The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 1019: Still Amadeus Observes the Details

"So she’s not even 20?" Natalio Heburn leaned back and whispered softly, "How on earth did Amadeus find such a young girl? The sister is quite pretty indeed, but would his family even agree to this? Caryn Zachmann seems like a better fit to me—good grades, decent family background, beautiful, and a protégé of Adelle Wafford, who is a domestic authority in neurosurgery..."

"..." Nadya Tucker’s gaze at him was no longer one of looking at a fool, but straight-up looking at an idiot: "Haven’t you been watching the news since you came back to China?"

"??"

She was afraid her voice would be too loud and overheard by others, although she really wanted to crack open Natalio’s skull to see what was stuffed inside. She had to restrain her irritation, shrugged, and enlightened him: "Amadeus’s girlfriend is this year’s Top Scholar in the National College Entrance Examination, the first-ever to achieve a perfect score of 750 points."

"Damn, how many points?" Natalio suspected he was hallucinating.

points, is this even a score humans can achieve?

Nadya Tucker rolled her eyes at him, discarded the last two cards in her hand, which were a pair of jokers—King Bomb double score—and won the pot. She didn’t even glance at the expression on Natalio’s face and continued casually: "Also, you mentioned Caryn’s teacher is Adelle. Do you know who Amadeus’s girlfriend’s teachers are?"

A single Adelle and he’s praising to the skies!

Caryn too, acting all high and mighty just because she had a bit of ability and talent, attended a prestigious school, and had a good teacher. She carried around an air of aloofness, as if everyone was eager to kneel and fawn over her.

She thought she could win over Amadeus.

Look now, what a slap in the face.

Natalio was too distracted to play cards, his eyes gleaming with curiosity completely piqued: "Who is it, someone even more impressive than Adelle?"

"Mr. Norton and Mr. Avalon."

Nadya Tucker, reminded of her family situation back in McKinney, felt like smoking again. She looked at the fruit bowl on the tea table and stabbed a cherry tomato with a fork.

The sour and sweet taste of the cherry tomato spread across her taste buds.

She curved her lips into a bitter smile and glanced in the direction of the girl, suppressing the complex emotions in her eyes.

Once upon a time, her brother had a crush on Nathalie Quinlan, and their grandmother was vehemently against it in private, saying Nathalie wasn’t worthy of her brother.

So in the end, who is unworthy of whom?

*

Unbeknownst to Nathalie Quinlan, not far away, Nadya Tucker and Natalio Heburn were talking about her.

Her gaze was distant and relaxed; she languidly nestled in a corner of the sofa, playing a five-person game with Govert Griffin and others. Beside her sat a man handsome as an orchid—none other than Amadeus Yancey.

The man had a mahjong table set up in front of him, with all seats occupied. However, those joining him for the game sat stiffly, their feet close together. It was only a game, yet everyone was so tense that cold sweat was breaking out. They were slow to play their tiles, reluctant to present an easy win, but also worried about being too obvious and failing to flattering him, which could end up irritating him...

They played slowly, but Amadeus Yancey didn’t mind, his attention wasn’t on the game anyway. Seeing that Nathalie had finished a round and had barely touched the flower tea in front of her, he gestured for the waiter to come over and said something.

Soon after, the waiter brought in a cup of iced drink.

It wasn’t a beverage from Rivendell.

The name of the milk tea shop emblazoned on the paper cup was quite bold, clearly something the waiter just went out to purchase.

"Here you go. Aloe vera iced drink, don’t drink too much of it or you’ll get a stomachache."

"..." Nathalie took the drink from his hand, shook it, and could hear the ice inside. She took out a straw, inserted it, and took a sip.