“How much do you want?” Celine asked.
Larry could barely contain his greed as he dered, “100 million dors.
Celine smiled mockingly as sheughed soundlessly. “100 million dors? <b>You </b>dream big, huh? Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
“Stop your nonsense! You have to deliver 100 million dors to me personally by tonight, or the entire Mercity will see your photo. I’ll be waiting for you tonight”
With that, Larry hung up the <b>call </b>
Celine gripped <b>her </b>phone tightly. Adam’s voice rang from behind her. “Were you on the phone with your adoptive father?”
Celine turned around to see Adam returning to his room. His gaze was fixated on the box in her hands.
Hisnky figure cast a shadow before her as he said, “Grandma said your adoptive father <b>sent </b>you a photo. What photo is that?” Celine looked at him and wondered if she could tell him about her adoptive father. What would his reaction be if she told him about it?
Celine replied, “This photo is-”
Her phone rang before she could finish what she wanted t to say. This time, it was Nathan who was calling
Celine answered the call, and Nathan said excitedly, “Come out quickly, Celine! I have a gift prepared for you.”
She frowned. “Mr.Lynch, I’m not avable right now…
“I’m right outside Alvarez Residence. If you don’te out, I’lle in
Celinepromised her stance immediately. “Don’te in. I’lle out.”
Adam looked at Coline and asked, “Was that Nathan?**
Celine nodded, “Yes. I’ll head out for a bit. I’ll tell you about the phototer when I’m back”
Celine exited Alvarez Residence and saw Nathan’s mboyant red sports car on the diveway. He came out of his car looking as dashing as always, and a pretty gift bag was in his hand
“This is the i
at to give to you, Celine.” Nathan passed the gut bag to Celine.
glit 1 want to
Celine didn’t take it. “What’s this, Mr. Lynch
Nathan took out a bag from the gift bag. “This is Chanel’s newest bag. Do you like it?” Celine nced at it and replied, “Thank you, Mr. Lynch, but I don’t like it. I won’t ept this “You don’t like it? But Adam said you liked bags. Nathan was curious
Celine paused. “He said that?”
“Yes. Today, Adam said that you looked at a Chanel bagst time and said it looked beautiful.”
Celine was <b>reminded </b>of what had happened. <b>Adam </b>had just woken from hisa not long before at that time. It was her birthday that day and she saw the newest Chanel bag in his study.
She thought Adam bought that for her as a birthday gift. She was really happy, so <b>she </b>told him that the bag looked beautiful.
She only found outter that he bought that bag for Carly when she saw Carly carrying it to one of her high teas with the other socialites.
I turned out that she was delusional about an affection that never existed.
It wasn’t that she liked bags. She thought that was his gift to <b>her</b>, and that was why she liked it. He had never given her any gifts.
She didn’t expect Adam to <b>think </b>that she liked Chanel bags because of this. How ironic.
Nathan didn’t notice that something was awry as he continued, “I went to Adam’s office today to ask him how <b>I </b>can pursue you. He told me you like <b>bags</b>, so got someone to buy it. Tell <b>me</b><b>, </b>Celine, what do you like?”
Celine was surprised. Adam taught Nathan how to <b>pursue </b>her?
Bitterness filled Celine’s heart. “Mr. <b>Lynch</b>, I don’t like anything. If I wanted these things, <b>I </b>could have a lot of them
Idon’t
need all of you to give me gifts like these. Stop wasting
Then, Celine turned and lett.
When Celine got back into her room, she saw Adam standing on the balcony, watching them from above. He turned around when he heard Celine enter and asked. “You didn’t like the bag Nathan gave you?