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“Yes,” Natalie replied with a smile.
“What kind of a guy is he? Must be a handsome lad, since you're such a beauty yourself,” Sally cheekily asked with
a tinge of envy in her voice.
Natalie was so beautiful that not only men were mesmerized by her. Even Sally was blown away by her beauty at
times.
Natalie beamed proudly and teased, “Curious? You'll get to see him for yourself tonight! Let's get some lunch now.”
Her teasing reply further aroused Sally's curiosity, and she couldn't wait to meet Natalie's mysterious brother that
night.
The two ladies went to a quiet restaurant and ordered steak for lunch.
While they were eating, Sally suddenly blinked her eyes in disbelief and gasped, “Nat, isn't that Hannah? Why is she
working as a serving staff here?”
Natalie turned toward her back and saw Hannah, dressed in the restaurant's uniform, clearing one of the tables.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe was pulling a long face, obviously not enjoying her job.
After a quick glance, Natalie turned back and said, “Not all the models who participate in such international
competitions are sponsored by their companies. Most of them are brought in by the designers themselves. Hannah
was personally engaged by Jessie as her company wasn't established enough to get such gigs for her. To put it
bluntly, she was secretly freelancing for Jessie.”
“I know I'm one of the lucky ones. I was recommended to you by Mr. Shane, and I get paid on both ends! Hehehe!”
Sally chuckled.
Natalie was tickled by her reaction. “Yes, you lucky girl! It's usually illegal for models to take on such freelancing
jobs behind the company's back. Hannah's sole source of income for the past few months was from Jessie, as her
company would likely not have a basic salary for her. Now that Jessie is in trouble, she's not able to pay Hannah
anymore. So Hannah is stuck here without any financial support and with no money to go home. She can only take
on whatever work she can get in order to earn money for survival.”
These were the information she got from Shane when she inquired about Hannah after Jasmine was caught.
“Oh, so she's a victim as well.” Sally was surprised to know that and felt sorry for Hannah. After all, it was Susan and
Calanda, not Hannah, who knocked her out and locked Natalie in the toilet. Other than taunting them verbally at
times, she had not done anything truly nasty to them.
“Leave her alone. Once her visa expires, she'll be deported and will get to go home.” Natalie took a sip of her milk
and refused to talk about Hannah anymore.
Sally could sense her unwillingness to prolong that subject of discussion, so she kept quiet as well.
From afar, Hannah saw them and was seething with anger at the sight of them.
She had had a bright future as a model, but that was ruined when she was sent away after Jessie got kicked out of
the competition.
As she was dropped midway during an international competition, her reputation was affected, and many
prospective jobs were lost too. When she approached some of the other potential companies for gigs, she was
turned down for various reasons. The reasons they gave ranged from her not being well-known to insulting ones
about her not having the qualities of a good model. Some even associated her with Jessie and deemed her as
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmsomeone who would resort to underhanded means as well.
Out of desperation, she could only take on some low-end jobs that further ruined her reputation and destroyed her
dream of being a supermodel. She also had to work as a serving staff in the restaurant to make ends meet.
She blamed Natalie, Sally, and Jessie for her misfortune and vowed to make them pay for ruining her dream.
Hannah snorted and left with her tray of dirty dishes in anger.
Natalie had no idea Hannah was upset with her and now bore grudges against them. After settling the bill, she
parted ways with Sally and went to the mental hospital by herself.
Well, she wasn't really by herself, as there were two bodyguards following her in their car.
Natalie went straight up to Jasmine's room upon reaching the mental hospital.
“Hi, Mrs. Thompson!” The nurse on duty recognized her and joyfully greeted her.
It was the same nurse she met the last time.
Natalie returned a big warm smile and asked, “Is she in the room?”
“Yes. She just woke up.” The nurse nodded.
“Can I go in?” Natalie asked.
“Of course! Please enter, Mrs. Thompson.” The nurse held the room door open for Natalie as she replied.
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