Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 33

Chapter 33 Is It That Funny?

Christopher gave him a nonchalant look and sat down with the young woman he came with. And of course, they had to be seated directly opposite Yuliana – the place that would immediately enter her field of vision every time she looked up.

Raymond let out a light chuckle before turning to Yuliana and Xandria. “Ms. Livingstone, Ms. Yeager, do you mind two more people joining us here?”

Xandria’s appetite was long gone, as the two people she hated the most were right in front of her. Just as she was about to speak, Yuliana subtly pressed down on her hand under the table. Confused, Xandria cast a glance at her friend.

All Yuliana said to Raymond was, “Sure, no problem.”

She didn’t say that just for Xandria’s sake, but also because she remembered the unpleasant times she had with Christopher. It would be troublesome if they angered Christopher and made a scene in the restaurant. Christopher gave Yuliana a sideway glance after hearing her words and then looked away.

“Glad you don’t mind.” Raymond grinned and shifted his focus to the young woman beside Christopher. “And what, pray tell, is the name of this gorgeous young lady?”

The girl smiled sweetly. “Just call me Izzy.”

Raymond took a sip of tea and continued asked, “So how exactly did Chris meet you, Izzy Sweetie?”

“We met at a bar just a few days ago,” replied Izzy.

Xandria clicked her tongue as soon as she heard that. The sound was just loud enough to attract everyone’s attention.

As Christopher fiddled with his phone, he gave Xandria a bland look. “Why’d you do that?”

Xandria gave him a razor-sharp smile and said, “Oh, so now I can’t even use my own mouth as I please? Mr. Solace is just way too nice!”

Christopher lifted the corners of his lips, giving the impression that he was smiling. Yet, his eyes were cold and hard, giving a sense of oppression to the one he was staring at.

It was Christopher who started the drama regarding the love letter in the first place. But Xandria only dared to battle him with her words, not her fists. She dared to fight Raymond, but not the evil-looking Christopher. Under Christopher’s stare, Xandria felt her throat constrict unwillingly. She swallowed hard, and the rest of her provocative words went back down her throat.

Raymond could see that Xandria was afraid of Christopher and couldn’t stop himself from chuckling. Thinking back to Xandria’s overbearing attitude toward him in the coffee shop, he enjoyed the sharp change in her attitude.

“Afraid of something, chubby girl?”

Xandria glared at him coldly. “Who’s afraid now?”

Raymond merely shrugged and said under his breath, “Well, I know I’m not. Not so sure about you, though.” That managed to set Xandria off. “You wanna fight here, jerk?”

Hearing the childish exchange of curses between the two, Izzy, who was beside Christopher, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Izzy’s laughter made the others in the private room turn toward her simultaneously. In an instant, her smile froze on her face.

Christopher’s tone was ice cold as he asked, “Is it that funny?”

“Um..” Izzy looked at the four before her and shook her head immediately. “No. Not funny.”

At the very least, this minor interlude managed to ease the tension between Raymond and Xandria. Izzy, however, began to feel uncomfortable. It was as if the four others were in a group, while she was the redundant one.

“But I was the one who came with Christopher in the first place, though,” she grumbled to herself silently. “Chris Izzy called out in a pitiful voice, her eyes even starting to turn red.

Christopher merely shot her a cold glance and uttered, “How about you go out and cry your eyes out before coming back in?”

It took all Izzy had to hold back her tears and force a smile at Christopher instead.

“Chris, you have to be gentle to beautiful ladies. Or else you’ll seem like a clown in front of Ms. Livingstone and Ms. Yeager.” Raymond kicked Christopher’s chair, then tried to smooth the situation over. “Izzy Sweetie, please don’t hold a grudge against Chris. He’s just a little bad-tempered.”

Hearing Raymond’s words, Christopher casually swept his gaze over Yuliana and happened to meet her eyes. But the latter broke their eye contact almost immediately.

Then, the door to the private room was pushed open by a few waiters, who served them one dish after another.

Christopher gazed upon the plates of tasty looking food and glanced at Raymond. “You ordered all of these?” Raymond seemed startled by the question. “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” he asked his friend back.

He was pretty sure that several dishes were Christopher’s favorites.

Other than that, he also ordered the restaurant’s signature dishes.

After a few seconds of silence, Christopher spat out a “No problem,” and that was that.

During the meal, an awfully silent atmosphere hung over the private room. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Yuliana didn’t have much to say; Xandria was afraid that the table would be flipped over if she spoke a single word, so she chose to shut up; Christopher was not a talkative person in the first place, while Izzy was sulky thanks to the previous incident.

Even Raymond had a hard time swallowing his food in this atmosphere.

He scanned the room with his eyes, Finally, he fixed his gaze on Izzy. “Izzy Sweetie, you must still be studying, right?”

Izzy stared for a bit before answering. “Uh, yeah. Senior year.”

Raymond kept the conversation going. “Oh, you’re about to graduate then. Which university are you in?” “Juxshire University,” Izzy replied.

A smile bloomed across Raymond’s face at that. “Hey; that makes you my junior!”

Hearing that, a smile finally started to form on Izzy’s face. “Raymond, you also went to Juxshire University?” Raymond glanced at the others and said, “Not just me. All of them also went to Juxshire University.” Xandria wanted to roll her eyes as soon as she heard Raymond’s words.

With how poor Raymond’s and Christopher’s grades were in high school, it was a miracle that they managed to enter Juxshire University. And now, he was shamelessly saying that he belonged to Juxshire University. Raymond suddenly switched targets to look at Yuliana and Xandria, grinning as he did. “That said, I’ve known Chris, Ms. Livingstone, and Ms. Yeager since elementary school. I remember that Chris was even in the same class as those two back then. Yet, this is the first time we sat down and had a meal together.”

Yuliana was stunned hearing Raymond’s words. Just as he said, she, Xandria, and Christopher had been classmates since elementary school.

However, she didn’t know Raymond until she was in middle school. She had no memory of meeting him in elementary school at all.

On the other hand, Yuliana and Xandria had known each other since kindergarten and had always shared the same class after that. Christopher probably transferred to their class at one point, maybe in the second or third grade.

Yuliana didn’t remember too many details other than that.

However, she did vaguely remember the day when Christopher transferred over and the teacher brought him into the classroom. With his slightly curled hair and pale skin, he stared coldly at his new classmates from his spot on the podium. Although the teacher asked him to introduce himself, he strode right over to the last row of the classroom with his bag and sat down, not saying a single word the entire time.

Xandria frowned and thought for a moment. “Really? Why do I have no memory of this? Yuliana, was Christopher really in the same class as us in elementary school?”

Yuliana poked at the food in her bowl as she said lightly, “I don’t remember.”

As soon as Yuliana said those words, a loud noise clanged through the room. Xandria raised her eyes, realizing Christopher had dropped a porcelain spoon into his bowl. His face was incredibly dark as if someone there owed him a few hundred thousand dollars.

Xandria immediately thought to herself, “Honestly, did a nerve ending of mine have fried in high school? How did I think that Christopher was handsome?”

After a brief session of internal debate, she concluded that she was too naive in high school. She loved watching animation and idol groups back then So when she saw that Christopher had dyed his hair blonde, along with him being tall, thin, and somewhat good-looking, she couldn’t help but fall in love.

Now, the heap of golden fur draped over Christopher’s head was a ridiculous sight to behold for her.

Raymond stole a glance at Christopher’s sour face and clicked his tongue. But he didn’t say anything else and drank a mouthful of soup instead.

With an icy stare, Christopher shot back at him, “So full of nonsense today, huh? Even all this good food can’t keep you from running your damn mouth!”