First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Helping You Vent Your Anger

Caleb Lockwood stood up and returned a moment later, holding a large bouquet of bright roses in his hand.

"I didn’t know what kind of flowers you like, so I bought what I thought would suit you best."

Wendy Linton glanced at the flowers Caleb had given her; they were all red roses, vividly beautiful, and indeed the best fit for her.

"Thank you, I really like them."

"No need to thank me."

Lilian Young saw the smile on Wendy’s face and the way she looked at Caleb, and she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It seemed that Caleb still understood what she meant, at least knowing to actively give Wendy a gift to mend the relationship between the two families.

At the neighboring table, Ian Blackwood watched Caleb give Wendy a large bouquet of flowers without showing any expression, and pushed his golden-framed glasses slightly.

The flowers seemed striking but, compared to the comb given to Serena Jennings earlier, the difference in value was too vast.

At least from Ian’s perspective, if Serena was worth five billion US Dollars, then Wendy was just worth that bouquet of roses.

"Are you not bidding this time?"

Serena reminded Ian that the comb she donated had already started its second round of auctioning, with a much more reasonable price this time.

"No." Ian shook his head, "I’m not as prodigal as Caleb, and I don’t even have a girlfriend. Who would I give it to? If I give it to you, you wouldn’t want it."

Serena tilted her head.

She intended to say to Ian, "You could give it to Claire Shaw!"

But given her and Ian’s relationship, they didn’t seem close enough for such casual suggestions.

"So all your keen bidding earlier was really just to compete with Caleb?"

"Not exactly..."

Ian shook his head again.

"I wanted to raise the price, so he’d spend more money — kind of helping you vent your anger!"

"Huh?"

Serena couldn’t comprehend Ian’s words.

If Ian himself couldn’t stand Caleb and wanted to raise the price to provoke the high-stakes Caleb into spending more, she could understand.

But Ian said it was to help her...

Seeing the look of confusion on Serena’s face, Ian pushed his golden-framed glasses and formally apologized:

"I’m sorry, Serena, for not being able to help you during your most difficult times."

These words instantly pulled Serena back to the darkest period when she was cyberbullied, her company was insolvent and she had to file for bankruptcy.

"For the Northriver project, my dad sent me to Zephyria for further studies, and during that time, I got involved in local gang disputes and ended up in the hospital..."

Ian spoke lightly, but Serena was already imagining a grand scene of gunfire and gang battles.

In Serena’s bright eyes, Ian caught a trace of care for him.

Ian smiled slightly, his smile rarely coming from the heart.

Although he outwardly had a scholarly elegance, deep down he was quite unruly; meant to advance his studies, he ended up in the hospital instead.

Of course, the gang leaders who fought with him didn’t fare much better — they were lying in the hospital too!

"As a result, my dad was furious, saying I caused trouble and confiscated my phone. I was almost in a state of house arrest during my hospital stay..."

As Ian spoke, his smile turned bitter.

It was only later, during rehab, that he got his phone and found out Serena was in deep trouble.

He actually was quite pleased to hear the rumors about him and Serena.

But he didn’t want to see Serena being cyberbullied, to the point that her studio closed down because of it.

And during that time, the Blackwood Group was as silent as the grave, not even uttering a word in Serena’s defense.

But that wasn’t surprising; nobody amongst the Blackwood family except him had any friendship with Serena.

As for the Lockwood Group, it was even more exaggerated, not just failing to offer help but rather adding insult to injury.

It didn’t matter if it was Arthur Lockwood or Caleb Lockwood who did it; Ian wouldn’t be surprised.

In his eyes, the Lockwood family was always so profit-driven and cold-hearted.

"Although I’m not much better than Caleb, as the saying goes, ignorance is no excuse... I really didn’t know what was happening at that time. By the time I found out, you had already become the BYC master."

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