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    Ellie, feeling cornered, responded, “Freddy, you’re not exactly behaving like a seasoned thirty-five-year-old!”


    “Boys will be boys,” Freddy quipped. “Did I do justice? Are you pleased?”


    “Yes,” Ellie sighed, unwilling to disappoint her old friend.


    Contemting dinner options, Ellie paused as she noticed a man outside the hotel.


    In a wheelchair, Kaiden gazed silently at her.


    Unable to feign ignorance, Ellie approached him and asked, “What brings you here?”


    “Just passing by,” Kaiden replied. “I’ll take you home for dinner.”


    “I told Cayson I won’t be back for dinner tonight; I have an impromptu arrangement,” Ellie exined.


    Having heard from Cayson that the event would end around five o’clock, Kaiden arrived at half-past four. After waiting for half an hour, Ellie suddenly imed she had a different appointment?


    Before Kaiden could inquire further, Freddy spotted him. Surprised, Freddy eximed, “Isn’t he the CEO of GT Group? Ellie, are you two acquainted?”


    Kaiden sneered inwardly.


    This man addressed her quite intimately.


    Kaiden hadn’t bothered to nce at Freddy at first, assuming he was just a bystander. Now, he shot Freddy a snarky, angry look. “Who are you?”


    Ellie, addressing Kaiden, said, “He’s my friend, Freddy.” She hesitated before introducing Kaiden to Freddy. “He’s my…”


    Ellie faltered, struggling for words, and Kaiden interjected, “Husband.”


    “Husband?” Freddy was bewildered. “No way. You must be pulling my leg. I just saw the spectacle with you and the jewelry designer, Carole. And there’s no ring on Ellie’s finger.”


    Freddy took Ellie’s right hand, showing the ringless fingers.


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    “Let go of her!” Kaiden reimed Ellie’s hand from Freddy, a subtle frown on his face.


    He then realized Ellie didn’t wear a ring, but at the time of their union, he hadn’t given her one since he didn’t take things seriously. Seeing her bare fingers, difort gnawed at him. He felt somewhat guilty as well.


    Freddy, shaking his head, remarked, “Are you pursuing Ellie, sir? I’m vying for her too. With yourck of manners, you’ll be out of the picture before you know it! You…”


    “Freddy, he’s my husband.” Ellie halted him before he could say something more audacious.


    “What?” Freddy was dumbfounded. “You’re not ying a prank on me, are you? But he and Carole…”


    “I know, Freddy. But he is, indeed, my husband. Legally recognized and protected,” Ellie asserted.


    Attempting to withdraw her hand from Kaiden’s grip, Ellie found it held even tighter.


    Kaiden sneered at Freddy and asked, “Vying for her?”


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