Chapter 1835

What Cedar said crushed Megumi. They were supposed to be choosing some pieces of jewelry from the store themselves. Of course, Megumi only managed to invite Cedar because she made up some botched excuse. She never expected him to accept his invitation. She did not even understand the reason why he agreed to accompany her. After all, he always turned her down easily without a second thought. However, he asked her a strange question when they were on the way to the mall earlier. He asked, “Megumi, what do girls usually like?” Megumi blabbered on and said a lot. Cedar only frowned after hearing what she said. What Megumi liked was very different from what Isabelle liked. It was pointless to ask Megumi for advice. After that, he saw the message Isabelle sent in the family chat. [Isabelle: Brother Ralph, I’ll be going to the mall later in the afternoon. It’s been a while since I last shopped. Do you have anything you want? Lil Lion will buy it for you. This is a time-limited chance, okay?] [Raphael: Which mall?] That was why Cedar suddenly appeared in the same mall as Isabelle. Cedar wanted to learn more about what the girl would like. He also hoped to bump into her ‘coincidentally’. However, he never expected that another man was with her. Of all people, it was her Brother Nash. Was she still infatuated with him? Cedar felt upset about it, but he forced himself to endure his feelings. He was upset the whole time until she made him pay the bill as revenge. Isabelle added fuel to the fire and said, “Brother, I love you!” Of course, she was fanning the flame to Megumi’s anger. Cedar remained silent and went to settle the bill. When Isabelle saw that Cedar willingly settled the bill for her, she felt a little guilty. He willingly paid, knowing that it would offend his date partner. She was the one who ruined his date! Despite feeling guilty, she never displayed any emotions on her face at all. She quickly brought Nash away with her. The girl enjoyed shopping and bought many new clothes. Nash patiently accompanied her the whole time until she had enough fun. Then, Nash asked Isabelle, “Bella, do you know the man earlier?” “Yup. I know him!” replied Isabelle. “He seems pretty familiar.” “Brother Nash, did you forget? You met him once when you picked me up from the villa in Norway. He’s my Big Brother!” Nash suddenly came to a realization and said, “So that’s him! No wonder you took your revenge by making him pay. That’s why he was willing to pay for you.” “Of course. I only made him pay because I knew him. I’m not a mad woman! Why would I make a stranger pay for me?! It would be so embarrassing if he rejected me in front of that old woman!” Nash smiled and said, “Bella, you’re so witty.” He accompanied Isabelle as they continued shopping. However, he suddenly had to leave because an urgent matter came up. He explained to Isabelle about his circumstance, and Isabelle let him go. She said, “You should go home. I still want to buy some snacks.” “Okay. Do you need some cash?” Nash and Isabelle grew up together since young. He knew she could spend on anything she wanted except for snacks. She could not buy snacks with her cards. “Sure thing. Brother Nash, thank you.” Nash did not bring much cash with him. He only took out five hundred bucks from his wallet and gave it to Isabelle. Isabelle took the cash with her and wanted to head to the snacks section immediately. While on her way, she met Cedar and that woman from earlier again. At first, she wanted to pretend not to recognize them. However, she felt sour when she saw the two of them together. She could not control herself and went to greet them, “Brother, so you haven’t left? Did you pass my jewelry to my bodyguards? I seem to have made you spend a fortune. I’ll invite you to a meal instead.” Cedar suddenly said, “Let’s go now.” Without a second thought, Isabelle asked, “What?” Cedar asked her back, “Didn’t you just say you’re inviting me to a meal?” “Cedar, you… This is…” Megumi became enraged, and she did not know what to say. She knew very well how a man looked at a woman. She knew how attractive Isabelle was to Cedar with the way he looked at her. “Brother, but the night isn’t here yet,” said Isabelle. Isabelle kept calling Cedar ‘Brother’ with a cutesy look. Cedar reminded her, “I haven’t eaten lunch yet.” “Ah. I’ll take you to lunch then, Brother!” Cedar turned around and said to Megumi, “Megumi, you should go home.” Megumi’s expression turned awful and a little guilty. She said, “Cedar, I shouldn’t have said those rude words earlier to embarrass this little girl over here. We’ve known each other for years, and you should know me well. I was just chatting casually with no ill intention. I’ll apologize to her, so please don’t let me go home yet. It’s been a long time since I met you.” Indeed, Megumi had no ill intentions. It was just that she had terrible people skills. That was her crucial weakness. Not everyone would forgive her easily, and not all would tolerate her. Bella felt embarrassed and guilty when she saw how sincere the woman was when she apologized. She quickly escaped and said, “Brother, I’ll invite you to a meal next time. You can continue your date with her first! Goodbye!” Isabelle escaped so quickly, but she regretted it when she arrived at the mall’s entrance. She muttered to herself, “I still haven’t bought any snacks. I really want my snacks!” She stomped on her feet and felt sad about it. She then decided to wait at the entrance while her bodyguards came over to drive her home. About two minutes later, a large hand reached out to her with candy in the middle of his palm. Isabelle raised her head and was stunned to see the handsome man. She asked, “Big Brother, what happened to your date?” Cedar reminded her and said, “You made her so angry that she cried.” “Ah. Sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose. I’m not the one who started the fight. It’s her fault for being so rude earlier. She’s the one who attacked me with harsh words.” The man said indifferently, “Yeah. I know.” “Big Brother, are you hungry yet?” She suddenly remembered that he still had not eaten lunch. “My hunger is not that important. You’ve frightened my date away.” Did that mean her Big Brother was going to make her accountable?! Isabelle blinked and said, “I’m sorry.” “You owe me a date.” Isabelle was frightened and asked, “Big Brother, you’re talking about me?” Hearing that, Cedar suddenly reached out and put his hand around Isabelle’s shoulder. He reminded her, “You said that you loved me earlier. Are you unwilling to date me now? After he said that, he unwrapped the candy in his hand and stuffed it into Isabelle’s mouth. Isabelle was stunned by his daring words. She asked, “Big Brother, are you awake?” In his low, deep voice, the man said, “Isabelle, I’m just a normal man. You've been seducing me at all times. It’s hard for me to endure it, even if you’re my younger sister.”