Leila’s slumped on the large couch in her apartment in Lieren City. She was jet lagged and so the only thing that she wanted to do was to sleep and ignore the world for a week. Unfortunately for her, she cannot do so. She still has a lot of things to deal with. Especially now that she decided to open her atelier. Back in Paris, she was making her dresses in a small apartment. It was messy and unorganized. And so she could only accommodate a few clients. Now, she’s taking a bold step to scale up her business. It was such a big decision to make. After all, she’s no longer working a regular job, she now has to run her atelier. At first, she was a little hesitant. However, with her friend’s encouragement, she decided to proceed to build her dream atelier. She bought an old house near her apartment in the city center. Her friend, Phylian, already coordinated with his friend, Architect Maxwell Yang of YJL Corporation to take charge of the construction of her studio. She was very specifi

Rui smirked. “A friend you say…”“Let’s see…”She thought about Taylor Lown, her husband’s energetic friend. He owns and manages GEM Entertainment. Her cousin, Zacharias Lohr is a talent under Gem Entertainment. So she knows a few stuff about him. She has a good impression of him, so perhaps pairing him and Leila might work…“I know someone… Maybe you can check him out first and then you decide if he’s your type?”Leila’s lips curled into a smile. Rui’s never one to introduce men to her. Rui is very selective. If the guy is not up to Rui’s standards for her then she won’t bother. She doesn’t care who she introduces, she just wants to get to know someone. She was bored to death!It would be great if someone saved her from the deepest ends of boredom. Or—better yet, share it with her.“I like that!”“We can do that after I meet your husband—and also a shopping weekend. How does that sound?”Rui gave her a thumbs up. “Sounds good!”…During the remaining days of the week, she busied h

Inside a moody office at the top of a high-rise building in Lieren City’s business center, a man rose from his swivel chair. “Sir, Miss Leila encountered Miss Ayla in the mall earlier today. They have a small argument with you being their topic.”The corners of his lips curled. Hearing Leila argue to Ayla about him elated him. “It seems her attempts to find another man is futile…”“What happened to Nikolai? Did he date the model that we sent?” he asked. His subordinate promptly nodded. “He is, sir.”“See? No men will last for two weeks for her. That’s why she’s labeled as a playgirl. They cannot handle the simple tests I’m sending her men. How can I sleep soundly if I will hand her over to cheating assholes like them?”Julius smirked. All along, he was manipulating Leila’s dating life. As such, Leila was not able to find a stable relationship to settle into. Even though she has a long list of suitors, they are not able to go further with her mainly because of Julius’ interference.

She slowly stepped back as she gripped her phone tightly. “I’ll talk to you later. Send me the deets, please. Thanks.”Her hands started to tremble in his presence. But she tried her best to conceal it. She forced a smile before turning to leave. “Are you leaving already? This is the first time that I've seen you in a while,” he directly said. His voice became deeper, but his tone… It never changed. His tone was as gentle as ever. “It’s so nice seeing you again,” he added. Leila awkwardly looked at him. ‘You speak as if we had a very amicable relationship. The audacity!’She smiled. “It’s not,” she said, as a matter of fact. She stood tall and confidently faced him. If there’s anything that she feels for him, it’s fierce anger. Her blood is curling at the sight of this man. She hated him to her core, and her whole body was trembling. Still, she acted cool. She cannot let him see that she’s affected by the issue that they have forcefully thrown in the bin. ‘If it’s scrappe

“Sir, Miss Ayla is downstairs. She wanted to invite you for a meal.”Julius continued to flip through the reports he received, not paying attention to what his assistant just said. “Should I invite Miss Ayla in?”Julius blankly looked at his assistant as if he was asking a ridiculous question. Ayla Parker is Leila’s half-sister. She’s the daughter of Allen Parker, their business partner. The Parker family has always acted so arrogant around them. It was as if he owed them a favor for getting them as their manufacturer. Truth be told, he was so dissatisfied with their work for the past few years that he’s considering manufacturing their products in-house. The quality is just incomparable to NM Group’s. The only reason why they remained as a partner is because of their prices. And now, Ayla is acting as if she’s the mistress of this building. She visits his office as if they have a close relationship with each other. “Annoying.”“When did I ever eat with her alone?”“What right does