What was strange was that Marcus seemed to have vanished into thin air. Robert came to Jangasas to secretly deliver the news to him. “Sir, our people have basically flipped Centrolis over, but Marcus can’t be found anywhere.”Zephyr’s expression was icy cold. How could a living person be gone out of the blue!? Now that he was nowhere to be found, Zephyr had already thought of the worst.“Continue searching in Centrolis!” He gnashed his teeth. “I suspect that Uncle Matthew’s already found him first. They’ll definitely find someone to ambush me if they want to do something!”“Sir…” Robert widened his eyes, looking nervous.“Don’t worry about me,” Zephyr instructed, “Cordelia, though… Get a few reliable men to watch her going to and leaving work. Her safety is your top priority!”“Got it!”Zephyr felt chills down his spine all of a sudden after saying that.Whether it was Matthew, Yale, or other Hamertons considering conspiring, he had never been scared, even if there was a direct
Zephyr looked at the reviews on his phone with a dark gaze.A new shop would barely attract this much attention. The only possibility was like what Cordelia had said—someone was cooking something up behind them.These reviews were obviously left intentionally by paid posters.Zephyr suspected Nicholas too, but he denied the thought as soon as it popped up. Given Nicholas’ character and status, he would not resort to such a cheap and roundabout approach.Moreover, the tactic looked like a petty fight among women. If Nicholas did want to target him, he could easily declare war.It also did not look like what a business rival would do. There were many cafes around the area, but they all had their distinct colors and niched target customers. Everyone was basically fine with each other.Therefore, the person who had hired the paid posters to target them was highly likely to be targeting Cordelia…The answer grew clearer to Zephyr, but he took all the responsibilities on himself with
Cordelia was in distress, but Zephyr quite liked the situation. He did not have it in him to brew coffee and serve customers. He just wanted to stay around her every day—even better if the two of them were the only ones in the shop.In spite of it, he had still asked Fredric to look into the matter to cheer up Cordelia. The result was as he had expected. “Z, I consulted a few media companies, and they quickly got the date. Data shows that these paid posters are from the Jenner Group.”“Hah, so it’s really Yelena?”“Well, the account paying the paid posters is the finance account from the Jenner Group.”Who else from the Jenners, aside from Yelena, would do something so stupid?Zephyr pinched between his brows and ended the call.He was in too much disdain to fight the Jenners, not that the latter could overpower him. It was just that he cared about Cordelia.Fredric said with a lowered voice, “Z, it’s not hard to mess with the Jenners at all. Just do to them what they did to you
“I’m closing early today.” Cordelia wore a blank face. “Please head out. I don’t have what you need here!”Their coworkers looked awkward as they shifted their gazes to Yelena.Yelena snickered and crossed her arms, gesturing for them to sit tight. “Sis, closing this early isn’t beneficial to your rent, is it?”“Rent?” Cordelia arched her brow. “My husband is paying the rent and running the store. My husband says that starting up this cafe is just so I’m happy, so I can close whenever I’m happy. I don’t have to worry about money!“Besides…” She wiped the counter down as she looked at her and said, “This is a place for coffee and desserts, not for you to gossip!”“It’s already an issue maintaining your business, so why are you acting so arrogantly!?” Yelena felt embarrassed for not being able to dominate Cordelia in front of their coworkers.“Fine, we can leave! But you must know that your cafe will close sooner or later with so many bad reviews on the Internet!”“What does closi
“Step on the line again, and I’ll show you ways to die!”“You…”“Get out!” growled Cordelia.Yelena looked at her, dazed and afraid. Her gaze was still hostile, but she didn't dare to make a fuss anymore.Linda, who came in at this time, caught what happened. Just looking at the mess on the floor was good enough an indicator of what had happened.Startled, she was worried that Cordelia would be at a disadvantage and darted over to shove Yelena away immediately. Yelena stumbled from the push and slammed herself against the corner of the table, breaking out in a cold sweat from the pain.“Linda Quimby, are you crazy!?” Yelena was hysterical. “How dare you shove me!?”“Yeah, so?” Linda defended Cordelia. “You’re here with these people to find fault with Cordelia, aren’t you?”“Hah, I’m here to bring her business!” Yelena rolled her eyes at her. “Ungrateful brats… You and Cordelia are the same, blind b*tches!”Linda found it too much of an effort to argue with her and went up to
Yelena bit her lips and did her best to turn away with her hair down to prevent Nicholas from seeing her face.“No need,” she answered. “I’ll consider myself unlucky today to have run into two losers!”“What did you say?” Once Linda raised her voice, Yelena shrunk into herself right away.As she walked out, staying close to the wall, she growled, “Cordelia, just you wait! Watch your pathetic shop every day if you can, or I’ll crash it one day!”Linda was going to dash forward, but Cordelia clutched her hand.“Forget it.” Nicholas picked up a fallen chair to sit down and picked on his sleeves leisurely. He looked at both girls with a small smile. “Are you going to bite the dog back when it bites you?”“None of your business!” Linda vented on him.The yell went straight to Nicholas’ heart. He was dazed, as it was like he went back to his youth. The feisty and willful girl by his side would yell at him like this too—and he liked it. He grinned at her no matter how ridiculous she wa
His underling said with a snicker, “N, it’s said that Ms. Yelena Jenner’s a party animal.”“Is she?” Nicholas chortled as well. “How much of it is she?”“I wouldn’t know. You’ll have to ask the hardworking hunks in the club! Haha…”Nicholas’ gaze darkened. He was smiling, but his gaze was tinged with a hint of ice.…A few days later, Yelena was thrown into a dark room in Euforia.She started off arrogant, screaming and yelling with the liquid courage of the booze.“Who are you? How dare you abduct me!? I’m a VIP patron here! Are you all blind!?”“Of course, I know that you’re our VIP patron,” an icy voice replied out of the blue.The room was slowly lit up. The man seated in the center was intimidating with a sharp gaze. The scar around his eyes was exceptionally eye-catching.Yelena felt her heart drop as she sucked in a cold breath.Nicholas spoke with a smirk. “Ms. Jenner, VIP patrons with higher status than yours wouldn’t dare yell at me like this!”Yelena knew that Ni
“Oops, I sent it to the wrong person.” Nicholas’ sarcastic voice could be heard on the other end of the line. “I should’ve sent such pretty photos to Mr. Jenner!”“Nicholas Thompson!”“Ms. Jenner, you’re absolutely delicious in the club!”Yelena bit her lips and turned pale.“I’ve suffered a lot in prison, Ms. Jenner. The fights, especially, kind of disabled my hand.“If I have a slip of hand one day and accidentally post something… Heh, Ms. Jenner, I wouldn’t mind, but your image as a rich heiress…”“Nicholas… Mr. Thompson!” Yelena’s voice shook. “J-Just tell me what you want! I’ll do it if I’m able to!”“It’s nothing. It just doesn’t seem too sincere how you’re resolving the damage.”Yelena gnashed her teeth. “W-What else do you want?”“You only hired paid posters to give good reviews. I’d have done it myself if it were so simple. Why did I ask you?“You should apologize when you did something wrong, Ms. Jenner!”Nicholas sneered.“You wouldn’t not understand simple logic