“Who are you looking for?" Brandon asked, frowning.…The car slowly drove into the yard and parked. Even before entering the house, conversations from within the living room could be heard. It sounded pleasant, with occasional chuckles. Upon entering the house, Arianna was startled to see her mother sitting on the sofa with Brittany beside her. After a bit of hesitation, Arianna changed out of her shoes and walked over with a smile. "Mom, I'm home. I didn't know Brittany was here!" The way she greeted Brittany was warm and natural, as if nothing was wrong. Eloise nodded with a smile. "Brittany has been here a while. She was just chatting with me. She's such a wonderful girl. Look at you. God knows what you're doing all day that you don't even have time to talk to your own mother." "I've been occupied with all the things happening in the company recently. You know how busy Uncle Derrick has been. I'm just doing what I can to help ease his burden!" She said playfully. "Yeah, yeah.
"Arianna, where were you that night?" Brittany asked calmly."Oh, that night. I drank a little too much and was tired, so I went to rest. Besides, I wanted to make sure you had a good time. I didn't expect to fall asleep." Arianna scratched her head. "I'm sorry about that! What happened that night?" Brittany did not answer straight away. Instead, she studied Ariana's face, trying to see if she would slip up. However, even under Brittany's scrutiny, Arianna was calm and did not falter. She even blinked innocently, looking puzzled. "I wanted to ask why the paparazzi were there at half past nine when they were supposed to come at ten. Now, it seems like I didn't even need to ask," Brittany said lightly after a moment of silence."Huh? What?" Arianna exclaimed as her eyes widened. "Did they come at half past nine? Why were they so early?""Exactly. Why were they so early?" With a slight smile, Brittany lowered her head and said, "Maybe it's providence, or maybe it's a punishment for my i
"Nothing. I think she's just in a bad mood." With a shrug, Arianna turned to grin at Eloise. "Mom, didn't you say that you were preparing desserts?""You're still a little pig, aren't you? Aren’t you worried about gaining weight?" Eloise lectured. However, she still beckoned a housekeeper to bring over the desserts she had prepared. "Speaking of which, didn't you say you have a boyfriend now? Who is it? Why didn't you bring him home for me to see?""We broke up," Arianna replied nonchalantly.Eloise was stunned. "Broke up? Why did you two break up out of nowhere? Didn't you just say that you wanted to bring him—""Oh, you know how we young people are, Mom. It's normal for us to fall in and out of love. If we don't feel like we're fit, we'll break it off," Arianna said with a wave of her hand. "Mom, don't worry. I'll ensure the guy I bring home will be the best son-in-law you'll ever have."Seeing how unconcerned she was, Eloise sighed. "How can I not worry? Your dad is going to marry
Before Eloise could even say anything, Arianna smiled. "It's just a passing thought. Won't it be great if it did happen, mom?"Looking at Arianna, Eloise stayed silent for a while before she said, "Y-Yeah."Although Eloise constantly had sinister thoughts, she would never go to that extent, regardless of the other means she had tried to use. She did not have the guts to kill anyone. However, she began to wonder if Arianna had brought it up unintentionally, or could it be…When Eloise worriedly looked at Arianna and noticed her head lowered, innocently enjoying her dessert, Eloise brushed it off as overthinking.…Although the Perfumers' Society was not that popular, it was regarded highly among people in the perfumery industry.Those who were part of the society would have several awards in their hands. Of course, the perfumers were not young. Therefore, Lily was surprised to receive an invitation from them. After all, she was still relatively new to this industry and did not hav
There were no clues from the handwriting. As Lily read the letter, she felt the organizer had invited her to play detective. 'Is this a test?'She smiled, put the letter down, and picked up the small vials. They were just ordinary perfume bottles. Although the letter mentioned making at least two different scents, six bottles were prepared.They seemed confident that Lily would accept this challenge. However, she began to wonder if those who made it into the Perfumers' Society had also gone through this.Whatever the case was, Lily decided to fully utilize the whole week to take a good look around the yard and familiarize herself with the environment.There were all sorts of plants in the yard. Indeed, it was as the letter had said. However, they all seemed very common. There was a shed in the backyard where the supposed laboratory was. Although it had quite a few pieces of equipment, it still was not the complete set.Indeed, this place was strange at first glance, but now that L
Connaughton Lane in Kingsland had always been notoriously lively at night. There were all sorts of bars with people from all walks of life.However, few knew about a secluded alley a few miles away from Connaughton Lane. There were a few bars, but there were not as many people. The people who went there were niche. Small shops catering to all sorts of hobbies were in that alley, allowing like-minded people to meet.However, because of the small crowd, the alley was also quiet. Few people were around, and only a few signboards had lights, indicating they were still open for business. A slender figure appeared at the store door and looked up at the signboard on the left. 'Underground Perfumery. This is it!'Although Underground Perfumery might be unknown to others, it was an interesting place for perfumers. Anyone who had an interest in fragrances or was into researching scents would gather here. However, this shop was only open at night.One could also find unique and exclusive perf
The fact that the whole place was quiet amplified the noise in the corner. "You're going to lose this time!""Don't speak too soon. That might not be the case!" "We've already had a whiff of Ben's. I don't believe that yours can be better than his."Lily glanced over, and the waiter soon arrived with a few glasses of water and set them all in front of her, one after another. She took the opportunity to ask him, "What are they doing?"She assumed they were drinking shots if this were a regular bar. However, it did not sound like that was the case. The waiter followed Lily's line of sight and smiled before explaining, "It may not be obvious for you since it's your first time here, but I assume you must be a perfumer yourself. Do you not know what scent work is?" "Scent work?" The first thought that came to Lily was, “Isn't that something police dogs do?”"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a game! They are two different things!" Seeing that there were no customers around,
Out of curiosity, Lily got up and approached the group.When she got closer, she could finally see what was in the middle. It was a piece of grass—at least that was what it looked like."You don't understand! Take a proper sniff if you don't believe me!" The girl refused to back down. She held her head up high as if the piece of grass was something rare.This attracted sneers from the people around. "Forget it. This is just a piece of grass. I'm sure it'll just smell like grass anyway. What else could it smell like? Barbeque sauce? Hahaha."Immediately, a burst of laughter followed. Some onlookers patted the girl on the shoulder. "Forget it. It's not embarrassing to admit defeat, but if you persist like this, it's a little embarrassing…"At this point, everyone was probably bored as the victory was clear-cut. Slowly, they began to disperse, and no one paid attention to the girl's grass. Once everyone left, Lily thought it was a good time to approach the girl, who had her head bowed an