Chapter 1224 Marlene’s fiancé?
After Camille Thomas finished talking to the middle-aged woman, he put out his cigarette and smiled, "I should go now. It's nice to chat with you, my fellow smoker."
"Smoking buddy?" Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, then he laughed. "Okay, no matter what's going on, I can tell you're happy. I wish you good luck! My smoking buddy!"
Camille Thomas hummed and said, "All women in love are like this. It has nothing to do with age. Thank you for your blessing. I'm leaving now!"
Camille Thomas came and left quickly, leaving Xiao Peng alone on the balcony. When Xiao Peng drank the champagne in the glass and was about to go in to get another glass of champagne, the balcony door was suddenly pushed open again, and this time a man and a woman walked in.
Xiao Peng didn't recognize the man, but when he saw the woman...
Xiao Peng swallowed his saliva: "Marin?"
The woman who came in was of course Marlene Walter!
This is one of Xiao Peng's "real ex-girlfriends". Since Xiao Peng went to Africa, the two have lost contact and have not met until now. Unexpectedly, they met here: Xiao Peng has never seen the man next to him, but looking at the intimacy between the two, it is obvious that their relationship is not ordinary?
Is this Marlene's boyfriend?
Marlene looked at Xiao Peng with a half-smile and said, "What? Why do you look like that when you see me? Don't you want to see me?"
Xiao Peng hurriedly said, "How is that possible? I'm just curious why you are here."
Marlene said, "Xiao, this is my home city of Paris, France, and this is a fashionable dinner, so I should be curious about why you are here, right?"
Xiao Peng laughed awkwardly after hearing this and said, "You're right, I didn't think it through."
The two hugged and kissed each other on the cheek. After they separated, Xiao Peng looked at the man next to her and asked puzzledly, "Who is this?"
Marlene Walter smiled and introduced, "I would have introduced you even if you didn't ask. This is Swann de Orleans, a senior investment advisor at Crédit Agricole, and my fiancé."
After saying that, he extended his hand to Xiao Peng, which held a dazzling "pigeon egg" diamond ring.
Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this and looked at the man named Swan next to Marlene.
Swan smiled and extended his hand to shake Xiao Peng's hand. "Hello, Mr. Xiao. I've heard a lot about you. This is the first time we meet."
Xiao Peng shook hands with him. He felt very complicated now.
Although he and Marlene had not been in touch for a long time and had long since accepted the fact that their relationship had broken down, he still felt uncomfortable when Marlene and her fiancé stood in front of him.
Men are all like this.
Seeing Xiao Peng's dazed expression, Marlene blinked and said, "Xiao, is it strange that I have a fiancé? No one can accept that their boyfriend suddenly disappears for such a long time, right?"
Xiao Peng came back to his senses. "Oh, no, no, no, Marlene. I know you've found happiness, but I was surprised to hear your fiancé's name. Someone from the Orleans family? This is the third person from the Orleans family I've met. One is Billy, one is Zhang Qikun, and Swan is the third person from the Orleans family."
Swan was stunned after hearing this: "Didn't Billy tell you?"
"What?" Xiao Peng was confused.
Swan said, "I'm Billy's brother."
"Duke of Vendôme?" Xiao Peng suddenly realized.
Swan smiled and nodded: "It's me."
Xiao Peng finally understood why Billy had insisted on inviting him to this cocktail party. This was the key point! It was to let Xiao Peng know about the relationship between his brother and Marlene.
After Billy's grandfather passed away, his father inherited his grandfather's title of 'Count of Paris', and his brother inherited his father's title of 'Duke of Vendôme'. Billy's title of 'Duke of Beaugency' was taken from his brother.
Although the Duke is higher than the Count in terms of nobility, the Count of Paris is of course more important than the Duke of a remote place! The Count of Paris is the highest nobility title named after "Paris"!
Billy asked him to come here so that Xiao Peng would know that his brother was engaged to Marlene!
Xiao Peng took a deep breath to calm himself down and asked curiously, "When did you get engaged?"
Swann replied, "Last year. Actually, I wanted to invite you, but you were in the Arctic at the time and couldn't make it."
"Now that you're engaged, why don't you get married quickly?" Xiao Peng asked.
Marlene said, "Hey, aren't we planning to invite you? Of course we hope you'll come to our wedding, too. You're not going to miss it, are you?"
"How is that possible!" Xiao Peng glared and turned to Swan, "Swan, no matter what, I consider myself Marlene's 'family'. If I find out that you're bullying her, I won't let you go."
Swan quickly made a gesture of surrender. "Xiao, I know a lot about you. Billy has long said that you are the strongest man in the world. If that is true, I will ask the Bourbon family to lend me a flag and raise it in front of you."
Xiao Peng was stunned at first, but then he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Swan, you are funnier than I thought."
Swann is worthy of being a member of the Orleans family. He will always attack his opponents.
Everyone knows that "white flag" means surrender. Raising a white flag on the battlefield means surrender. One of the jokes about France is: "Q: What was the most difficult thing during World War II? A: Capturing Paris before France raised the white flag."
In fact, France's "raising the white flag" has a glorious history. The Bourbon family has ruled France for more than 200 years, and during their rule, the French national flag was pure white, not the current tricolor flag.
Among the various restoration factions in France, the Bourbon family's "pure white flag" has always been one of the points of attack, saying that they are born capitulationists!
Swan said: "Mr. Xiao, I want to thank you. If you hadn't let me go, I wouldn't have met such a good woman."
Xiao Peng's face was filled with annoyance. "Swan, why are you saying this after I just praised you? Although it makes Marlene feel good, I think you're challenging me!"
Swan was stunned, then waved his hand and said, "Mr. Xiao, please don't misunderstand!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "I'm just kidding. I'm very happy that Marlene has found a good home! I sincerely hope that you can help Marlene live a happy life! I want you to do what I haven't done for me!"
Although he had a smile on his face and said words of blessing, he felt sad in his heart. As the saying goes, all men are like this!
Marlene took a look and said, "I'll get you two glasses of champagne. You guys stay here and chat for a while."
"Okay, Marlene, thank you!" Xiao Peng thanked with a smile.
But that wasn't what he really thought.
What he really thought was: What the hell am I talking to him about? I'll just give him a good beating!
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