Chapter 234 - Your Wife Is Getting Stolen (1/2)

Halia realized she wasn't breathing and quickly took a deep breath.

”Who are you kidding? I'm just a little legal assistant. There's no way I would be related to the almighty casino empire that is the Wu Family,” Halia said as she took a couple of steps back.

”Oh?” Emerson questioned with suspicion in his eyes. ”I guess I must have been mistaken,” he said casually with a shrug.

Then, with a slight smirk, he said, ”Either way, it was nice meeting you...Mr. Mars Wu...”

He then walked away to greet some other guests.

After he was gone, Marissa turned to Halia and asked, ”What do you think? Was he fascinated by you? Was he jealous?”

Halia kept her eyes on Emerson and shook her head, ”No...he wasn't jealous.”

She had seen him jealous before, and he was not jealous right now.

Marissa frowned, ”What must I do to get his attention? Stupid Emerson Wu!”

”Perhaps, you should stop trying so hard...” Halia replied.

She then excused herself and went to the bathroom. She needed to have a proper look at herself in the mirror. Did Emerson really not recognize her?

As soon as Halia walked into the bathroom, she quickly checked that there was no one else in there and ran over to the mirror.

Her mustache was glued firmly in place, her hair was neatly slicked back, and her chest was wrapped tightly. Her disguise was intact.

Halia shook her head and laughed. She had been too paranoid.

As if anyone could tell she was a girl. Even she barely recognized herself.

At that moment, she suddenly heard some noises from outside the bathroom. Someone was coming!

In a panic, she ran into one of the toilet cubicles. But then she quickly realized she didn't have to. She was a man inside the men's toilet, what was wrong with that?

However, just as she was about to step back out, she overheard a conversation between three men, ”Roy is having an afterparty at his place. Let's go.”

”Really? Who else is going?”

”He invited most of the young people that are here today. You know him, he's always trying to show off.”

”That guy is such a try-hard. He hangs around with the rich and flaunts his money, but he will never truly be one of us.”

”But, you gotta admit, he does throw great parties...”

Halia smirked when she heard this. Roy was having a party at his place. This sounded like the perfect opportunity to search for more evidence.

She just needed to be invited.

After the three men left, she also left the bathroom deep in thought. How was she going to get an invite to Roy's party? She wasn't someone he wanted to impress.

But, as soon as she stepped out, someone grabbed her hand and pulled her out onto a quiet balcony.

”Tell me, what exactly happened yesterday?” a familiar man asked.

Halia looked at the man. She had only met him twice yesterday, but she recognized who he was. It was Danson Qian, Marissa's stepson.