Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Clingy

“Hahaha, Old Man Morgan, who knew you’d be so clingy after getting married?” someone teased.

Victor Morgan sighed helplessly. “She’s young, unfamiliar with Aethelburg, and just got here. Plus, she loves to have fun.” ’Who else is going to keep an eye on her but me?’

After saying this, Victor Morgan sent a message to the bodyguard he had assigned to Jessie Sterling.

Before long, the bodyguard’s reply arrived on Victor Morgan’s phone.

Looking at the address, Victor Morgan couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

“Xavier Warren, is this place yours?” Victor Morgan asked, handing his phone to Xavier Warren.

The location sent by the bodyguard was a KTV that occupied an entire building within Aethelburg’s second ring road. It offered several pricing tiers and was bustling every night.

Back in his younger days, Xavier Warren had been the biggest partier of their group. This club, along with several other large entertainment venues in Aethelburg, were all ventures he had single-handedly established before graduating.

And what’s more, this side hustle was flourishing, to the point that it had practically become Xavier Warren’s defining trait.

“Huh? Isn’t this Chang Bar?” Xavier Warren recognized his own establishment at a glance. He then shot Victor Morgan a complicated look before bursting into laughter. “Looks like your little wife really knows how to find fun!”

Victor Morgan’s brow instantly tightened.

He knew, of course, that the entertainment venues under Xavier Warren’s name weren’t entirely clean.

While they weren’t breaking the law, they did have some aspects that he considered “distasteful.”

In places like bars and KTVs, there were far more young men making a living off their looks and bodies than young women.

Roman Lynch also leaned in to watch the show. Seeing Xavier Warren teasing Victor Morgan, he let out a short laugh and clapped Xavier on the shoulder. That guy loved provoking Victor, but he could never handle the retaliation.

“The main attraction of this place is the male hosts,” Roman Lynch spoke up, afraid Xavier Warren would get screwed over by Victor Morgan later. “All the staff are young men, so the clientele is almost exclusively female.”

After Roman Lynch finished speaking, Victor Morgan’s brow seemed to furrow even tighter.

Xavier Warren was already laughing out loud, the look in his eyes clearly screaming the words, “You’ve finally met your match!”

Victor Morgan rubbed the bridge of his nose. He didn’t know if Jessie Sterling had chosen this place herself or if someone else had, and she had just tagged along, clueless and naive.

“Forget it.” Victor Morgan stood up from his seat and grabbed his woolen coat from the arm of the sofa. “I’m calling it a night. I’m heading out first, put all the drinks on my tab.”

Hearing this, Xavier Warren wiped the smug look from his face. “Alright, go on then. But you don’t have to worry too much; my place is very safe. Except for the activities on the fourth floor… ahem, you know. But I’m sure your wife wouldn’t go to a place like that on her own. Watching a performance or something is no big deal.”

However, these reassuring words did little to improve Victor Morgan’s expression. Instead, the man’s aura grew even colder and more somber.

“Mm,” Victor Morgan responded simply before striding out of the private room.

Roman Lynch picked up a bottle and poured himself a glass of liquor. He leaned back on the sofa in a lazy posture, took a large gulp of the golden-brown liquid, and clicked his tongue.

“What’s up?” Xavier Warren asked, turning his head.

Still holding his glass, Roman Lynch raised his hand, which wore a vintage ring, and pointed toward the coffee table. “Look. Old Man Morgan really did spend the whole night just drinking tea. I bet he won’t be getting any sleep tonight, hahaha.”

Xavier Warren followed Roman Lynch’s finger and saw the teacup on the coffee table. He was speechless.

Jessie Sterling had no idea Mochi was so good at picking places. The moment she walked in, she noticed that the waiters here were all quite handsome and well-built.

“So? What do you think?” Mochi took the lead, stepping inside and looking back at her three friends. “This place has the best reviews online! All the girls who’ve been here rave about it. The guys are all good-looking, definitely no duds to ruin the mood!”

’If you’re spending money, you’ve got to get some eye candy.’

Bella immediately covered her face with her hands. She only loved her 2D men; she had no interest in 3D guys.

Yvonne Rhodes said nothing, seemingly unimpressed by the handsome waiters.

As for Jessie Sterling, she felt a little guilty.

“These guys… they’re not gigolos, are they?” Jessie Sterling asked in what she thought was a whisper.

Mochi: “…”

Bella: “…”

Yvonne Rhodes: “…”

“Ahem.” Mochi was the first to recover. “Are you looking to order one?”

As she said this, all sorts of possibilities were already running through Mochi’s mind.

’Is Jessie Sterling’s husband ugly? Or is he… not good in bed? Is that why she can’t bring herself to do it with him? So she wants to order one now?’

’If that’s the case, should I tell her that you can apparently take the guys from the fourth floor out for the night?’

“No!” Jessie Sterling immediately shook her head, indicating she had no intention of “ordering” anyone.

Mochi breathed a sigh of relief. “Phew, of course not. They’re just regular waiters. Besides being better looking and more attentive, it’s no different from any other KTV. Oh, the only difference is that it’s a bit more expensive.”

Jessie Sterling relaxed.

The four of them got a private room, and soon someone came in to deliver fruit and sell them drinks.

This was the KTV’s main source of revenue, as the profit margin on drinks was the highest.

Jessie Sterling wasn’t much of a mic hog, but dinner tonight had been a bit heavy-handed with the salt. It left her so thirsty that she ended up chugging drinks in the private room.

In the end, Mochi didn’t fall for any of the KTV guys, but she did fall for the house-specialty ice cream. After eating a huge tub of it, she ended up with an upset stomach. There was no way Jessie Sterling was going to fight someone with a stomachache for the bathroom. So, while Bella was in the room busting out an otaku dance, Jessie Sterling pushed open the door once again.

She looked up at the sign for the restroom, not noticing a familiar figure she had seen earlier that day appearing at the end of the hallway.

Shawn Stuart had found out that Jessie Sterling was at this KTV with some friends. He had already been to several other places looking for her, and by now, the man was furious.

In Shawn Stuart’s eyes, everything that had happened to him today was Jessie Sterling’s fault.

If it weren’t for Jessie Sterling, how could he have ended up in this situation? Apologizing to her online—what was the difference between that and slapping his own face?

All his years of hard work had been ruined in an instant because of Jessie Sterling.

’Now, isn’t Manhui’s intention, both explicitly and implicitly, just for me to get lost?’

’Manhui is just a bunch of trash who treat people differently based on their status.’ Shawn Stuart had cursed his old employer countless times in his mind on his way here. ’If it weren’t for the fact that Jessie Sterling has some stinking money, how could Manhui possibly choose to appease a mere newcomer over me, their cash cow?’

Since Jessie Sterling had ruined his life, he certainly wasn’t going to let her have an easy time.

A glint of cold metal flashed from the pocket of Shawn Stuart’s jacket.

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