Lily honestly thought that Darryl surprised her with the lanterns that had her name on them. Her guess was rebutted almost immediately. It was a huge project. Darryl would never put in the effort to do this.
"Look, the lanterns have words on them!" somebody called out.
The crowd clamored. How romantic! They wondered who was the lucky girl!
"It'd be great if someone wrote my name on those..." Some girls were envious.
Phoebe walked to Lily and held her hand. "Lily, you're really lucky!"
Lily smiled and nodded to Justin. Although she did not have an interest in him, she was touched. She could sense that Justin was willing to put in the effort for her.
Beaming with happiness, Justin smiled. "I'm willing to do anything to see you smile."
He could see that Lily was touched. That was a good sign to ask her out!
Lily smiled and took out her phone to take a photo when she noticed a familiar figure walking toward her.
She was elated and surprised! "Darryl!" Lily ran toward him with a cry of surprise.
At the same time, Jade wa shocked and became nervous. She stuttered "Da...Darryl..."
She was used to calling him 'Daddy' but she could not use that nickname in front of so many people. It would be embarrassing. Sensing Jade's awkwardness, Darryl smiled and nodded to her in acknowledgement.
Justin clenched his fists in anger. Damn it, the live-in son-in-law appeared during the most crucial moment as he was about to get close to Lily.
'Why is he here? Isn't he in the library?'
Lily smiled and asked Darryl "What took you so long?"
It had been over half an hour since their call.
Darryl smiled bitterly "There are too many people here."
His gaze fell on Justin as he snickered "Justing Quinn, you really are shameless to flirt with someone's wife in public."
'F*ck, he's flirting with my wife, and he even spent a huge amount of money on her!'
He had been bugging Lily throughout their outing. The lanterns with Lily'sname were all part of Justin's plan.
Justing's expression changed instantly. He was about to speak when Phoebe interrupted "Darryl, what are you talking about? Mister Quinn planned for a surprise for Lily and nothing else. How could you talk to him like that? How dare you act arrogant when you're just leeching off Lily?"
"Phoebe, stop..." Lily whispered as her smiled disappeared.
"Darryl, did you hear what the pretty lady said?" Justin scoffed, "I'm giving Miss Lily a surprise. What are you going to do about it? You're just her husband legally, but you're not spouses in reality, am I right? I admit that I like Lily, and I'm going after her. Do you have a problem with that?"
Justing looked at the rows of lanterns and continued "I see, you are upset that I'm being romantic. Darryl, to be frank, what did you provide to Lily after being married for three years? You must be angry that I gave her a surprise."
Many passerby stopped to looked at Darryl. People were nosy and attracted to drama.
Darryl laughed and stared at Justin. "Justin Quinn, you are true to your name; you are as arrogant as a queen. How dare you speak so blantly when you're interested in my wife?"
Darryl paused to look at the rows of lanterns and continued "Where did you get your superiority complex from? it's just a small trick."
Justing was taken aback before he burst into laughter "Haha, you are right. Darryl, I do feel superior, so what? All the writings on the lanterns throughout the whole street were done by me, how about that? Do you have the ability to do that?"
The crowd laughed in approval. Everyone could see that the guy's wife was getting chased by an admirer who put in a considerable effort to write her name onto a few hundred thousand lanterns!
Poor guy.
