The Supreme Man: Took Everything in Power novel Chapter 95

Kingsley scratched the back of his head, prevaricating, "Uh, well, he's a brother of my comrade's, and he was just going along with my act."

His sisters knew that he had been a soldier in the army before this, and in times like these when lying was a necessity, he credited his imaginary comrades for his behavior.

"A brother of your comrade's?" Serena frowned as she eyed him skeptically. "And what about the thirty belts you just splurged on? Pretty sure you just racked up a two-million-something credit card bill back there."

He blinked and stammered, "Oh, um, he... he might be a luxury boutique manager, but he secretly sells counterfeit goods on the side. The belts I bought are all fake, and they're not worth more than eight hundred."

"Fake?!" Serena's eyes widened. "Are you seriously asking me to hand out these counterfeits to my friends from the dojo?

These are people who have been all over the world, and believe me when I say they can spot a counterfeit from a mile away!"

"Don't worry about it, Serena. We're talking about high-quality counterfeits here, and I promise you, they won't be able to tell it apart from the real stuff!" He changed the topic before she could argue with him any further on this. "Anyway, would you have killed Noah if I hadn't held you back just now?"

A cheeky smile tugged on her lips. "Nah, I don't go around killing people for free, you know." She had let the matter drop after Kingsley interjected.

It wasn't so much that she let the matter drop as it was that she chose to believe Kingsley like how Keene had. She was sure that he would never lie, and that even if he did, it was with good intentions.

"Hey, Kingsley, why don't you come as my plus-one to the reunion? I figured you haven't eaten yet," Serena offered.

He hummed in response as he considered the fact that he truly hadn't eaten and that he didn't want Noah to stir up trouble for

his sister, then nodded and he said, "Okay."

The Paradise Mall was close by the Bayou, which was merely a ten-minute walk away.

Presently, in Carolina Court, about twenty young men and women were gathered around a long banquet table as they chattered among themselves.

"My, my, Nancy, aren't you just gorgeous?" Emory said to a woman who looked ordinary at best. "I haven't seen you in years and you show up looking even more stunning than the Two Muses had ever looked!"

Nancy Stewart clapped her hand over her mouth and giggled abashedly as she said, "It's all thanks to the expensive beauty treatments I get every now and then. Looking young sure comes with a price, right?"

Emory chuckled awkwardly at this and his eyes swiveled to the man next to her, then asked, "And this handsome gentleman over here must be your fiance, am I right?" "Why, yes." Nancy leaned into the man's embrace and announced happily, "Tyler and I are getting married next month!"

Upon hearing this, those around the couple did not waste time in offering their blessings.

"Congratulations!"

"The both of you are a match made in heaven!"

Nancy scoffed and rolled her eyes, then pointed out disdainfully, "I don't know what company that is, but it sounds downright crappy.

She had never liked Serena, not since their childhood days. She hated how Serena had managed to win over every boy just because of her pretty face even though she was just a lowly orphan. Whenever Serena was around, Nancy would always be

invisible and cast away to the sidelines.

She was insanely jealous of Serena, and she wanted to crush the girl by walking all over her. She wanted to tell everyone that she was better.

When Emory saw how stormy Nancy looked, Emory quickly interjected, "Yeah, Serena, what kind of a crap company doesn't even have an established portfolio of its own? I can’t believe you’d bring it up without dying of embarrassment!"

Much like Nancy, the other women at the table were rather hostile toward Serena and her pretty face, either. When they heard the taunts and mockery thrown her way, they couldn't help snickering, too.

Meanwhile, the men, though enamored with Serena's beauty, were so afraid of getting on Nancy and Tyler's bad side that they decided to join in the mocking as well.

"You know, maybe Serena is just a pretty face. She certainly isn't as capable as Nancy."

"Tell me about it. It's bad enough that she has a flimsy background, but she just has to ride around on her high horse, too. At this rate, she'll be stuck as a bottom-feeder."

Nancy was ecstatic to hear everyone standing on her side. She narrowed her eyes at Serena imperiously, as though she was looking at some pest, and pointed out venomously, "You might as well become a call girl or something if you're going to spend your life making pittance at some run-down company. Why waste that pretty face of yours when you can get paid well for it, right? At least you'll get to go home and put dinner on the table for your family." Then, she pretended to be apologetic as she gasped and put a hand over her mouth. "Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that you're an orphan and that you have no family to feed. Guess there's no need for you to moonlight as a prostitute, then!" Triumphant giggles followed this scathing insult.