Helma's brow creased as she thought about Lia. The scandal Lia had stirred up was massive, yet Yondu had not even batted an eye. Starlight Perfume was now a total disaster. Instead of pulling out, the Ferguson Group doubled down with an extra thirty million. Helma could not fathom how Lia had manage
Rana shot Helma a glare before turning to Madam Guller. "Mom, you wanted Henry and me to come back, saying you would open up the bar for us. Is that for real?"Rana was brimming with hope. Could this mean her mom was finally warming up to Henry?Madam Guller's expression was distant, and she gave He
She was now being forced to sign this ridiculous document!Helma, sitting across from Rana, let out a mocking laugh. "You did not seem to care about consequences when you crossed Madam Guller. Just sign it already, or you can kiss that money goodbye."Rana's head snapped up, her eyes swimming with t
With a surge of anger, Rana flipped to the next page, signed it, and then threw the pen down on the table with a loud clack.Helma straightened up and meticulously examined the signatures. "You know, Rana, I do feel bad for you. You only asked your family for a hundred and fifty million, but I was g
He answered, his forehead creasing with worry. "What, today? How can it be so last minute?"Rana set her noodles down, her eyes red and watery, and asked, "What's wrong, Henry?"He looked troubled. "The DJ I was supposed to sign today just told me she will go with Moonshadow Bar if we do not seal th
After their tryst, Henry leaned back and lit up a cigarette.As she pulled her top back on, the woman teased, "Henry, looks like you are rolling in dough, huh?"Henry smirked. "Yeah, so what is up? Thinking of sticking with me? Stick with me, and you will never have to worry about money again."She
After work, Helma drove back to King Residence and found visitors at home. Mr. Cox, Mrs. Cox, and Grandpa Cox had arrived.Wanda was already five months pregnant, her baby bump obvious. The Coxes all surrounded her, looking at her belly.Mr. Cox sighed with emotion. "This child is the Coxes’ heir. I
Rana remembered that she smelled the same perfume on Henry when he went to sign a contract with the internet celebrity DJ that day.She had never even suspected it before—Henry always had two or three perfume scents on him—but if he had picked it up in a crowded bar, how could it be the same every t
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