Chapter 9
A flash of satisfactionerend Wette keves at the mention of freezing pidiana’s conte
Thilina, not a penity of the Larsen tahme belongs to you. The Laron mily can only have one daughter, and thi
Though ghating inside, she put on a concrmeidbaçade “ll you cut off Jales‘ canh, how will she suvive/She’s hera deprodent on the Laison family these past two veidu. She doesn’t even have a job.”
James retorted finnly, “Vette, stop defending her. This thing we ne
Tite glanced at Sylvia hesitantly, as it wanting to say more.
- her of that temper once and for all.”
selvia nodded in agreement. “Listente veerbrother 10’s time she leamed to belive like a proper body.
Thef Juliana’s temperantent gave Sylvia a headache. She didn’t believe fullana could truly let god
aly let go of her feelings for Adrian. In herview, all that Ha two years ago had been aboin Adrian
The claims about Wette eschestrating the cat accident? That was nonsense. She’d simply set her sights on Adrian.
Sverte timed her gaze to Adrian nest. Adian Trowned but said nothing, clearly supporting Sylvia and James’s decision.
Sobna shitted her attention to Wette’s ankle. “How bad is it? is it serious?”
Telte shook her head I’s not serious, Adrian just insisted on the hospital visit.”
Sylvia fussed, “Better sabe
bethan sorry. Your father arranged for the best specialist to examine you properly.”
Thank you, Mom,” Vette said sweetly.
Silk. There’s no need to thank me,” Sylvia replied, her heart melting.
And so the group continued fawning over Yvette while plotting Juliana’s punishment. They unanimously agreed to cut off her 1,000 dollars monthly allowance, forcing her to drop the investigation into Yvette’s involvement in the accident.
Their condidener stemmed from one belief— Jullana was desperately in love with Adrian and was merely throwing a tantrum. This time, they wouldn’t even give her the lusuot being willtul.
Meanwhile, luna spent the entire attemoon in meetings at her studio. It was a major project–historie high for the designity–and Juliana naturally gave it her focus.
One had to hold on tight when dealing with a golden goose client. By the time she left the studio, it was already 6:00 pm.
Seraphina’s voice rang out nearby, sounding shocked. It was as if she couldn’t believe she was seeing Juliana here. Streams of people poured out of the building duru nush bour.
Julia turned to find Seraphina already at her side.
She asked, “What are you doing here? Looking for a job?”
This area had the office towers and was home to many small companies. Defore Julling could respond, Seraphina continued, “Lottered you money, and you tetused Now you’re desperately job hunting?
Juliana suggested, “Let’s get dinner first. We can talk while we eat.
Seraphina didn’t know about her studio, and it was too complicated to explain in a few words.
This time they chose a barbecue restaurant. Half an hour of explanation later, Seraphina was stunned when she beamed about paliant’s studio.
“You sure kept this under wraps had no idea
If she didn’t know, then the Larson family and Adrian definitely didn’t either
juliana explained, “I never really came up in conversation. It just wasn’t something we talked about.”
Seraphina conceded, “I guess that’sique‘
They’d met abroad, and their conversations usually evolved around typical lady talk. It was not just diana–even when Seraphins mentioned work, it was only in
ing it for a year?” Seraphina askerl
You’ve been coming i
jullana nodded “Yep, one year”
Is it profitable?
That was the key question as long as she had her own money, she’d have the right to at least output both the Larson family and Achtan
juliana aliserindravully. “A modest few million, I suppose ”
Seraphina’s jaw immediately dripped Did her end hunc a different definition of the word “modest” that she was even calling millions modest?
“A touthsin design studio making that much? In its this year?” she asked incontuloudy.
Most small studios were linky to lose money in their first year, yet hers was turning a profit
Juliana shrugged “Good work pays well Keep it quiet, theach”
“Ikut it.” Seraphina nodded, understanding immediately
(hurch Trethe wanted everything Juliano huet. And she remembered that Yvette was in the same field.
Then there was Artisan with his questionable character, he might sabotage her behind the scenes now that they were fighting
Seraphina declared. “You dont need to care about them anymore. They’re just trying to control you fancially”
Their intentions were obvious when they froze her cards. They wanted Juliana to drop the investigation into Yvette’s involvement in the car accident. That family
ten to any lengths for their adopted daughter
“Does Amelia kuw about the studio? Seraphina asked.
Johans shook her head “No, Iluven’t seen her in ages. Every time
Every time a call, she says the hospital’s swamped.”
Amelia Harrison was their mutual best friend–a genius professor in gynecology Naturally, she was also the busiest of the th
Seraphina nodded knowingly. “Trie, she’s always the busiest. Thaven’t seen her in a mouth either.”
