Female Novel
Chapter 1840
Ian took two deep breaths before he patted Cindy’s arm where it was wrapped around his waist. “Okay,I got it. Don’t worry, I know what I’m supposed to do.”
Cindy tightened her arms around him. “And you don’t have to worry about me. I’m not in theentertainment industry anyway and as long as she doesn’t come after you, I don’t really care aboutanything else that goes on in your line of work.”
Now that they had an open conversation about the matter, they felt drained. Out of desperation, shedecided to get him to play a round of video games with her just to distract him from his own heavythoughts.
Ian didn’t turn her down, but he seemed so out of it that he kept making the wrong plays during thegame. Before long, it became abundantly clear that they were on a steady losing streak.
It wasn’t until the doorbell chimed that they stopped the game.
Aurora had returned and she was standing on the doorstep waiting for someone to open the door.When Cindy did just that, Aurora brushed past the threshold and looked decidedly grim.
At the sight of this, Cindy could instantly tell that Aurora was unhappy. She closed the door andfollowed the woman into the living room while asking, “Aurora, what happened?”
Aurora marched into the living room and plopped down on the couch. “Guess who I ran into while I wason a stroll earlier.” novelbin
It wasn’t as if there were plenty of clues in that statement. Ian and Cindy kept silent as they eyed
Aurora warily, waiting for her to answer. After a brief pause, she finally relented and announced with nosmall amount of disgust, “It was our dear Miss Yulia Noble. She ambushed me.”
Cindy froze, and Ian couldn’t help but scoff. “She’s a pesky one, isn’t she? What did she want withyou? What did she say?”
Aurora sighed in exhaustion. “She brought up the capital thing and asked why I rejected her offer. Shekept saying how she had enough resources in hand to help me rebuild my career.” Then, a dark lookflashed in her eyes as she pointed out, “Then, she mentioned you, Ian. She didn’t say much and itwasn’t as if she crossed the line or anything, but I could tell that you left a pretty good impression onher. She seems to admire you to some extent.”
She was being tactful when she chose the word ‘admire’ and not ‘love’. The implication was there, but itwas subtle enough to save everyone some respect.
Having said this, she turned to look at Cindy and added, “She mentioned you too. She didn’t sayanything mean or whatever, but she was curious as to whether you have intentions to debut in theentertainment industry because she could help.”
Cindy sputtered. “My, she certainly has an affinity for problem-solving, doesn’t she? Enough capital topropel the three of us to the top of the social pyramid?”
Ian interjected, “So, what did you say?”
“I told her the truth, of course,” a disgruntled Aurora replied. “I might have believed that we offendedher by previously rejecting her offer, especially since we could have taken on her good graces after she
extended the olive branch to me. I was a little worried about stirring up unnecessary strife with her, untilnow...”
In an abrupt change of topic, she added, “Now, I think turning her down was the right thing to do. She’sfar too unpredictable for us and she could outsmart us at any given moment. I could tell from the wayshe talked and carried herself that she is as manipulative as they come, not to mention power-obsessed. I don’t think we can get along with her for long.”
She took a deep breath and concluded, “We’re better off not associating ourselves with her and wedefinitely shouldn’t take any part of the resources she’s offering us. Knowing her type, she wouldbankroll on the favors you owe her and drain you; if you so much as get on her bad side, there’s notelling what calamity might follow.”
Having heard all this, Ian and Cindy visibly relaxed, reassured that the three of them were standing onthe same side in this matter.
Presently, Ian nodded in agreement and said, “I don’t actually care about the resources she has inhand. I was never after such things in the first place.”
Aurora looked like she was about to nod, but she quickly shook her head instead. “Yulia is quite thecapable young lady, but she wouldn’t be an ally to us in the long run.” She clicked her tongue indisapproval. “I guess these capable folks are just a little different, a little less empathetic, from the restof us common folks.”
Silence fell upon the three of them before Aurora’s gaze fixed on Cindy, and she warned, “I want you togird your loins. Yulia isn’t someone who will back down so easily, and I won’t be surprised if she doescome after you next.”
Upon hearing this, Ian and Cindy let out exasperated laughs. Aurora took notice of their behaviorimmediately as she demanded, “I take it that she has already made her move?”