NovelEnglishUpon hearing that, Odie paused mid-bite into his apple. Pointing at himself, he asked, "You wantto cover her bill? Do I look like her husband? She's got the wrong guy!" Jonah replied, "No mistake here. Sophie sent a message saying that device is a piece of junk-it just heats up and does nothing else. She feels duped and is just thankful she didn't report it to the authorities." Meanwhile, over at Burke Estate, Jenna scrutinized Sophie's face, looking from side to side. "I don't see any difference. Is this what tens of thousands of dollars in treatments gets you?" "It's all about the brand with the Mintons." The Minton family's enterprise in Summerfield was notorious for shady dealings. Who'd trust them to develop beauty products? Wouldn't you be scared to use them? That company exists solely to scam the gullible.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey rely on famous celebrities and high-end advertising, but their beauty products are practically useless. Jenna clicked her tongue. "If it were me, I'd have trashed their store." "Why didn't you guys invitefor the cosmetic treatment?" Sandy descended the stairs. She'd been bored out of her mind these past few days. Aside from occasionally going out for meals and drinks with Jenna, she had no entertainment.
Sophie had indeed forgotten about Sandy, the heiress. She glanced upstairs and asked, "Ms. Sandy, has Mr. Pei been refusing to eat or drink these past few days?" "Yeah, my brother says it's like being under house arrest! He said he'd rather starve himself than stay here." "That's quite tic," Sophie remarked, shaking her head slightly. She then turned to a maid and instructed, "Could you please take two chocolate doughnuts up to Mr. Pei? He loves those." "Yes, Mrs. Costello." Sandy was stunned.
What? How did Sophie know her brother liked chocolate doughnuts? That was so weird! Jenna added, "Although he hasn't touched a bite of the meals brought to his door, he hasn't missed out on any secret snacks. Everything missing from the kitchen has been noted. Let's.see," she said, scrolling through her phone, "a roast chicken leg, a roast chicken wing, a roast chicken breast, eight chocolate doughnuts missing from the freezer, the oven used four times and six bags of chips gone from the snack cupboard. The surveillance shows the delivery guys placing the food by the iron fence in the backyard. Three times in total: once with delicious fried chicken, once with a KFC Family Bucket, and another twith crispy chicken and a box of rice." Listening to all this made Sophie remark, "It seems Mr. Pei truly loves chicken, eating it three times a day, every meal with chicken." Sandy's face turned red with embarrassment.
She couldn't believe her brother would sneak around eating without even inviting her! "Hmph!"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAnnoyed, Sandy stomped her foot to confront and turned to go upstains to Angelo for an explanation. Downstairs, Sophie shook her head at the commotion coming from above.
Jenna said, "Do you think it's really the Pollard family from overseas? 'It doesn't seem like it." After hearing Angelo's wails from
upstairs, she added, "One clueless and the other always grumpyfwere the Pollard family, 'I wouldn't send these two on any secret mission." CKK-SBCr/GS2P
Visit our social media platform to read fascinating stories every day and connect with the community!
