The Reincarnation of the Tough Empress Being a Neglected Wife
Eps. 18

Elliot drove his car at a fairly high speed. Elliot slowed down his vehicle as he passed a restaurant and accidentally saw the woman who was interfering with his mind was walking with a spoiled roll on the arm of an old man.

"Ck ck ck, cheap lady. He could have walked around and joked with an old man in a public place like that" he said in annoyance.

"Why are his smiles and laughter so loose. Did he already have no shame in making out with an old man in the open like that?" he added.

Elliot pulls over his car while noticing the interaction between Az and Mr. Samuel.

"Why is it that when he's with me he's never been so spoiled? Is such a old man more attractive than me?" muttered.

"Akh stupid.....! Why should I care about what that cunning woman is doing? What happened to her and who she was with was none of my business. Besides, it's good to see the original behavior so that I can be more sure that I didn't make the wrong decision before." said Elliot then reapplied the car.

Az who felt himself being noticed by someone turned his head back while circulating his gaze.

"What's the matter, dear Az?" ask sir Samuel.

"There's nothing, grandpa. I feel like I'm being noticed but there's no one suspicious behind" Az replied.

"Nobody, maybe just your feelings" said Mr. Samuel.

"We also don't see any suspicious people around here" Yuki said.

"Let's go in and finish our dinner so we can go home and rest. Today's activities certainly have taken up a lot of your energy maybe that's why you become less focused." asked Samuel.

Mr. Samuel deliberately avoided having a main dinner with Mr. Gerald's family because he did not want Az to meet his disgusting ex-husband and stepbrother in person.

Mr. Samuel was very confident that Elliot would be part of the dinner considering Elliot was Devan's only friend in the country. He also previously deliberately let Az not go on stage and had Sidney choose a place away from the stage if he could not see and realize whatever was happening on stage.

He is afraid that Az is not ready to go head-to-head with the people who have hurt him first. The Lord Samuel did not know that they had met before and Az did not care about their presence.

"Why don't we just have dinner at the mansion cake?" ask Az.

"At first grandfather planned to have dinner with the Gerald family tonight so grandfather told the waiter and chef to take an early break at the mansion. It is a pity to suddenly have them prepare dinner." replied Samuel.

"Then, why don't we take Gerald's request for dinner together if he has plans to have dinner with Gerald's family?" ask Az.

"Grandpa see you're not comfortable there, so Grandpa is afraid you'll lose your appetite if you have dinner there." replied Sir Samuel a little lie.

"That's why grandpa decided to have dinner at the restaurant instead?" said Az

"That's right." replied Samuel.

"Good night, lady, how can I help you?" polite greeting a servant.

"I've booked a place on behalf of Mr. Samuel Berza" Yuki said.

"Please come over here, Mr. Berza and Ms." said the waiter, pointing out where their table was.

They are ushered into the VIP room that Yuki had previously ordered at the behest of master Samuel.

Some other servants came to serve them. Some are in charge of recording orders for food and drinks, some are pouring water into the glass and some are still waiting if their vip customers need something.

"You can all just get out. We don't need to be served at meals." Az said after all their orders came and neatly arranged on the table.

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A man slammed the door of his room because he was upset.

"Akh s*al why should I think about that cunning woman constantly?" he got upset while hitting his head.

"Why didn't she take care of herself and let her look so shabby? Though it turns out that he can look attractive and elegant." he murmured.

"Akh is stupid. I had to shower and flush my head so I could get rid of these useless thoughts. Az is just a seductress that I don't deserve to think about." she said, then immediately undressed and went into the bathroom.

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Throughout the dinner with his family, Devan continues to shadow Az's flat face on him and Az's sweet smiling face on his grandfather. He had no idea how could a woman ignore him and smile sincerely at his grandfather.

If Az continued to put a flat face on everyone and smiled knots at everyone, he would think Az was indeed such a person.

"Did my charm really diminish?" muttered.

"What did you just say Dev?" asked Madame Darren who accidentally heard Devan's murmur but it wasn't clear in her ear.

"It's nothing Ma." Devan replied.

"Why don't you get excited tonight? Like there's something heavy you're thinking about?" ask Mr. Gerald.

"Nothing I think about, Grandpa. I'm just a little tired." replied Devan.

"In that case, clean your body immediately and rest immediately after that" said Renata or Mrs Darren.

"Yes, it's true what your mother said." said Mr. Gerald.

"That's right" said Mr. Darren.

"Well grandfather, mom, papa, Devan to the room first then." said Devan answered another nod.

At the main dinner, Mr. Gerald did not invite his extended family. Since the problems of his company were almost bankrupt at that time, he kept his distance from his family. To him his family is the son, daughter-in-law, grandchild and best friend and family friend of his best friend, Mr. Samuel.

Devan went into his room not to immediately clean himself but immediately threw his body on his bed.

"Why do I keep remembering that woman?" muttered.

"But, come to think of it, her smile is so sweet. Her face is also quite beautiful ah not erratous, very beautiful." she said with a smile of her own.

If anyone saw him at this time would certainly think he was already g*la because he kept smiling himself while staring at the ceiling of his room.

"Akh I'm crazy. But it's okay, too. I better take a shower and sleep later so I can be fresher when I wake up tomorrow. Didn't Grandpa set up a lunch appointment with him and Sam's grandfather tomorrow? I had to look attractive so she could be interested in seeing me" he said.

"When have I ever cared about a woman's view of me?" I don't know who it was.

"Dumb ah, better take a shower first" he said again and immediately went into the bathroom.