“Who the h*ll are you?” Austin tugged at his collar as he spoke in a tone that contrasted with his usual gentlemanly appearance.
“I-I’m Mrs. Moore. We’ve met before.” The woman sounded slightly upset but spoke in an ingratiating manner.
Austin had no idea who she was. “Mrs. Moore? Which one? I don’t know a Mrs. Moore!”
Besides his relatives and a few friends, Austin had little interaction with women, let alone someone else’s wife. As the woman said she was Mrs. Moore, Austin thought he would not know such a person. Plus, why would he be in contact with someone else’s wife?
However, that did not apply to Lily.
Maria could sense that Austin was going to hang up soon. She became anxious and spoke quickly, “Mr. Fike, I’m Mrs. Moore. We met at the seminar the other day and exchanged a few words. At that time, you were even…”
She wanted to bring up that he had been splashed with a drink that night but realized that doing so would offend Austin.
Hence, she quickly stopped and said, “Many people surrounded us. I bet you met too many people, so you wouldn’t remember me. Haha…”
With an awkward laugh, she tried to cover up what she was about to say, afraid she might upset Austin, but it was already too late. Austin knew what she was going to say, and it reminded him of the incident that night.
He couldn't recall her, but he could recall how Lily had splashed a glass of water in his face in front of a large crowd that night. He felt humiliated by it.
‘Great! Another reason to hate her! I see that our enmity can never be settled in this lifetime.’
“Mr. Fike, do you remember now?” Maria asked carefully because she was not hearing anything from him.
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