The food served at the Italian restaurant was as fancy as the establishment’s décor.


    Anya wasn’t particrly impressed though. She simply ate quietly, Evan didn’t try to lure her into talking


    about her kids on they dined.


    In fact, he began talking about work.


    He was interested in expanding JK Couture and bringing it to the international market. The young man


    looked forward to more coborations between JK Couture and International designers and Intended to


    establish JK Couture an on International brand.


    Anya’s superior, Jake, was aware of Evan’s ns for thepany too.


    But Anya was still serving her probation. She was not aware of the ns that her bosses had for the


    company.


    Yet, here was Evan sharing these ns with her, a lowly designer.


    His intentions were as stark as day. He wanted her to remain in JK Couture and continue her work as a


    designer.


    If she did that, she might have a chance to be an internationally renowned designer.


    But how could she?


    She felt trapped. It was as if danger lurked at every corner.


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    She had to admit it though. JK Couture was a promising design agency. If she were not stuck in her


    current predicament, she wouldn’t even consider the option of quitting.


    But she was in real danger of losing Nathaniel and Eudora. She simply couldn’t stay any longer.


    Anya wasn’t going to tell Evan that, of course. She simply yed the role of a diligent listener dutifully


    and nodded every now and then.


    Evan didn’t delve further into the subject. They returned to Welton Group Tower after they were done


    with lunch.


    Once they got back to the office, Anya headed back to her desk. She thought about what Evan had told


    her about his ambitions for JK Couture during lunch. She didn’t spend too much time on it though.


    Instead, she pinched the bridge of her nose slightly before nting her face onto the desk. She was


    going to take a nap.


    After her nap, she had to make a trip to the factory. There was a bridal gown that needed to be made


    and a tailor she had to speak to.


    While Anya was busy napping, Sydney was busy with something else. She had not seen Anya the


    entire morning and that infuriated the young woman.


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    She had no idea what was going on between Anya and Evan at all.


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    If Anya had truly hooked up with Evan, Sydney would be an idiot to harass her stepsister further and


    incur thetter’s wrath.


    But she wasn’t sure. She didn’t know what to do. After some thought, she decided to head home.


    The MacMins had just eaten lunch when Sydney arrived.


    Mdm MacMin was sitting in the living room watching a daytime soap opera. Sydney’s mother,


    Melissa, was peeling oranges for her mother–inw.


    Unlike Anya, Melissa knew how to earn an olddy’s favor.


    She knew how to get the olddy on her side. After Anya had been driven out of the MacMin family,


    Melissa had continued her lies, telling the olddy that Anya’s mother had had an affair and had cursed


    the olddy before her death.


    She had nted false evidence to convince the olddy of her deception.


    She had hidden voodoo dolls in the room that Anya’s mother had lived in. Nailed to the dolls were


    curses. Mdm


    MacMin’s name had been written on all of them.


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    Mdm MacMin was an extremely superstitious woman. She had fallen for the deception, hook, line


    and sinker. That was why the olddy had detested Anya so much.


    No one could love a daughter–inw who had wanted her dead. No one could love such a woman’s


    daughter as well, when thetter had loose morals and slept around.


    Sydney got out the car that had stopped outside the MacMin’s mansion. She marched into the house


    and walked right up to Mdm MacMin.


    She didn’t take a seat on the couch. Instead, she fell to her knees and started sobbing. “Granny! You


    have to help me….. Anya’s been picking on me!”


    “What happened?” The old woman’s heart broke when she saw the sight of her granddaughter wailing.


    She reached out and pulled Sydney to her feet. “Come on, Sydney, my precious darling, stop crying


    and tell your granny what happened.”


    “Granny! Anya’s trying to steal Evan from me. Everyone in the family knows that I’m in love with


    Evan…. I didn’t say a word when Anya tried to steal Evan from me a year ago. But this time, it’s


    different. She tried to threaten me! She said that she was going to drive me out of Welton Group!”


    Sydney sat down on the couch next to Mdm MacMin. Tears streamed down her cheeks ceaselessly


    It was a great performance. Melissa couldn’t help but marvel at how wonderful an actress her daughter


    was.


    “What?” Mdm MacMin couldn’t believe her ears. She mmed her fist heavily onto the couch. “How


    dare she! Does she know what she’s doing?”


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