"You did not sleep?"
When Eithan asked this question out of the sudden, Irene turned her head his way and saw the creased on his forehead.
Her eyes went back to the kid.
When she realized what his question directly implied, she gasped.
What kid would stay up all night?
Was Eithan asking the wrong question?
"... I, I didn't sleep."
To her shock, the boy answered these as he slowly got up.
When looked at carefully, the child did have reddish eyes.
It was like he cried all night, at the same, he didn't get a wink of sleep.
Irene threw Eithan a troubled glance.
The man went to the bed and stood at its side.
The boy noticed her and shrunk under his blanket, as if afraid of her.
For what reason though?
The woman became self-conscious. Did she look intimidating just now? Or was she smelling bad? Although she really did not take a bath before going here, she at least had washed up last night be
That morning, Brienne Middleton did not go to Dazzle or any company owned by her. But to a high-end luxury club called Cryptos, located in West Alina. By the entrance, the guard only looked at her briefly before allowing her entrance. She didn't stop at the receptionist desk, but went straight to the elevator. The elevator boy asked her which floor she wanted to go but instead of answering him, she pressed the button by herself, the one with the number 5 on it. Upon arriving on the fifth floor, Brienne headed left. When she stopped at room 514, she took out her membership card, and the room booked in advance opened up for her. "Hi." Brienne stood at a loss for a few moments before bowing her head lightly. "You must be Sir Gu. I am Brienne Middleton, the one who requested to meet up with Your Grace." Gentle bell-like laughter echoed in the place. Behind her, the door of the luxurious room had already closed and so the pleasant voice was
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Deborah Skyes, the prized idol of Starlight, separated with her manager and climbed out of the company van. It was almost seven in the evening. They had just finished work today.Her manager drove her to the condominium where she was renting a place. It might have sounded weird that a popular idol like her was renting a place, but actually, the reason behind it was that she was waiting for the house she commissioned with a construction firm to be finished. By the estimate the representative told her, it would take another two months before she would be able to move in.A few minutes later, as the twenty-one years old beautiful blonde woman went out of the elevator and walked towards her own unit, she sighed,'It's actually quite a challenge to be an actress... On my first scene alone, I got seven NGs. Am I that terrible?'Her face crumpled in irritation as she remembered how that Director Dave looked at her last NG.It was as like if the company backing her didn't have Agatha Silver a
While trying to get away from the person she thought was her friend, Deborah's eyes turned round."Y-you... Who are you? You're not with them!""But I am one of them. In a sense."Ivy giggled.After taking a deep breath without straying her eyes off of the blonde, she added."You know so much. For a normal human, you are too knowledgeable. It means they're placing you a bit more importance than expected, eh? I wonder if you have now realized that if I want, I won't waste so much time forcing the truth out of your mouth."Deborah shrunk her body while she began to tear up.The woman did know stuff that some normal humans from that place didn't know.The reason she was let off was not her beauty but her sensibility.Beauty was fleeting for those beings as she reckoned that it was something very easy for them to achieve.That guy who first enjoyed her before making her spy on this city valued her for her intell