Farewell My Stepfather novel Chapter 44

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Vincent Rodgers, our partner, saw him like this and poured him a full glass of wine, teasing, “Mr. Swanson, why so distracted today? Thinking about your girlfriend?”

Jeremiah put away his phone, looking somewhat proud, but regretfully said, “Sorry, my fiancee is very strict. Tonight, we can only have tea instead of alcohol. I’ll go home and make it up to her, and apologize to you all next time.”

The remaining few looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion and surprise.

“I’ve always heard that Mr. Swanson is not interested in women. Turns out he already has someone special, huh?”

“Yeah, word has already spread in the circle. My wife even came to me secretly and asked, ‘Mr. Swanson looks so handsome, could he be gay?“”

When this was said, everyone burst out laughing.

The man continued, “I thought it was impossible, but today I’m going back to tell her that Mr. Swanson is not only straight, but also a romantic!”

Vincent followed with a laugh, and clinked glasses with Jeremiah.

“I’m really curious, what kind of charm does your girlfriend have to make Mr. Swanson so faithful.”

“Yeah, what’s the name? Let’s see if it’s someone we know, maybe we even know them!”

Today at the dinner party, everyone was familiar. Jeremiah raised his tea

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cup and said warmly, “She’s Paulette, not some rich man’s daughter, just my princess.”

“Next time, we’ll treat you all to a meal together.”

At this moment, the man outside the room paused.

He seemed to have heard Paulette’s name.

Nelson instinctively turned his toes, and Derrick Marquez in front suddenly turned around in confusion, “What’s up, Mr. Chapman? The people from Forests Technologies are still waiting for us.”

He frowned, and there was laughter coming from the compartment in front of him, it seemed like there wasn’t even a woman’s voice.

Maybe I misheard.

Nelson looked down, feeling like he shouldn’t have been soft–hearted.

Since Paulette was determined to go against him, let her face some consequences, otherwise she wouldn’t know her place.

He looked away.

“No problem, let’s go.”

Jeremiah felt something and blinked, catching a glimpse of Nelson’s stern profile passing by.

He raised his mouth with interest, his eyes dark and uncertain.

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The dinner party ended after 10 o’clock at night.

Jeremiah drove home, expecting to see his fiancee waiting in the living

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