A deal with the devil

Chapter 118

Shirley pained for a few seconds to think before she spoke. “Based on the results from the past two years, I’d conservatively estimate we should be in the top five, assouning nothing unexpected happens.”

“That’s the spinst,” Janine said nonchalantly. “As long as we beat Sabrina, we’ll restore our honor. Even if something goes wrong and we don’t make it to the finish lior, we’ll go down in the most glorious way. No one would laugh at us.”

Shirley couldn’t help but chuckle. “You’re even more confident than I am.”

Janine flashed a mischievous grin. “Of course! If you don’t believe in me, who else can trust? But when are we getting there? I’m starving.”

A few usitnites later, the three of them arrived at a barbecue restaurant.

The food anived quickly, and as the tempting aroma waited through the air, Shirley suddenly thought of Benjamin.

He and his father had bad habits when it came to meal times, never eating on schedule. That was something that had to be changed.

After a moment’s thought, Shirley decided to give Benjamin a call.

The phone rang several times before his deep voice finally came through, as cold as ever. “What is it?”

on

was a brief silence before Benjamin’s voice came

quickly responded, “Damian and Fare out having a meal. The food here is really fresh and tastes great. Would you like me to bring you

world, sweet and gentle, as though it had been woven from the

then shifted his gaze from the computer screen. He turned his chair and stood up, then walked over to the floor–to–ceiling

reply, he hung up the

city for a moment before returning to his desk and opened a

album inside. The pictures were from

matew ye

Weiss

holding Sammel’s arm in the picture. Her smile

looked like a woman deeply in love, the very picture of happiness, Owen and his wife also

and Samuel would have been the happy

back to Shirley before he picked up his phone again

hone, “Mr. Blackwood”