Chapter 87 - The Mysterious Daughter (2/2)

”That's OK, my name is Emerson Wu, it's nice to meet you again.”

The man stuck out his hand and Halia quickly shook it. He then turned to the man beside him, ”This is my assistant, Thomas Sun.”

Natalie immediately eyed the assistant up and down. ”Young Master Wu, when did you get a new assistant?” she asked.

Halia heard what Natalie said and looked at the assistant with suspicion. This was exactly the kind of person she was looking for.

”I hired him a couple of weeks ago,” Emerson replied as he swirled the glass of red wine in his hand.

Emerson ran a casino and Halia suspected his assistant of being a junket. Was it really such a coincidence?

At this moment, a familiar voice said beside Halia's ear, ”Miss, would you like some hors d'oeuvres?”

Halia turned towards the voice and her gaze fell upon a familiar pair of eyes. Sean was dressed in a waiter's uniform holding onto a tray of appetizers. He had arrived an hour before her and had already begun to probe the staff, but he was yet to find anything suspicious. Halia gave him a gentle smile and grabbed one of the fancy little appetizers.

She then stuffed the entire morsel straight into her mouth in a not-so-lady-like way.

Emerson watched with amus.e.m.e.nt. This woman was a little different to the usual proper socialite ladies and it fascinated him.

But, while Emerson was scanning his eyes across Halia, Sean had his eyes glued on Emerson. He understood the look in the man's eyes and it made him a little uncomfortable. Halia was beautiful today and he couldn't imagine that any man could resist.

However, the thing that annoyed him the most, was the fact that Halia actually engaged in a conversation with the man and seemed genuinely interested.

”I've never been to Macau before,” Halia said, deliberately showing that she was interested. ”I wonder how a casino is like.”

”You've never gambled before?” Emerson asked.

Halia shook her head and Emerson nodded with a smirk, ”I think you'll like it,” he said.

He wasn't completely surprised that Halia had never gambled before, since gambling was illegal in the mainland, but most rich people had at least visited a casino once in their life, right?