Renee was someone who would not give up until she found what she was looking for.“I'll do just that. Even if I have to turn this place upside down, I'll find him and make him give me an explanation.”She pushed Chase away with a frosty face and walked straight into the Carmine Pawnshop.A few of the injured guards tried to stop her, but Chase waved them aside.“But Mr. Chase, Mr. Q explicitly forbids Ms. Everheart from entering the Carmine Pawnshop. If you let her in...”“It's okay. If I don't, she’ll never give up.”Chase stared at Renee's thin but stubborn figure and sighed. "Sometimes, it's easier to achieve happiness if you're ignorant, especially for a woman. I wish she'll be kept in the dark forever!”This was not Renee's first time in the Carmine Pawnshop. She could not say that she knew the place like the back of her hand, but she was familiar with the layout and furnishings inside.She searched every corner of the pawnshop, even the restricted area, but could find no
Rosie looked up at the bright moon and said, “Mr. Q is a good person. After I stole the treasure from the Carmine Pawnshop, not only did he spare my life, he even helped me quit my addiction. After that, he hired me as his assistant with a generous salary. I paid off my debt and sent my son back to kindergarten. Our future became bright again, like the moon.”“You're Mr. Q's assistant?”Renee's eyes lit up. As if she had caught onto a life-saving straw, she grabbed Rosie's hand and asked, "Do you know where he is? Can you tell me? I have something very important to ask him!”“Mr. Q has always kept his whereabouts a secret. Although I'm his assistant, I have no right to know where he goes. But...”Rosie was about to say something when Chase walked over and interrupted her words coldly.“Rosie, Mr. Q already told you that starting from this week, you're no longer his assistant. You've been dismissed. What are you doing here?”Chase's eyes were cold, and his voice was threatening, "
”Alright, let's go have a drink. I haven't had a good drink with anyone for a long time!”Renee felt that she got along well with Rosie. They hit it off right away. They came to a bar street on the Water Dock. They picked a cozy little bar, ordered a few bottles of strong beer, and started to drink.The bar had a wonderful ambiance. A man on stage was singing folk songs while playing the guitar. It was refreshing to see a bar with this kind of atmosphere in the Water Dock, an unlawful area.“Rosie, how long have you known Mr. Q for? You seem to have a crush on him.”Renee gulped down half a bottle of beer in one go. The sting she felt in her throat actually cleared her head. It even made her feel a bit excited. She started feeling the urge to gossip.“No woman can resist a man like Mr. Q. However, I have self-awareness. I know I'm already lucky enough to be his assistant.”Rosie had also relaxed a bit. She downed half a bottle of beer with great fervor. She did not hide her admir
"Yeah, you understand, right? A broken heart isn't easy to mend—even if it was fixed, there'd still be cracks…" Renee said softly as her beautiful eyes teared up. She held her head up high, not wanting to let her tears fall. She refused to cry over that man again, especially when so many years had passed. It would be too humiliating."Honestly, for the longest time, I felt like my heart had crumbled to dust. I didn't want marriage, I didn't want love, I didn't even want any type of relationship. I just believed that I would never become a bride again… until I met Mr. Q. For once, I felt like marriage could be a good thing…" Renee started thinking about their brief time together. Although it had been a mere facade orchestrated by her children and she had never taken it seriously, every minute she spent with the man had been blissful. No other man had made her feel that way before.Hence, she really didn't want her judgment to be wrong again. "Yeah, Mr. Q does have a certain charm to
"Who the hell is calling?! So annoying!" Renee snapped as she stumbled around. She was rather frustrated by the constant ringing of her phone, and just threw it away as a solution."Hey, why did you throw your phone away?" Rosie groaned, trying to keep Renee steady as she picked up her phone from the ground.The person on the other end of the line was quite stubborn as well. They kept calling, especially since Renee was not picking up.Helpless, Rosie had to answer the call instead. "Hello? Who is this?""You're not Renee.""Umm, I'm her friend. She's had a bit too much to drink, so she can't come to the phone right now.""She's drunk?" The voice sounded extremely icy. "Where are you?""I'm at this pub in Water Dock. Who are y-""Take care of her. I'll be there in a minute!" The man ordered harshly as he ignored Rosie's words, hanging up right after."Ah…" Rosie was utterly stunned, still holding onto the weak Renee. She didn't know if she should leave or wait for the man. He
The bar owner wasn't even trying to stop them, and instead, egged them on. "Come one, come all! It's time to place bets on who will win this fight…""I bet on that fat guy!""Me too!""That pretty chick seems like quite a fighter, though. I'll bet on her!"Everyone crowded around Renee and Max as if they were in an underground boxing arena. All of them were more than happy to gamble.Rosie immediately panicked, afraid that these big burly men would actually fight them, putting both her and Renee in grave danger. Trying her best to settle things calmly, she flashed a desperate smile at Max and his group. "Sir, you took us too seriously. We were just joking, you know? Please calm down, and forgive my friend and I… We're modest people, so I think it's best if you find someone you can have more fun with. We don't have to go to such extremes over a small matter like this. People are going to laugh at all of us, you know?"Seeing Rosie begging for mercy, Max's interest in her was piq
The person seemed to be making a call, and the phone in Rosie's hand started chiming at the very same time as well."You must be Stefan Hunt. You were the one who called Ms. Everheart, right?" Rosie asked nervously. Her eyes widened as she looked up at the tall man, then at the ringing phone. Stefan was wearing a long black coat and frowning down at her. He looked like royalty, extremely elegant and completely out of reach. He furrowed his brow and asked slowly, "So, you're Renee's friend?""Uh yeah, kind of," Rosie replied unsurely. She knew that Renee hated her ex-husband, so she didn't really want to engage with this jerk either. However, the situation was rather urgent, so she looked past his menacing aura and blurted out, "You're just in time! Please save Ms. Everheart—she's surrounded by a bunch of perverts!""They're trying to attack her?""Yeah! Right there! Just listen to the screams yourself… I can't even get through because there are so many people around!" Rosie was t
Rosie soon came to realize that this 'large object' was, in fact, the arrogant Max."Ow!" Max yelped. His chubby face was bruised and swollen, and he kept whimpering in pain."What… What just happened?" Rosie looked confused.Stefan, on the other hand, continued sipping his cocktail, unsurprised. "This is her style, after all."Soon after, another person came flying over, landing right on top of Max. It looked like the 'Ed' that Max had mentioned. Another man came flying over, then another, and another, until there were six of them stacked on top of each other like building blocks, wailing and howling."The beauty won! She actually won! I'm rich, baby!" The few people who had bet on Renee winning the fight cheered at the outcome."If you've won money, then share some of it with me! I don't fight for free, you know!" Renee growled and stumbled over to a man, grabbing him by the hair.Immediately, the people around her backed away, staring at her like she was a ghost."Ms. Everhe