Iris was startled. She held back her husband.
Fortunately, Director Wilkins didn't take offence at Jin Liwei's wary defensiveness. In fact, he even looked amused and smiled at him good-naturedly. He offered his hand.
"Darling, this is Director Wilkins, Teacher Enrique's friend," Iris introduced.
Jin Liwei quickly realized that he had misunderstood. He accepted the other man's hand and shook it. "Director Wilkins. I'm Liam Jin."
The director grinned. "I know. You are Liam Jin, a filthy rich billionaire CEO."
"Ahem." Jin Liwei didn't take offence at the director's description of him either. He knew that he was in the wrong for making swift assumptions about the man based on his outer appearance.
"My apologies," he said.
"No worries. You're only protecting your wife from a big, scary, black man like me."
"That's…not what I intend—"
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