Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 492:

Hearing Emilee’s suggestion, the other girls chimed in eagerly.

“Exactly! Araceli, why don’t you help Emst become Ella’s apprentice? That way, he and Emilee can both be apprentices of a master perfumer and compete in more advanced contests.”

“It should be a breeze for Connor to get in touch with Ella. Don’t you want to help Emst with such a small favor?”

“It’s not like we’re asking you to give Emst an unfair advantage. Just call your cousin and have him reach out to the master perfumer. Don’t hide behind excuses about self-reliance and whatnot.”

As the girls pressured Araceli, Emst stood by silently, waiting like the rest for her response.

Araceli found herself in a tight spot. While her family had ties to the Daniels family, her mother always stressed that she and Franco should never lean on that connection to stir up trouble or ask Connor for undeserved favors.

They were taught to stand on their own two feet. Her mother also worried that leaning on Connor could backfire, with others in the Daniels family using it against them, and Connor catching flak for it.

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father was a proud man who never sought help from the Daniels family. He earned his place as a senior executive on his own merit. Because of this, their

pushing Araceli to seek Connor’s help, which she just couldn’t bring herself to do. Sure, asking Connor to contact Ella wasn’t a huge favor, considering his connections,

acclaim. Meeting these masters, let alone being

and Elin and securing them as instructors had to be both influential and wealthy. Additionally, the tuition fees were exorbitantly high, far beyond

to pay such a steep tuition fee. Araceli, too, lacked sufficient savings and couldn’t ask Connor for financial assistance. She would then be left with no choice but to seek help from her family. Unfortunately, Franco held a deep dislike for Emst and would never

hesitated in silence, Emst’s patience finally wore thin. “Araceli, you don’t

position. “Emst, I do want to help you. Even

sparked laughter among

how could you make such a flimsy excuse? While your family might not be extremely wealthy, they could manage to pay tens of

despises Emst. He would never approve of

borrow money from Connor in

can’t ask