Fenella’s POV
“Listen carefully, you bitch.” Amy leaned in closer to me with a fierce glare. Alan’s hand was still blocking us. “One wrong step from you, and if you mess with what isn’t yours, I’ll get my revenge and destroy you.”
I met her gaze with determination. This time, I wasn’t going to be afraid or back down. I wouldn’t ignore all her insults. Never again!
“Have you ever thought that throughout high school you kept trying to mess with what wasn’t yours? How does it feel now to taste the poison you’ve spat at me all this time?”
“Ha! You still remember high school with Laird?” Amy smiled at me. “Isn’t that way out of date? I didn’t expect you to still remember that.”
“Yes, Amy. I knew everything about you and Alan conspiring in your little cheap drama.”
“And so what? Are you going to get rev
Fenella’s POVNot long after Jessy left, a man named Peter came up to me just as Jessy had predicted. I glanced over at Alan, and he seemed busy with another guest who knew him. The opportunity was now open wide, and Peter didn't waste the opportunity."Hey, Fenella.""Hi, sir.""You don't have to be so formal like that." Peter chuckled."Sorry, I always see you from afar as a senator." I also let out a small laugh."Surely you never thought you'd be this close to me, did you?" He took a step closer."Uh, yeah. You're a famous man in this state. I wouldn't dare imagine being able to chat this closely with you." I smiled at him."I also never imagined meeting a woman like you. Has Alan ever told you that you look like an angel?"He smiled with shining eyes full of enthusiasm, looking at me. The man was radiating all his charm and power in front of me. His step shifted again to get into a more intimate distance from me. He slightly bent his body to whisper in my ear."Just say if you ne
Fenella’s POV“Whooop! Whooop!”Matthew shouted with joy, raising a fist into the air as if he were pulling a train horn. We laughed at Matthew’s unexpected reaction. Of course, we understood Matthew’s behavior because we were also thrilled with the results we had achieved. The data from Amy’s, Peter’s, and Alan’s phones had been successfully duplicated. Now we were gathered at my house to celebrate and wait for the FBI programmer to extract the data from their storage phones. We sat in a circle on the sofa in front of the fireplace, each with a glass of wine in hand. “That was incredible!” Jessy exclaimed before taking a sip of his wine. “Yeah, I know!” I also took a sip of my wine. “Oh, I could only imagine what you were going through from the sounds. It was like I was listening to an audiobook!” Matthew laughed before sipping his wine. “I said that was a mission accomplished.” Laird chuckled before taking a sip of his wine. I sighed with relief after the crazy events of the a
Fenella’s POVThe conversation from three days ago still echoed in my mind. It seemed that Jessy and I still had a chance to save our company colleagues from losing their jobs. With the remaining money in my account that I had set aside to pay back Gene, we could potentially start a new talent agency. The problem was, did I have the courage to do it? Not to mention the various business risks we needed to consider and the task of pulling in connections from the fashion world to trust our agency. And who would be the director to manage the daily operations of the company? Laird was already overwhelmed with his own game developer business. Jessy lacked confidence to be a director. Meanwhile, I was just a silly girl who could only rely on physical beauty, according to the comments on my social media lately. Of course, I didn’t want to be what they labeled me. Besides, my mother said I could be smart if I put in the effort like I did when I started high school. Laird also said I should
Laird’s POVI looked at the esteemed Mr. Golden sitting on the sofa across from me, his hands continuously shoving cookies into his mouth. Was he not afraid of diabetes? The man looked like someone who hadn’t eaten anything for a week.“How about I cook spaghetti for you, sir?” Sharon blushed as she looked at Prosecutor Golden with a special offer.“I want some too!” Matthew raised his hand eagerly.“You’ve already eaten. Stop raiding the food in this house.” I gave Matthew’s arm a light smack.“Uh, I don’t mean to be rude, but I love all of Mrs. Sharon’s cooking. I wonder why I haven’t visited her more often.” Jessy giggled.“Don’t tell me you all have been living here like parasites for a week,” Prosecutor Golden scoffed.“Watch your mouth, sir! We’re not living here for free!” Matthew exclaimed, pointing at Golden’s face.“Yeah. We help washing dishes, cleaning the house, and going grocery shopping,” Jessy said, frowning and offering his defense in a low voice. It seemed he had jus
Laird’s POV“Listen, the shell companies belonged to Peter. He had borrowed the names of Alan, Mallory, and other people as the owners of the companies. In exchange for borrowing their names and providing a seemingly legal place to store money, they received some fees.” Mr. Golden started to explain the matter.“The results from tracing the transactions showed that the shell companies, disguised as investment firms, bought shares to inflate the stock value in the companies. For example, Alan's company had received a large amount of capital from one of the shell companies.”“Then Alan's company would record sales as if they were skyrocketing. After a few months of being held in Alan's company’s account, the shell company was dissolved and liquidated. With this dissolution, Alan's company had to return a certain amount of investment plus the promised dividends.”“Next, they would open a new shell company and carry out the same operational business with another company, for instance, Mal
Fenella’s POVI didn't know what made me so bold. In my mind at the moment, I just wanted to make sure that people got the justice they deserved. Oh, I knew I sounded foolish thinking about justice, but I felt I had to do it now.“I’ll do it.”“Wait a minute, Fenella. We should discuss this further.”Laird looked at me with wide eyes. He seemed caught off guard and couldn’t believe I had said that.“Ah, finally, someone has some guts,” Mr. Golden exclaimed happily.“You shut your damn mouth,” Laird warned Mr. Golden, while the man chose to sit back on the sofa.“Fenella, please don’t do it. Alan is dangerous enough for us. Bringing down Peter is a more dangerous task than we could possibly imagine. That man only wants to hide behind us and make us roll out as sacrifices,” Laird said, pointing at Mr. Golden.“But, Laird, you were t
Fenella’s POV“Legit business empire?” I asked, pulling my face back slightly from Laird.“Yes. Me with Rackers Bite and you with New Gene. I was sure we would both succeed in our own ways.”“Yeah. That sounded like a really nice dream,” I said before kissing his lips.“We would make it a reality,” Laird whispered between our kisses.“Uh huh.”“You wouldn’t need to beg for jobs from your agency anymore. You would choose all your own projects and have your own brand.”“Wow, okay. It sounded too good to be true.” I chuckled softly.“It would be true. I promise.” Laird kissed my lips firmly.Now I felt more confident that my decision was right. I was sure I could accomplish our mission, and after that, we could dance together in the ideal world we had always dreamed of. I would continue with my career as a model, while Laird pursued his career as the CEO of a game developer company.One kiss led to another. A new spark ignited within us. I felt energized to achieve all our new goals. Of
Fenella’s POV“You're good?” Laird asked me.“Uh huh,” I replied with a quick nod. I adjusted the receiver in my ear once again. The receiver was silver with crystals on the outside. Designed to deceive others, it resembled a full earring that was fitted around the entire edge of the ear. The earring was paired with a matching pendulum choker necklace because they were a set of receivers and voice recorders. Laird was also wearing the same receiver, but his model was rigid and plain black.“Test.” A woman's voice sounded faintly in my ear.“Yes, I heard,” I answered. “Can you hear me?” I asked in reply.“Yes, I heard.” The woman at the other end of the receiver replied.“Can you hear it clearly?” Laird asked again to confirm.“Yes. I’m ready.” I answered with a long sigh.“Do you remember the safe word?” Laird asked.“Whitehill Academy.”“Ok.” Laird then sighed in relief again. His face was tense, with his lips slightly parted without a smile. I knew he was nervous, but I was determ