Chapter 158 - Dinner Party

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Neil entered the private hall with his assistant trailing closely to him. The lively atmosphere suddenly halted with his presence. It was not until Neil had stopped and swept his gaze on the room did the lively atmosphere returned.

A few of his close acquaintances walked over to greet him and exchanged a few words. Knowing that it was rare for Neil Mo to come over and joined a gathering like this, a few of them tried to take this chance to talk to him and casually mentioned business cooperation.

At this time, a man in his early forty walked over to him with a smile. He had salt and pepper hair and an amiable smile. Although this man was slightly older than most of the party attendees, his handsome look could still steal a few young girls' hearts. 

Neil walked over to him and stretched his hand. "Mr. Wang, thank you for your invitation."

"Mr. Mo." Mark Wang gave the man in front of him a look over before he flashed him an amiable smile. "In the past, it was always your little brother who came over to my party. This is the first time you're here." He coughed and his smile turned apologetic. "I'm sorry about the passing of Adam."

Neil could still remember how his brother had talked about Mark Wang in the past. According to Adam, he did not like Mark Wang very much simply because the two of them had similar characters. Both Adam Mo and Mark Wang were people who liked to hide their feelings and thinking behind their smiles. 

However, Adam's relationship with Mark was considered good. When Adam and Claire passed away, this man had attended his funeral to send him off. 

If it was not for this man's invitation, Neil would definitely send Assistant Shawn or any of his directors to attend this party in his stead.

The two of them exchanged a few words and discussed their business collaboration. At this time, a waiter walked over with a tray of drinks. Mark picked up a wine glass and handed it over to Neil. Then, he picked another one for himself. "I hope you will have a good time at this party."

Seeing that the man still have other guests that he needed to entertain, Neil then turned around and find a quiet place to sit down. 

Assistant Shawn took the wine glass from his boss and put it aside. Then, he started to walk around and mingle with the others in his boss's stead. Knowing that Assistant Shawn was someone that Neil had trusted a lot, they did not waste their time to get close to him. After all, to get an appointment with Neil Mo, one must go through his strict assistant first.

Neil sat down quietly as he observed everything around him. Though his stance might look as if he was not paying attention to his surroundings, Neil was actually observing the people who were presented at this dinner party. 

A lot of them were someone very close to his brother, Adam Mo. 

And his other intention of coming over to this business party was to investigate Adam's circle of friends and see if any of them would know anything about whatever Adam was working on before the accident. 

His gaze turned disappointed when he could not find the person he was looking for. 

The phone in his pocket vibrated and a smile appeared on his face upon seeing a message from his girlfriend, reminding him not to drink too much.

Suddenly, Neil sensed a movement and found that a strong smell of perfume assaulted his nose. Turning to his left, the frown on his face deepened when Neil met Amanda's pitiful gaze. He immediately stood up to leave, but that person had grabbed at his wrist, preventing him from leaving.

"Miss Shen, what are you doing?" His gaze moved towards the hand that was on his wrist. "Let me go."

Earlier today, Assistant Shawn had announced that Jamie was going to return to L City in two weeks. Although Jamie's return was indeed good news for his company, Neil was not very happy. And now that his ex-girlfriend had appeared in front of him, all he could recall was the way how the two had betrayed him. 

Jamie took it as a challenge to seduce Neil's girlfriend, and Amanda had taken the hook. In the end, it was Amanda who took the initiative to find Jamie that night.

If it was not because they had known each other from a young age, Neil would not hesitate to treat his friend as a stranger, just like how he had treated Amanda. 

"No. I just need to talk to you for a while." Amanda Shen spoke. She bit at her lips and stood up next to Neil. "I-I just returned from Country T a couple of months ago, so I did not know. Neil, I'm sorry about Adam. My condolences."

Previously, when the two were still dating, Amanda was lucky to meet with Adam a few times and knew how close the two brothers were. She did not expect that Adam and his wife had lost their lives in an accident.

"The small girl that I saw at the private kitchen last time… is she Hazel? Adam and Claire's daughter?"

His expression darkened. "Miss Shen, if I found out that you were trying to get close to my niece, I will not hesitate to harm you."

Amanda laughed, but there was sadness in her eyes. "Do you think I am that kind of person?"

"We might have known each other in the past, but now, I don't know what kind of person you are, Miss Shen."

His words stabbed her in the heart, but Amanda knew that she was the one who had hurt this man first. Seeing that he was about to leave again, Amanda grabbed at his wrist one more time.

"Neil, wait." There was a trace of anxiousness in her tone. "I came here knowing that you are going to attend this business party. Neil, I need your help."

Neil flung her hand away from his. "I heard that Jamie will return to L City in two weeks? Why don't you go and find that person? I'm sure Jamie will not hesitate to help you."

Her face paled as if blood was drained from it. Amanda watched as Neil disappeared into the crowd with her eyes and nose stung. The wetness behind her eyes was threatening to fall.

In the past, this man had treated her the best, but she had made a mistake and now her life was in a mess. She did not know who she could turn to and can only hope that Neil would be willing to help her because of their previous relationship. But it seemed that she was wrong. This man will no longer treat her warmly like he did in the past.

Amanda swept her gaze around the room and suddenly paused when she saw a familiar face. Seeing the man smiled back at her, Amanda started to tremble in fear.

She was doomed.

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