Everyone fell silent upon Old Madam Guller’s arrival.Only Neve sobbed quietly.As soon as Old Madam Guller saw Neve, she turned around and hollered. "Butler! Who asked you to let her in!"Neve cried in an aggrieved voice. "Grandma!"Old Madam Guller was furious and glared at Neve. "Who allowed you
Madam Guller's eyes were filled with anger. She clenched her fists and returned to her bedroom.Helma sat in the living room while Old Madam Guller comforted her. "Don't worry, Hemmy. Grandma has the final say in the family. No one will dare to bully you again!"Helma was a little embarrassed. She w
"We’ll make a move first, see you."Cole stared at the pretty boy in the passenger seat, and said in an icy tone, "Okay, thanks a lot."Helma drove to King Residence.Alan was in a good mood and sat in the passenger seat happily. He turned his head and looked at Helma eagerly, "Miss Helma, that must
Helma went to the office after breakfast and stayed all morning. She processed several documents and held a meeting.Now that most of the King Group senior executives had met her, they all seemed to be walking on thin ice. Helma did not care. She drove to the Joint Department in Westwood after lunc
Soon, she saw a familiar name.The Heiress of The King in Greenville?Helma narrowed her eyes, clicked on the task, and looked at it.The publisher's name was Midnight Rose. The mission was to assassinate the only daughter of the King family. The mission was worth five million.Helma sensed danger.
Cole's eyes flashed slightly. "At seven o'clock tonight. We can go there after the Joint Department gets off work."Helma was excited. "Okay, do I need to be in a gown?""Formal attire is good enough," Cole stared at Helma's ecstatic little face, "Didn’t your family have conflicts with the Vincents?
After Helma chatted with the women for a while, the head of the Vincent family went up to the podium. After a thank-you speech, Dolores Vincent came on stage.Today was Miss Vincent’s coming-of-age ceremony, and all the guests looked over.Helma took advantage of everyone's attention shift and quiet
Helma had had a bit too much to drink at the banquet but, by now, the rosiness from the alcohol had faded from her face, replaced by an icy demeanor and shimmering eyes."Mr. Guller, would you be kind enough to drive me back to the King residence?"After the disturbance at the Vincent family's banqu
With everyone else keeping mum, Silver Obsidian cut to the chase, "We'll go with Helma's plan."For six months straight, Serena had practically lived in the lab. At first, Starlight Blossom did not seem to do much. Everyone was on edge, wondering if it would make any difference at all. Then, in the
During her month off, Helma took a break from the daily preschool runs and whisked her kids away on a travel spree.The trip was not without its scares—Serena had a severe bout of illness.Helma was prepared, yet the sudden severity of the attack caught her off guard.Without a second thought, she r
Under the questioning eyes of the crowd, Helma fired up her laptop and plugged in a USB stick.The video started playing on the massive screen.The timestamp in the corner showed it was from two nights ago.Usually, the lab was locked up tight after hours, and by eight or nine, the research center w
Hort watched her walk away, a storm of emotions on his face.Ever since she joined the research center, he had seen Wendy as this super-capable girl with a heart of gold.Whenever the team hit a wall with the experiments or the data just would not play nice, Wendy was the one who would spark up the
The poor thing's symptoms were straight out of a horror flick: muscles clenching like crazy, nerves on fire, bleeding inside, gasping for air, and foaming at the mouth. Some of them even had their hearts stop cold turkey.According to the timeline, the rat had been juiced up with three rounds of Sta
With the report out of the way, the experiment team kicked things into high gear to wrap up their project.The meticulously calculated data was in, and the verdict was clear: Starlight Blossom's effects were rock-solid stable. The only thing left for the lab mice was one final shot.The brain trust
"Come on, you think the boss is scatterbrained like you? Someone totally did this on purpose!" "Who would do something that evil?!" "Guess we're gonna have to push back the presentation." Everyone looked like they had lost their best friend, except Wendy. She had this worried frown, but her eyes w
After pulling two all-nighters, Helma had the report materials ready to go.The research center was deserted.She stretched, yawned, and glanced at the clock. One AM.She powered down her computer and left, still yawning.Once she was gone, a sneaky figure slipped into the office...Deputy Commander
Helma had tried to get the scoop from Leon, but the guy was like Fort Knox—nothing useful ever slipped out. Therefore, she backed off from the matchmaking game. Still, she was not blind to Wendy's little crush, especially with errands like these document deliveries. "You got it, boss," Wendy replied