Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 227

The colorful and glittering lights shone brightly on the stage, and the music was at the maximum

volume. It did no noisy amidst the rowdiness. Instead, it appeared to be a refreshing change in the

environment.

One could listen attentively as the body and mind moved with the rhythm of the music. All the

frustrations of the day. longing, entanglements, and emotions were cast away in this place. The bar hail

always been a place where many people sought transient joy.

The temporary numbness of unpleasant emotions was, in fact, an illusion. Many people understood,

but they chose to indulge in self-deception

They were only seeking a brief moment of release and a chance to let go and unwind.

The VIP seats on the second floor attracted the attention of the people on the first floor. Many of them

looked up to admire VIPS. Many wished they had a pair of wings and could fly straight to them.

The four women sat in pairs. Not only were they dressed beautifully, but they also possessed enviable

looks, figures, and charm.

However, not everyone was allowed to go up to the second floor. The second-generation heirs on the

first floor were eager to reach out to them, but alas, they seemed unattainable.

The table was full of fruit wine, non-alcoholic beverages, yogurt, fruits, nuts, and potato chips. The food

seemed a little out of place in the bar

The area did not seem to belong to a bar. Instead, it looked like a movie theater.

Natalie, dressed in a pair of jeans and a simple shirt, was seated comfortably on the couch. She was

supporting her head with one hand. She warned Ava. “You can only drink non-alcoholic beverages or

yogurt.”

After much cajoling. Joseph finally allowed Ava to go to the bar. Although she was surrounded by

Joseph’s men, she was still delighted that she could come out that night. Tim not going to drink any

alcohol. If I drink any wine, Joseph won’t allow me to come out in the future”

The playful Ava was already planning for future nights out. Seeing how disciplined Ava was, Natalie did

not say any further.

Sherri had not been to a bar for a long time. She scammed the people on the dance floor on the first

floor and asked Ava. “There is only one bar worth going to, and that is Lathern Club”

Rose took a sip of the fruit wine and shrugged. “It Cranky Franky can’t even earn money from his

businesses, he should just disappear from the face of the earth.”

Sherri was stunned to hear Frank’s nickname. Although she found the nickname to be very apt for him,

it still sounded strange. “Cranky Franky?”

“Rose, can I ask you a question? Are you sure he’s your blood brother?”

Rose said disdainfully. “It can’t be more real than this. I hate to admit this, but he is truly my brother.”

Sherri sighed. “Hey, why do you change so much after you’ve grown up? I remember that we were

sitting together in class, you are very lat Look at your figure now”

After Sherri finished speaking, she gestured around Rose’s body to illustrate the significant difference

between now and

then

Rose leaned against the couch lazily and crossed her legs, eating a cherry tomato. “I need to make the

class teacher do some work. Otherwise, he’ll be too bored.”

Sherri was speechless, thinking. “How did Rose come out with such strange logic?”

Natalie was very curious as to why Rose despised Frank so much. She was under the impression that

elder brothers would usually dote on their younger sisters. Both Ava and Sherri had very doting

brothers. Natalie wondered if she had a misconception about how siblings should behave.

She wondered if there was any bad blood between Frank and Rose.

However, it did not seem like there was any grudge between them. Natalie only thought about this for a

few seconds. She is not a nosy person by nature. She thought, perhaps, everyone had their way of

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getting along.

Thinking so, Natalie decided not to probe further.

On the other hand, Ava felt differently. She felt an urge to clarify what she wanted to know “Rose, why

do you dislike your brother so much? Are you not on good terms with him?”

Rose leaned against the back of the couch and scoffed. How could they possibly be on good terms?

“Do you know why I call hum Cranky Franky? No doubt he is good-looking, but he has a foul mouth.

What a pity*

Rose was amused to see the three of them looking shocked. “Let’s not talk about this fellow anymore.

We’re here to have fun today, not to get ourselves upset.”

looked around at the table that was full of food, wondering if Rose wanted to party in the bar or if she

was having a

Adept at reaching other people’s feelings. Natalie could sense that Rose did not want to talk about her

brother

had many questions in her head. She wanted to ask Rose why she transferred schools and why she

left for overseas. it was apparent that Sose did not want to talk about such topics, Sherri kept quiet.

She then thought of asking Ava

did to lathern Chub eather but decided against it. After all, Rose was Frank’s sister

All the questions were spinning around in her head, but Sherri had no answer. With no outlet for

release, a nowy person like Sherri teli very suffocated. She was on the verge of depression.

Ava dad isot expo

bring her to the bar where she hacked into the computer system the last time She was both

the identity of her opponent.

she had to hack mo the bar’s computer system again to force her opponent out.

sitting beside Ava From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Ava’s scheming gaze and

mischievous

aily stopped Ava That’s enough Don’t go overboard Otherwise, you’ll blow your cover.

ho was excned earlier, suddenly became listless. Pouring, she grumbled. “Can’t I do it one last time? I

really want to know who this person is His computer skills are incredible”

talie was about to answer when her cell phone rang. She took it out of her pocket. It was a message

from Trevon. He had sent her a photo of himselt with Jasper

Is the photo. Jasper was writing with a pencil Trevon had bought him a sketchbook

atabse did isot know what to say when she saw the photo. Finally, she texted. [He’s only one year old.

Aren’t you being a little too hasty!]

Trevon replied (He’s too unrestrained. He has to start learning from a young age.1

Natalie would feel her head spinning For a split second, she sympathized with Jasper.

Just as

about to put her phone away. Trevon sent her another message [Natalie, where are you?]

quilty Natalie pondered over how to reply to his question. Soon, she sent him an appropriate response

[Beauty salon] Trevon did not doubt her and texted. Choose the best product for yourself You don’t

have to worry about saving money.]

Okay I’m going to have a mask applied on my face now.]

Trevon did not send any messages after her response.

When she was putting away her phone. Wa pleaded with her in a serious tone. “Natalie, can I try to

attack the system one

Rose became curious when she heard the word “attack” “Ava, did you hack into someone’s computer

system again?” “Yeah, I round an expert to pit my skills against. He’s really good, but he doesn’t like to

talk”

Ava did not tell Rose she had hacked into Lithern Club’s computer system. She was afraid that Frank

would not play with her if he knew about it. Although she could not find the expert who installed Lithern

Club’s computer system, she figured

ok s skills were not too bad

Ava hoped she could play with him on a regular basis. Hence, she did not want to blow her cover and

kept it a secret from

Rose did not probe further and ask whose system Ava hacked into. Since she was giving them a treat,

she raised her glass of fruit wine as the hostess. “Come, let’s drink to a toast. From now on, we’ll be

known as the Four Beauties.”

Natalie’s hand momentarily froze. She was still holding a glass of fruit juice. Her lips soon curled into a

smile, thinking Rose was such a carefree girl. She was finding joy in every moment and often

entertained strange thoughts.

It was no wonder Rose got along so well with Wa. Both of them were equally outspoken and never beat

around the bush.

Sherri asked. “May I ask what the Four Beauties mean?

Rose grinned. “All four of us are very beautiful”

Pleased with Rose’s reply. Sherri quickly drank a toast with Rose, saying, “That’s the truth. I love this

group. From now on we’re the Four Beauties is a pity we didn’t have a chance to befriend each other

when we were young. Now that we’ve met. it’s worth the wait Let’s have another drink!”

Natalie thought, “Both of you should be sworn sisters. We should set up a ritual for that, and the

heavens and earth can be

your witnesses.”

Ava loved being among friends and was beaming widely. She turned to Natalie “Let’s all drink to a

toast. From now on, we’re the best of friends”

Natalie felt like she just fell into a trap, but since they were already on this topic, she did not want to be

a wet blanket. Raising

her glass, she drank a toast with the three girls. Rose even insisted on taking a big gulp, showing her

sincerity in their friendship.

Sherri gulped down the wine in one go. Ava only drank half the glass.

Fate often played tricks on people. Indeed, both Sherri and Rose had such similar personalities that

they must regret not meeting each other earlier.

The four people upstairs were chattering merrily with each other, wearing a smile on their faces. Natalie

was more reserved, only giving a faint smile. The other three girls were laughing heartily. Standing

nearby were a group of plainclothes bodyguards

This scene was witnessed by the man who had walked into Lithern Club. He took out his phone and

snapped four photos of the group.

He then strode to the private room on the second floor.

Soon, the party was disrupted by the man. Glancing at the table, he raised his eyebrow. “Is this a tea

party?”

When Natalie saw Frank, she realized her lie to Trevon about being in a beauty salon was about to be

exposed.

Rose was half-lying on her side. She folded her arms and looked up. gesturing to Frank. She seemed

to be inviting him to join them.

Ava blushed as she looked at the man under the lighting. Dressed in a white t-shirt with a cardigan and

a pair of dark gray jeans, he was incredibly handsome.

In Ava’s eyes, he was more dashing than the male leads in the TV drama series

Frank only wanted to say hello to the girls and take a peek at what they were doing. He said in a low

voice, “I’m not joining you. Go home early after the party. Don’t drink too much” He then instructed the

manager standing behind them. “This table is on the house.”

Frank then strode away without stopping. It seemed he only meant to just say hello to them.

After Frank left, Sherri mused, “Rose, your brother is really handsome. Why doesn’t he have a

girlfriend?”

Rose did not deny that Frank was good-looking. “Look at his mouth. How can anyone like that poker

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face? Anyway, I won’t get a boyfriend like him

Before Sherri could reply, Ava interjected, “Well, I quite like such a man. I really like this type of man.

He’s cold and aloof. It gives off a mysterious feeling”

Ava cupped her face with her hands as she praised Frank. Her gaze was fixed on Frank, who was

walking further away. She was reluctant to see him leave.

Sherri and Natalie were stunned.

Both of them looked at each other and said together in a loud voice, “You like Frank?”

With a slightly flushed face, Ava took a deep breath and confidently declared to the others, I’m going to

pursue him.”

Startled by Ava’s declaration, Rose instinctively sprayed all the fruit wine she had just drunk, causing

the others to quickly dodge out of the way

“Sorry. I’m sorry. I’m too shocked.”

Rose quickly took a tissue and cleaned up the mess. Then, she looked across at Ava with her eyes

wide. The latter was. wearing a beige, square-necked dress. Her slightly curly hair was tied up in a high

ponytail. Rose felt wistful, thinking that Joseph was not worthy of such a pure and innocent girl.

Ava was wearing a different outfit in the morning. With a new outfit, she exuded a different kind of

charm

Ava could take on many styles

Rose wanted to persuade Ava to give up the idea of pursuing Frank. “Ava, is there anything wrong with

your eyesight? Are you musochistic?”

Sherri and Natalie also felt that Frank was not suitable for Ava Ava was playful and bubbly, but Frank

was cold and aloof They did not think Ava would be able to handle such a man.

The Turner family treated Ava like a princess. They would never allow her to marry Frank and move so

far away from them. Moreover, Ava was only in Athana for a visit. She was going back to Sapphire City

soon.

Ava looked very serious. “Yes, I want to pursue hum.”

Natalie could feel her head spinning. She did not expect such a response from Ava. She reminded her.

“Ava, you can only stay in Athana for half a month. Now, you’ve less than half a month left. Why don’t

you find another man from Sapphire Cay?

Ava was adamant. She was bent on winning Frank’s heart. “Tm sure I’ll succeed after half a month. I

can conquer Frank.”

Natalie was curious to know what made Ava so courageous that she was so determined to win Frank

over in half a month.

Excited, Rose laughed out loud. “Ava, if you can win my brother’s heart, I’ll acknowledge you as my

sister-in-law immediately.”

Ava was brimming with confidence, making an okay gesture with her hand. “All right. I promise I will win

his heart before I return to Sapphire City.”

“Okay. We should make a plan tonight. I’ll tell you all about my brother so you know how to please

him.”

Rose started teaching Ava how to pursue Frank. Both Natalie and Sherri did not want to listen

anymore.

Sherri looked at Natalie. She wanted to know what was happening. Somehow, the tea party had

transformed into a manhunt operation.

Ava and Rose faced each other, discussing their plan eagerly. Sherri leaned close to Natalie and

asked, “Aren’t you going to persuade her against it?”

Natalie frowned, looking helpless. “Do you think I can change her mind now?”

Sherri sighed. “Love descends upon you in the blink of an eye.”

Natalie said, “Enough with the literary and cultured act. You don’t measure up.”

Sherri grinned. After all, Natalie was her best friend and knew her best.

However, she also wanted to know if Ava would succeed, but Natalie must not know what she was

thinking. That would spell trouble for Sherri