"Deceived? What do you mean by that?" Carla gave him a dubious look.
"Um…" It was only then that Lucas realized that he had let it slip out, and all of a sudden, he was at a loss for words.
Right in that instance, Zayn came in from outside.
Lucas uttered hastily, "Carla, we'll talk about that later."
Carla didn't press him, but the gaze she cast at Zayn turned even more piercing. This filthy man took Lucas to Stifling Night on purpose and even slandered me in front of Lucas, huh? I'll take care of this. Just you wait.
Earlier, Zayn received a call from Jombo, who questioned why he wasn't accompanying Selena at the hospital and where he was.
Zayn told him that he had some business to deal with Lucas and would be visiting Selena later.
As a result, Jombo compelled him to be at the hospital before ten o'clock.
At that, Zayn agreed.
Looking at the time, it was already past nine o'clock, and it would take some time for him to get to the hospital. Hence, he was only left with around ten minutes before he had to leave.
"Zayn, your wine is ready. Let's taste it."
Lucas felt guilty for letting it slipped earlier, so he tried to please Zayn.
The waiter had already poured half a glass of wine for him.
Zayn took a sip and returned placidly, "Not bad."
"Mr. Giblo, stalking is against the law. Are you aware of that?" Carla started suddenly.
"What?" Zayn squinted.
"Why? Do you want me to show you the evidence?" Carla scrolled for a picture on her phone. "Isn't this a gadget from your company?"
Zayn turned and saw two mechanical doves which had been blown up completely. Isn't that the prototype of Randy's research project? How did it end up with her?
"It's been twice in a row that you infiltrated my house with this sort of inferior technological products to film and stalk me." Carla took her phone back and added detachedly, "I'm considering taking legal action against you."
"Stalking? Is that true?"
Lucas looked at Zayn with an appalled expression. It seemed as though he didn't think that Zayn would actually commit such an act.
"Sue me then." Zayn didn't seem to be bothered. "I can sue you for trespassing and triggering your pet's prey drive to attack others. Oh, right, that pet eagle of yours is one of the nation's protected species of which breeding is prohibited!"
"Oh, what do you know? I've obtained a permit, and I'm a legal breeder." Carla glowered at him indifferently.
"Are you really keeping an eagle?" Lucas paled upon listening to that.
"I do keep one, " Carla answered placidly.
"I…"
"That eagle is predacious. Here's what it did to me."
Zayn raised his hand and showed the few deep scars on it which had yet to fully recover.
"My goodness, are these left by the eagle?" Lucas was utterly perturbed. "Even a person like you have been hurt, let alone me…"
"That time at the forest near Ashenville Garden, " Zayn looked at Carla indifferently as he continued, "if it wasn't for me, your pretty big eyes would have been long gone."
"I didn't ask you to save me." Carla returned crankily.
"Fine." Zayn nodded and solemnly warned, "Your pet eagle frightened my children at home today, and I have yet to settle this score with you. This is the first warning. If it happens again, I'll be sure to rid it of its feathers and braise it!"
"How dare you!" Carla raised an eyebrow.
"Try me." Zayn shot her daggers and rose from his seat to leave. "I'm leaving. Take care, Lucas."
"Zayn, Zayn!" Lucas called out to him.
But Zayn didn't respond.
Lucas watched as Zayn's figure slowly disappeared from his sight, and he then turned to Carla agitatedly. "Carla, why are you keeping an eagle as your pet?"
"I like it, so I keep it, " Carla replied coldly. "Is there any problem with that?"
"No…" Lucas continued to look at her meekly. "I just think that an eagle is too ferocious, so I have a suggestion. Why don't you keep some other small pets? If you like birds, I'd recommend keeping a little parrot!"
A little parrot?
For some reason, those words sounded inexplicably cordial to Carla.
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