Goodbye, My Love
Chapter 423

Marina.

But Loraine was very much confused.

She and Marina had lived together for three years. She knew what kind of person Marina was. How come Marina suddenly developed such a deep understanding of wines?

She had a feeling that something was wrong somewhere.

Like Loraine, Marco also knew his sister very well and he knew the kind of things she was capable of.

He frowned and looked at Marina suspiciously as she kept on doing what she was doing without a care in the world.

Among everyone present, the most nervous person seemed to be Grady. His face was pale and he was fidgeting uneasily as his hand which was under the table secretly pulled out his phone. Loraine's phone suddenly rang, signifying an incoming message.

"Loraine, help me! My mother intended to use this banquet to investigate the intelligence and background of all the girls present to choose a bride for me. And I can't reject it. Anyone would be fine, but not Marina! Loraine, please help me. Don't let her win this contest!"

After reading the message, Loraine Looked up at Grady in astonishment.

She saw Grady staring at her with his puppy eyes as if he believed that she could control the situation and turn it in his favor.

Loraine was in a dilemma.

She did feel sorry for Grady, whose mother was going to force him to accept a girl that he might not want, but then, Loraine didn't want to get involved in his marriage. Now that she knew the true purpose of the banquet, she felt it was even more difficult to wade in.

Noticing the secret communication between Loraine and Grady, Marco frowned in dissatisfaction.

He reached under the table, grabbed Loraine's hand, and gently tickled her palm with his fingertip. Then he whispered in her ear in a hoarse voice, "Focus."

His breath hit Loraine's sensitive ear, and she felt shy. In an instant, her ears turned red.

She turned to look at him. But Marco was already looking straight ahead as if nothing had happened.

But he was still holding Loraine's hand tightly.

Feeling the heat in her cheeks, Loraine felt embarrassed and annoyed.

She couldn't push away this shameless man since they were in a public place with so many people around. The only thing she could do was to squint at Marco angrily. Eventually, Marco stopped teasing her after a while and let go of her hand.

He had gotten what he wanted: all her attention had to be on him and no one else.

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