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Vivian turned around and saw Kingston step out from the shadows. The dim yellow porch light spilled over his shoulders, and he was casually turning her phone in his hand. His expression was inexplicably stern and heavy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan withdrew his hand and watched Vivian walk toward Kingston. Then, he felt uneasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Mr. Howard,\u201d said Vivian as she reached out for the phone in Kingston\u2019s hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lowered his gaze and looked at her in silence before asking, \u201cDo you need help?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shook her head and replied, \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upon hearing that, Kingston tightened his grip around the phone. Puzzled, Vivian looked up and met his eyes, catching the flash of displeasure there. She muttered, \u201cMr. Howard\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The phone was held firmly in his hand, and she couldn\u2019t pull it away. She also couldn\u2019t understand why he was upset. As his expression relaxed, he finally loosened his grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Logan stood by the porch, watching the interaction between Kingston and Vivian. His expression darkened. He stepped forward and wrapped an arm around Vivian\u2019s shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cMr. Howard, thank you for bringing Vivian\u2019s phone back. I\u2019ve spoiled her. She\u2019s always misplacing things. I hope she didn\u2019t cause you any trouble.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston responded, \u201cTrouble was caused either way. There\u2019s nothing more to say.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan hadn\u2019t expected such bluntness. His smile froze for a split second, and the arm around Vivian\u2019s shoulders tightened. She shot him a glance and said coldly, \u201cYou\u2019re hurting me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was taken aback, but he still eased his grip. After that, she pushed his hand turned to Kingston, saying, \u201cI\u2019ll walk you out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston smiled. \u201cAre you worried about me walking alone at night?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
away and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian was at a loss for words. She had only been making a polite gesture. There was no need\u00a0<\/p>\n
to make it sound like something was going on between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston continued, \u201cI\u2019m a grown man. I\u2019m not afraid of the dark.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian pressed her lips together and said, \u201cI won\u2019t see you off then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
To that, he nodded and replied, \u201cAlright.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although he answered her, he didn\u2019t turn to leave. Seeing that he remained where he was, she\u00a0<\/p>\n
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understood what he meant. So, she turned and headed toward the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Standing to the side, Logan still forced himself to maintain his composure even though his face was livid. \u201cMr. Howard, we won\u2019t walk you out then. Take care.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, Logan followed Vivian. Kingston looked at Logan and stated calmly, \u201cMr. Whitfield, your car is blocking mine. Could you move it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upon hearing that, Logan pulled out his phone to give Jack a call. Then, he remembered he had been drinking that night and had a designated driver send him here. He put down his phone and responded, \u201cAlright.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, Vivian opened the door and walked inside, making sure to lock it behind her. In the meantime, Logan followed Kingston out of the alley.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the few minutes it took to walk through the alley, Kingston kept a distance from Logan, showing no intention of starting a conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan clenched his jaw, aware of the disdain coming from Kingston. Taking a deep breath, Logan quickened his pace and asked, \u201cMr. Howard, I\u2019ve actually always wanted to know. How do you view Whitfield Group in your eyes?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike the take\u2013off board an athlete steps on,\u201d answered Kingston without hesitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His expression remained calm. In the dim light, his eyes were partially hidden, revealing only fragments of emotions under the moonlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cIt\u2019s very important.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Logan heard that, the tension in his body eased a little. \u201cI didn\u2019t expect you to hold Whitfield Group in such high regard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Act Fast: Free Bonus Time is Running Out!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I Cancel the Engagement and Level Way Up 72 Chapter 72\u00a0 Vivian turned around and saw Kingston step out from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-cancel-the-engagement-and-level-way-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}