't do well on his own.But I'm always, unwaveringly on your side! Please don't abandon me.Okay?"
The message was brief, and Anika quickly finished reading it.
Then, her fingertips paused for a moment, but she still didn't choose to reply.
The Jenkins Family and the Meyer Family were close friends.
Kayden and Kayleigh used to visit Anika's grandpa in the past.
When she arrived at the Meyer Family, Kayleigh was only nine years old.
The girl had naively called her sister.
When she first attended a crowded event, she had brought Kayden to protect her.
These past few years, Anika had sincerely treated Kayleigh as her younger sister.
However, she still hadn't figured out how to face Kayleigh.
One of Kayleigh's words still made her quite concerned.
After pondering for a while, she withdrew from Viber, opened her address book, and dialed a person's number.
"Sara, do you have time to meet me?"