After a tense and awkward dinner, the four of them didn’t immediately leave the room; they remained in their chairs.

Jack was talking with Tristan about recent global issues.

While,

Leo and Be started gossiping about what was happening at Ster Entertainment after Andreas Corby announced his resignation from thepany.

However, Tristan could vaguely hear Leo and Be’s conversation. At the same time, he remembered his n to sue Laura Kiels.

Just before Tristan wanted to tell Be about it, Jack suddently asked him to speak outside — on the veranda.

"Tristan, let’s smoke outside and continue our chat," Jack said, a meaningful smile shing across his face as he looked at Be.

Be, who witnessed Jack’s suspicious gaze, began to feel worried. She frowned at him as if she wanted to stop him, but Jackpletely ignored her.

"I’m sorry, Jack. But I didn’t smoke. However, I will apany you outside," Tristan said. He stood from his seat, and before he followed Jack, he gently patted Be’s shoulder and whispered, "Don’t worry about me, Be... We only talk." He could feel Be seem to worry about them.

Be, "...."

"Who worries about you!?" She wanted to say that, but somehow, her words betrayed her.

She was speechless.

Be could still see them from her seat through the ss door connected to the veranda. Her eyes didn’t leave them, worried and curious at the same time.

She saw Jack light his cigarette while Tristan stood beside him, and he started talking.

This time, Be regretted not taking a lip-reading course. She really wanted to know what they were talking about.

"Leo, do you know why Jack wanted to speak with Tristan...without my presence?" she asked without looking at Leo, her eyes still fixed on Jack and Tristan.

"Come on, Be...why are you curious!? Let them talk alone. What are you afraid about?" Leo chuckled when he saw the stiff expression and worry shing in her eyes. "You didn’t hear what your hubby said?"

Hearing Leo’sst words made Be anxious, even angry. She turned her gaze to him and snapped, "Shut up! Don’t joke around saying that, Leo! If someone heard you, they might believe your words..."

Leo ignored Be’s annoyance as he shook his head. He didn’t speak nonsense; instead, he stated the facts of what he saw.

Since Leo arrived in this city and worked with Be, this was the first time he could talk and meet Tristan in person this close. Before today, he could only see Tristan from afar on several asions because Be never allowed them to meet.

After meeting Tristan in person, Leo felt confused. Why was the news he heard about Tristan Sinir waspletely different?

Before meeting Tristan directly, Leo is told by Jack and Harper that Tristan is cold to Be, does not once show his affection to Be in public, and never says his love for her either.

Nevertheless,

Everything Leo saw now indicated that Tristan was nothing like what he heard before.

Leo watches as Tristan takes care of Be during their almost two-hour dinner. They appear casual andfortable together.

Anyone who saw them would definitely think they were still husband and wife.

’Does this girl realize that Tristan is apparently still showing great affection toward her and most likely still in love with her? People could see he treated her like a queen. Was she aware of that?’ Leo wanders.

He wanted to ask her, but now, looking at her expression stopped him.

From the look on her face, this girl would smack his mouth with her sneakers if he said anything in his mind right now.

Therefore, Leo decides to y safe — keep his mouth shut.

...

While on the veranda.

Tristan narrowed his gaze at Jack before asking, "Okay, Jack, what do you want to talk about?"

Jack didn’t rush to answer. He lit his cigarette and then turned to look at the dark sky above. He was thinking about how to start this conversation.

He was slightly confused when he witnessed Tristan’s sincerity towards Be during dinner.

Not long after...

Jack finally said what was worrying him now, "Tristan, let’s pull no punches here. Tell me, what’s your motive for approaching her again? Haven’t you divorced her cruelly and pathetically five years ago?"

Tristan was surprised by the sudden question but quicklyposed himself and smiled at Jack.

"I usually don’t let people interfere with my personal life. But you have been Bes’s best friend for a very long time. So I’ll allow it. Motive? I don’t have any motive. I only want my wife to return to.

That’s all." Tristan said.

"Wife?" Jack asked, confused when he heard Tristan’s words. "Why did you call her wife even though you were the one who forced her to divorce? Did you lose your memory or something?"

Jack’s words, even though polite, were strong and straightforward. But Tristan only responds by calmly shifting his gaze from Jack to the emerging full moon behind the clouds in the dark sky. He took a deep breath and thought about something.

Although he only briefly knows Jack, Tristan is gifted with the ability to see people as they are immediately. And he could see Jack for what he truly is—he is a good guy. Jack is also sincere in whatever he does towards Be. He respects her a lot. They look close, not only as friends but also as family.

In just a short time, Tristan feltfortable talking to Jack, making him decide to hide nothing about Be from him.

He looked into Jack’s eyes before saying, "You see, Jack, I never filed our divorce papers in court. And those papers have turned to ashes. Jack, Be is still legally my wife..."

Jack was speechless, unable to utter a single word after hearing what Tristan said.

"I don’t want to force her back to me because I know I’ve hurt her in the past. Instead, I want to pursue her in the right way and let her fall in love with me again," Tristan exined.