Chloe smiled and looked at the shrimps on her plate, "It seems that you really like shrimps. It's right to eat shrimps here at this season. The shrimps here are meaty, sweet and fresh."
Eden nodded with a smile. She wore disposable gloves and ate a few shrimps quickly. When she stayed with the people she knew, she would not eat in a graceful way. If she had to be restricted while eating, she wouldn't be able to stand such a life.
In front of Victor, she could do everything as she pleased. She was very happy because he humoured her a lot.
Although Eden was Victor's wife, she didn't put on airs, and she was gentle and easy-going, which made Chloe relaxed a lot.
Amelia ate the dessert with joy and kept smiling.
"Eden, you eat so much, but why do you never put on weight?"
Eden ate much, and she would have midnight snacks everyday, but she kept a good shape. Moreover, she had given birth to three children. In ordinary times, Amelia didn't eat much because she was afraid that she would grow fatter. Sometimes, she was very upset when she put on weight.
Other people wouldn't put on weight by eating three meals everyday, but she would. During the Spring Festival, she had nothing to do and studied recipes at home, so she became fatter. These days, she had a diet and had lost some weight.
Eden looked up at the dessert on her plate and smiled, "Amelia, I don't like sweet food, and I prefer white corn. In fact, it's easy for me to get fat, but I used to run and exercise every day. I train regularly on weekends, so I can be well-shaped all the time."
When she lived in Gate City with Jasper and Abby, she was fatter.
No matter how late Jasper got off work, he would buy delicious food for her. She couldn't help eating so much and put on weight.
Thinking of this, Eden suddenly remembered that Jasper was also here.
She stopped eating the shrimp.
Glancing at Amelia and Chloe, she said, "Have your meals here. I'll make a phone call."
Eden got up, walked aside and called Jasper.
It was relatively quiet in a luxurious hall.
The light music made people feel at ease.
Only the pungent smells of cigarettes, wine and perfume were unpleasant.
There were a few tables. Victor, Carney, Brian and a businessman were playing mahjong on one table.
The four of them sat round the table.
Every man had a female companion except for Lucian and Brian.
Sometimes, the waiters came here to to pour tea for them.
Melissa sat very close to Victor. Victor sat there with no expression on his face, and his eyes were full of impatience. As soon as Melissa approached him, he moved away a little.
"Victor, drink some wine. The cocktail mixed by the bartender here is nice." Melissa handed a glass of cocktail to Victor.
Brian squinted at Melissa's movements and cursed Carney in heart. The reason why he sent Eden away was that he wanted to create a chance for Melissa.
Had the wine been drugged?
Victor couldn't have an accident again. If anything bad happened to him, Eden would die.
In the past few months, they had been worried about Eden. They were afraid that she would commit suicide in deep sorrow.
Victor acted as if he didn't hear Melissa's words. He held a tile in his hand and played with it.
He pursed his thin lips slightly and stared at the tile Carney had discarded. Then he discarded a bamboo tile and pushed all the tiles, "Mr. Craig, I win."
"Oh!" Carney smiled, narrowed his eyes and looked at Victor, "Mr. Alwynn, you're quite lucky. I haven't claimed a tile to win, but you have won for three times."
Carney paid the money. The winner could get ten of thousands of dollars, and Victor had won hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Brian sneered. Victor was lucky, and he was so good at playing mahjong. He could guess what tile the others would discard so correctly.
In this era, few young people liked to played mahjong.
They liked to play other games.
"Bang!" Brian hit the table with a tile impulsively.
His movement attracted everyone's attention.
Victor glanced at him.
Carney's face was a bit gloomy. In this city, everyone had to show him respect. Brian was too arrogant.
"Melissa, what did you put in the wine?" Brian questioned her angrily.
Victor felt a burning sensation on his face. He felt that the wine was strange, but he didn't doubt Melissa.
The expression in Melissa's eyes changed a little. Looking at the empty wine glass, she was in a very bad mood.
"Nothing. It's just a glass of wine." Her tone was very harsh. Since the wine had been splashed, they would have no evidence to prove what she had done.
Victor glanced at her with no emotions in his brooding eyes.
He felt abnormally hot on face, and his eyes turned apathetic all of a sudden. The atmosphere in the hall became oppressive and tense, and everyone felt suffocated.
Melissa's heart skipped a beat. Victor looked so cold-blooded that she felt frightened in heart. She suddenly turned to look at Victor's furious face and couldn't help but take a step back.
Carney and the businessman were experienced, and they knew there was something wrong with the wine indeed.
Carney glanced at Melissa with disappointment. She was really out of head. She actually did such a thing and disgraced him a lot.
Lucian got up from another table and walked to Victor, "I'll send you back to change your clothes."
When they came here, they booked a room in case there would be an accident.
Brian said, "I'm going to find Chloe, Amelia and Eden."
Brian took a cold look at Carney, turned around and left without saying anything.
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