At the edge of the banquet hall, Lexie watched Teresa and Cole chatting and nudged Helma. "Miss King, looks like Teresa's got a thing for Mr. Guller."Helma's face soured, and she huffed."Let's not get involved. It's none of our business."She had been worried about Cole's health, but now, seeing T
Cole's voice dropped to an icy chill, silencing everyone around.Helma was taken aback. Since when was she the woman he was into?This was all going out live, for the whole internet to see!In the crowd, Andrew, done with the drama, weakly signaled his bodyguards to part the sea of people.He made h
Alan clutched his phone, his face all twisted up in a way that made Helma's usual fretting look chill.Ethan was sprawled on the couch, arms thrown over the back, eyeing his little bro."Alan, haven't you ever thought about going for it yourself?""Going for what?" Alan looked confused."Helma."Sil
"I'm into guys like Andrew."At the Moore's, Andrew was swamped with legal headaches because of Sophia's drama when Helma's voice drifted from the tablet that had been live streaming.It took Andrew a few seconds to snap out of it before he glared at the tablet, "Seriously, Helma? You're dragging me
Cole handed Helma a steaming cup of tea, which she clasped between her hands for warmth.Then he took a seat across from her.Helma felt a whirlwind of emotions. She could not remember Cole ever being this thoughtful in the two years she had known him.Which version of Cole was the real one? The guy
Teresa's face lost all color.Her assistant clenched her jaw, knowing full well that if she did not take the heat, there would be no silver lining for her."It was me. Helma's been pushing our Miss around, and I just couldn't take it anymore, so I stormed into her room!"The chief director's brow wa
Lia had been sitting on the couch in silence, her gaze fixed on Lexie.With that, the commotion came to an end, and the internet buzzed with fresh gossip. Helma, however, had lost interest in following the drama.Teresa's fury only sharpened her focus on the flood of comments streaming in. The onlin
The chat in the live stream was blowing up, comments flying so fast they blanketed the screen.[OMG, Lilac!][Who's Lilac?""Dude above, hit up Google! Perfumer Lilac!][Helma's out of this world, she can't be just a regular person!]While the fans were losing it online, over at Guller Mansion, Mada
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