“I’m busy. Also, I’m going on a business trip soon,” Alexander said.“Are you saying you won’t care about my sister’s safety just because you’re busy?!” Brandon yelled over the phone.“Hmph. You said it yourself—Brittany’s your sister!”After a moment, Alexander continued, “She’s not a little girl anymore. It would help if you told her not to visit my place so often. It wouldn’t be good for her reputation if people were to gossip. By the way, how does she have so much free time on her hands? Isn’t she supposed to be shooting a drama?”Upon hearing that, Brandon finally realized something. “You don’t want to spend time with my sister, do you? You know how she feels about you! My parents would be happy if you guys got together. What’s bad about it? Tell me honestly. Are you seeing someone?”Alexander stayed silent for a moment. “She’s your younger sister, and I regard her as my younger sister too. I’m hanging up now. Talk to you soon. You should go look for her.”After saying all t
In fact, this perfumery competition was not considered the most significant event for perfumers. It was more of a competition to discover new talents, so the organizers only invited young blood, like solo participants or perfumery company representatives, to participate in the event.The junior perfumers who registered as solo participants received special treatment because they could be exempted from the competition's first round. Due to that, fewer participants would take part in said round.As a representative of Rebirth, Lily had no choice but to join the competition’s first round. The task was pretty simple. Each participant had five perfume bottles and had to identify the ingredients used by smelling them. On top of that, they would need to identify the perfumes’ base notes.It was a piece of cake for Lily. Back then, Jenny gave her a similar task to make things difficult for her. The only difference was that Jenny’s task was much more challenging than in the competition’s fir
Lily walked past Melanie and strode toward the exit. ‘God knows why she stopped me back there. It’ll be troublesome if she tries to frame me or anything again later.’Lily saw Giselle walking over to her quickly as soon as she exited through the door, the latter’s expression filled with joy and excitement. She failed to conceal her emotions, although she tried. “Congratulations, Ms. Christian!”The results of the first two rounds were released immediately upon finalization by the organizer, but the participants had to stay for a while longer inside the venue. Lily found Giselle’s attempt to suppress her happiness hilarious and raised her hand to pinch Giselle’s cheeks.Giselle was stunned.“Let me give you some advice.”“What?”“Don’t call me Ms. Christian next time.” It was rare for anyone to call Lily that, making her feel weird getting addressed that way too.Her words made Giselle’s mind go blank for a second. “What should I call you then?”“What about my name?”Giselle bl
Giselle was one to worry about many things, but she was right this time. However, Lily's rejection was not solely motivated by a desire to avoid gossip, as meeting Lisa at such a delicate time could lead to unwarranted assumptions. Even if Lily did not care about that, it would affect the reputation of Lisa and her father.Lily looked at the man and said, “How about this? I’ll call Lisa and talk things over the phone with her.”The man stayed silent, so Lily took out her phone and called Lisa. However, the call did not go through at all.“Ms. Parker is doing this because she has no other choice. Ms. Christian, we hope you understand,” the man explained.At first, Lily wanted to decline, but she was worried that something had happened to Lisa or that she had encountered some sort of difficulty since the call was not going through and the man had Lisa's ring with him. After hesitating for a moment, she finally decided. “Fine. I’ll come with you.”“Wait!” Giselle, seeing that she cou
Giselled dropped to the side before she managed to finish her words.“Giselle?” Lily called her name with a frown. She grabbed her arm and shook it twice, “What’s wrong with you, Giselle?”Lily also felt faint halfway through the sentence. She looked at the person in front of her and said, “You guys are not the personnel sent by Lisa!”She, too, passed out and fell on Giselle’s unconscious body.“You caught on too late,” Jo said menacingly.The car drove to a desolate place. They stopped halfway to change to a different vehicle before continuing the journey. They used different roads before finally stopping in front of a small wooden house. The driver stopped the car and walked to the other side. Jo opened the door and jumped from the vehicle. They each carried Lily and Giselle on their shoulders and walked towards the wooden house.The people inside had likely heard the noise outside and opened the wooden house door to invite them in, “You weren’t followed, right?”“Hmph.” Jo
Christopher made a phone call after he locked them up. “Yes, we got her. When will we receive our payment?”“Have you tied her up properly?” The person on the other end of the call asked worriedly.“Don’t worry. We’ve always met our customers’ various needs,” Christopher paused a moment before adding, “Even if she weren’t tied up, do you think she’ll be able to run away?”“It’s better to be on the side of caution.” Although he, too, felt that Lily could not escape from her kidnappers, the plan had to be foolproof, and mistakes were unacceptable.Christopher did not take his words to heart. “When are you coming over?”“I can only be there after two days. Give Lily water but less food for the next few days. Don’t let her eat much. Also, remember to give her the injections,” The person said.Christopher stayed silent for a while before he laughed awkwardly and said, “Shouldn’t you do this yourself?”“I have something urgent on my side and can’t leave. Just do as I say. I’ll pay you
Christopher gave Leonel a stern look before saying, “Don’t you dare do anything stupid. You better not touch her and do something the client did not request!”Leonel pursed his lips in resentment. “I was just saying. It’s such a pity.”Unexpectedly, Jo agreed, “Yeah.”Christopher and Leonel looked at Jo in surprise. Jo then prepared the injection and placed the needle on a tray before getting to his feet. He said, “I’ll go give her the shot.”“Jo.” Christopher stopped him. “Don’t be too hard on her or accidentally kill her. It’ll be difficult to answer the client if that happens.”Jo nodded and walked toward Lily’s room.He opened the door and looked at the woman lying on the bed. She had the petite figure of a typical Asian but was full of curves. Her exposed slender arms were as white as snow. It looked like she had not woken up yet.He walked toward the bedside, turned on the side lamp, and stared at Lily. Then he put the tray on the bedside cabinet and sat on the bed. He str
“Do you have the right to ask questions now?” Lily sneered while Jo felt the knife's tip pushing deeper into his flesh.The pain of the blade penetrating through his skin and the fear that he might be dead the next minute made his attitude soften. “D-Don’t do this! L-Let’s talk it out!”“Sure. Let’s talk then. Who ordered you to do this?” Lily, with her head, tilted to one side, asked.When they were in the car earlier, Lily sensed something was off. Lisa would have called Lily beforehand if she genuinely had problems or difficulties on her end. However, Lily could not get through to Lisa’s phone number, and ultimately, Lisa’s phone got turned off. It meant that Lisa faced a severe problem, and she should have sought help from her father. It did not make sense that she looked for Lily.Hence, Lily felt they were here for her, not because Lisa sent them here because she was in trouble. In that case, Lily played along, wanting to find out what they were up to while she searched for t