"Actually, I am perfect," Blair answered.
At this, Niles pretended to sneeze. It sounded suspiciously like "bullshit," however. Adalson cast a warning glance in his direction.
Wesley took his seat. Blair acted as if he weren't even there and continued talking with Niles.
The dinner didn't last long, as the party included two old n and they needed to go to bed early.
After the two families bade each other farewell, Blair got into the back seat of Adalson's car. Natalia, who sat in the passenger seat, turned to look at Blair and said, "Your fiance is a nice guy. I t him once randomly, and he did a favor. In my opinion, a woman should find an ordinary husband and live a happy life."
Adalson cast a casual glance at his wife and asked, "What? Are you not living a happy life?"
Natalia snorted and said, "Now, sure. But before...you don't know what it was like. Blair, believe . Never marry a man like Wesley Li. I'm not saying that he's a bad guy. He's not. But imagine worrying about him when he's gone, and wondering if the next knock on the door would be his commanding officer notifying you he died a hero's death. If—"
"Natalia!" Adalson cut her off helplessly.
Natalia rolled her eyes at her husband. "What? I'm serious. Keith was trying to fix Blair up with Wesley this evening." Natalia then looked at Blair and continued, "Niles is probably your best choice here. He is the life of the party. Cheerful, attentive. He'll make you laugh every day. Wesley is clueless when it cos to matters of love. He hasn't got a romantic bone in his body. He's 100% devoted to the military. Marry him and you'll be sorry."
"But Wesley makes feel safe and protected," Blair suddenly said.
'It seems that it's too late to warn her, ' Natalia thought.
When they passed the Hillside Apartnts, Adalson parked the car near the entrance. "Rember your old apartnt, Blair? Well, I left a contract there. Can you grab it for ? It's in the second drawer under the TV set."
"Didn't you terminate the lease?" Blair asked in confusion.
"I wanted to, but your cousin bought the apartnt. He wants to move Joslyn's famil
Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.
To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.
"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."
She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other won.
Eventually she stord off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishnt.
ng Miller.
Everyone's life went back to normal.
When Wesley was 26 years old, he was fast-tracked to a higher official post in the army, and moved up in rank.
At gan's 18th birthday party, he t a woman nad Debbie Nian.
She and Blair looked nothing alike, but her personality reminded him of Blair.
Debbie said, "Nice to et you, Officer Li. I'm Debbie Nian. I've practiced martial arts for years. I'd love to spar when you're free soti."
He couldn't help but rember how Blair had greeted him before. "Nice to et you, Officer Li. I'm your new neighbor. I may have to bug you later on."
The last ti he saw her was before the Lunar New Year. It had been almost a year since that ti. Eleven months, to be exact.
Carlos seed to have found his true love. His eyes were full of affection when he looked at Debbie.
Debbie and gan were always at each other's throats. Carlos valued his wife more, so he asked Wesley to keep gan company.
At the Ji family's house, the subject of Blair ca up again.
She had already co back from abroad and started her internship in so company. She was now living in her fiance's apartnt, and they were about to get married soon.
Miller's company arranged a retreat at a mountain village, and every employee could bring a family mber. Blair just returned from England three days ago. When Miller invited her to go with him, she didn't turn him down.
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