“Xavier, what are you doing here?”
Xavier turned his head and met his father's angry gaze at the door.
Seeing his own son in such an embarrassing state, John Nutter's face grew even grimmer.
The banquet had barely started when Xavier disappeared. He and his wife searched everywhere, only to find him drunk and making a scene in front of the banquet's host in the washroom. What kind of behavior was that?
The next second, “Crash!”
Distracted for a moment, Xavier spilled all the red wine in his glass over the front of Mu Chen's formalwear, and the glass shattered on the floor.
A few crimson streams arced through the air and splattered along Mu Chen's jaw, stark against his fair skin. Paired with his narrow, icy eyes, the scene looked rather like a murder scene.
“Xavier!”
John Nutter barked at him. He strode into the washroom, grabbed Xavier by the back of his collar, and pulled him away from Mu Chen. “Apologize to His Highness!”
“Your Highness, I'm terribly sorry.” The attendant beside Xavier hurriedly pulled out several tissues and tried to wipe the stain on Mu Chen's chest, but Mu Chen stopped him just before he could touch him...
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