“Sylvia, is this your boyfriend?” she said brightly. “Aren’t you going to introduce him to us?”
Her gaze moved slowly over Elias again.
She tried to look for flaws in him.
But the more she looked, the more annoyed she became.
Elias was impeccably dressed in expensive clothing, his strikingly handsome features the kind people remembered at first glance.
He looked even more impressive than many of the men she had seen at fashion shows or celebrity events.
The longer she watched him sitting comfortably beside Sophia, the stronger her jealousy grew.
What annoyed her even more was the way Magnus kept glancing their way. His attention lingered on Sylvia in a way it rarely did with anyone else.
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Sophia straightened slightly in her seat and opened her mouth to speak.
But before she could introduce him, Elias spoke first.
“I’m Elias Creed,” he said calmly.
His voice was gentle, yet confident.
Magnus was sitting quietly with his arm resting on the chair, his eyes moving between Sophia and Elias with a sharp, penetrating gaze.
When Elias said his name, Magnus’s expression darkened.
Before Elias could say anything more, Magnus spoke.
“He’s the owner of All-Star Alliance airline.”
The words sounded like a simple statement, but the disdain in his tone was impossible to miss.
“His company is worth about the same as mine,” Magnus continued, his gaze shifting to Elias. “But aviation isn’t his only venture. He’s involved in several other industries as well.”
His eyes lingered on Elias for a moment longer than necessary, a trace of jealousy slipping through his otherwise controlled expression. It was clear he wasn’t pleased to see Elias sitting there—especially beside Sophia.
Elias, however, seemed completely unfazed. He leaned back comfortably in his chair, a smug smirk forming on his lips as he gave a slow, lazy nod.
“I’m impressed, Mr. Graves. You seem to know quite a lot about me,” he said in a smooth, arrogant tone.
Magnus gave a curt nod, but the expression on his face made it clear that the words he had spoken were not praise. They were forced.
His eyes kept shifting toward the two of them sitting so close together. The sight seemed to irritate him more with every passing second. If looks alone could move people, Magnus would have already forced them apart and pushed them to opposite ends of the couch.
But they didn’t move.
His jaw tightened. He folded his arms across his chest, leaning back in his seat with a dark look on his face.
Isabel had been quietly observing everything.
But when she heard about Elias’s businesses, the expression on her face shifted.
First surprise.
Then disbelief.
