Chapter 218

"I do need to ask you for help."

Celeste sipped on her wine to regain her composure.

"I thought that I could ask for your help at any price you ask for. But judging from the current situation, I'm afraid that any amount of money wouldn't be able to convince you. I could only take the harder route to persuade you."

There was frustration in Kenny's eyes. He said, "How are your actions any different from talking about a brothel with a courtesan who has left the industry? Ah, there is a difference. I've worked both as a courtesan and a fixer."

Kenny then sneered and stood up. "Although you're a smart woman, you show no mercy in rubbing salt in another's wound. Please leave!"

Kenny's dark past had always been something that bothered him deeply.

Now that he was in the upper class of the society, nobody dared to bring it up.

"That's not what I meant, Mr. Lewis!" Celeste stood up to explain, but Kenny had already left.

Now that her plan had failed, Celeste couldn't process what