After leaving the studio, Freya put on her sunglasses, got into a Maserati which was parked by the
roadside and the started the car.
She then arrived at a hotel. Freya pushed open the door and said slowly while fixing her eyes on the
man, “She refused to accept this order no matter what I tried.”
The man, who stood in front of the French window, slowly turned around, walked to the sofa and sat
down, “Have you found out the reasons?”
“She found out that my parents are citizens of Riverside.”
The man, who was holding a cigar at his hand, paused. Then he asked with great interest, “Looks like
she’s quiet vigilant. She could even find this.”
Freya sneered and sat opposite to the man. She expertly picked up a cigar, lit it up, took a smoke of it
and then slowly smoked out, “Looks like it’s impossible to begin our plan from this aspect.”
The man narrowed his eyes, “Don’t be in a hurry. Our opportunity has arrived.”
“What?”
“I got a piece of news this morning – Elaine secretly left Riverside and she’s now in City N.”
Freya furrowed her brows, “Elaine James?”
The man said, “She’s not only Darnell’s fiancée, but also Franklin’s daughter. If she has any accident in
City N, they must have a conflict. At that time, we can just watch the show.”
“It was Elaine who chose to come to City N. Why do you think that Franklin would…”
“She’s just a little girl, how could she manage to overcome various obstacles without causing anyone’s
notice and come to City N?”
Freya immediately understood it. She chuckled, “Turns out that the girl I met in Stella’s studio is
Elaine.”
The man took a smoke of the cigar, “City N is Clarence’s territory. If Elaine has any accidents here, who
will be blamed? What do you think of it?”
Freya praised him, “Killing two birds with one stone. What a wonderful trick! But will they agree to it?”
“Their goal is Clarence and Stella, but now we get the James family involved and stir up the conflicts
among the several parties. He’s willing to see this scene. So why not?”
…
After getting out of the work at night, Stella locked the door of the studio and said to Sherry and Elaine,
“Let’s go.”
Just as they had taken several steps, a car parked by the roadside.
At the next moment, Daniel appeared in their visions.
He walked towards them in strides, “Sherry.”
He paused and the looked at Stella, “Ms. Radomil.”
Stella nodded her head. Seeing that they seemed to want to talk about something, Stella said, “I want
to go to that convenience store to buy something.”
Then she left with Elaine.
Elaine kept turning around when walking and asked with curiosity, “Is that Sherry’s boyfriend? Is he a
foreigner?”
“Yep, he’s a mixed –blood.”
At the door of the studio…
Noticing Daniel’s knitted brows, Sherry asked tentatively, “What… what’s wrong with you?”
“There’s some emergency in the company abroad and I have to come back.”
“Is it serious?”
“I don’t know yet,” Daniel continued, “I have to stay there for several days. You…”
Sherry hurriedly said, “It’s fine for me to stay alone. Just go and don’t worry about me.”
Daniel nodded his head. He lowered his head to take a glance of his wristwatch and then looked at the
convenience store not far away, “There’s little time left for me. If Ms. Radomil asks about this, just tell
her that I have to come back for some private affairs. Don’t tell her anything else.”
Sherry was bewildered, yet she still replied, “Oh, okay.”
“Then I will go. Contact Emmett if you have any problems.”
Sherry waved at him, “Be careful.”
Daniel suddenly turned around after taking several steps and pulled Sherry into his arms, “Wait for me.”
Sherry was stupefied. Long after Daniel’s leaving, she finally came to her own sense.
When Stella and Elaine came back from the store, they found Sherry was standing there stupidly. She
reached out and waved in front of Sherry’s eyes, “Sherry, what’s the matter? Where’s Daniel?”
Sherry pulled herself together and replied, “He… He comes back to England, telling me that he has to
deal with some private affairs.”
“Private affairs?”
“He didn’t tell me what they’re, so I’m not clear of it either. But he has stayed in City N for a long time,
it’s time for him to come back to have a look.” Sherry paused and then said in a low voice as if she was
talking to herself, “He asked me to wait for him. This means he will come back, right?”
Stella replied in a very gentle voice, “Yes, he will come back.”
…
Clarence had been leaving home earlier and coming back late for several days. Stella could only make
sure whether Clarence had come back or not when she felt that he would pull her into his arms after
lying onto the bed, while she herself was sleeping.
Every day Stella, Sherry and Elaine would come to the studio and come back home together.
Although Sherry told them that she was so happy that no one would restrain her after Daniel’s leaving,
she would sometimes get lost in her thoughts when she looked out of the windows.
Elaine gradually got hang of the work in the studio and she became familiar with all basic procedures
except that she would sometimes mistake the good number.
She was the most active one among the three women.
On the way back, Sherry said with jealousy when looking at Elaine who was jumping happily while
walking, “It’s so good to be young.”
Stella smiled. When she prepared to say something, a black car suddenly stopped in front of them.
Two men then got out of the car and tried to pull Elaine into the car without saying anything.
Elaine struggled desperately, shouting, “Help! Help!”
The man said in a low voice, “Ms. James, it was Mr. Franklin Jams who asked me to take you back to
Riverside.”
Elaine ignored the explanation and increased her voice, “Help!”
Seeing this, Stella hurriedly said to Sherry, “Sherry, you should stay here. Don’t come over.”
Sherry quickly nodded her head and then took out her phone.
As Elaine was struggling desperately, the commotion had attracted many passers-by.
Apparently, the two men didn’t want to cause great attention, so they let go of Elaine.
Elaine immediately ran to Stella and hid herself behind Stella.
One of the men said, “Ms. Radomil, we don’t have any evil intentions. We just want to take Ms. James
home.”
Stella recognized the man. He was the one who tried to take her away from the hotel when she was in
Riverside.
Stella stretched out to protect Elaine and said in a cold voice, “So you can only use this trick?”
The man replied after a while of silence, “We… we don’t have any other choices.”
They came to City N on the day after Elaine came here, but Clarence’s men had been creating troubles
for them.
Now they finally got a chance, how would they give up easily?
Elaine popped her head out from behind Stella, “Tell daddy that if he doesn’t give up on the idea of
letting me marry Darnell, I will not come back.”
“Ms. James, the members of the James family are not allowed to leave Riverside.”
“I don’t care about this, and I won’t obey such an unreasonable rule. I will stay here and I won’t go
anywhere. You guys can come back.”
The man still wanted to say something, but when noticing the people behind Stella, he could only give
up. He waved his hand at his companion and walked to the car in strides.
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