Ian went to settle the tab when they finished their meal. Serena got up and searched her bag for her lipstick but her expression turned ugly after failing to find it despite having rummaged through her bag multiple times over.

Leah was quick to pick up on her mood. “What’s wrong?”

Serena looked up. “I lost my lipstick. It’s the one that Jesse gave me. Wah…”

She was on the verge of tears.

Leah froze.

Jesse was a man that Serena admired. She had fallen for him back in high school. Jesse had gifted her lipstick for her birthday. Its shade didn’t match her very well, but she treated it like a precious gem. She would use it whenever she was to attend a big event or participate in a competition as a lucky charm.

“What happened? Did you drop it somewhere?” Leah frowned. “Calm down. Let’s think about it.”

Serena thought about it for a moment before clapping her hands together. “I must’ve dropped it in the restroom. I’ll go look for it!”

Leah picked up her purse. “I’ll come with you.”

The duo rushed to the restroom in a feverish hurry but before Leah even had a chance to look, Serena let out a high-pitched shriek.

“What?” Leah immediately asked.

“My lipstick! Oh my god!” Serena yelped and lunged forward.

Hearing this, Leah took a closer look, and her expression ever so subtly shifted.

A little boy was sitting in the corner with lipstick in hand and doodling on the walls.

It was as if he were using it as a paintbrush and was drawing very vigorously.

Serena swooped in to salvage it and snatched the lipstick from the boy.

The little boy burst into tears and wailed.

His cries also caught his mother’s attention. The door to one of the stalls swung open as a shrill voice resounded, accompanied by the clacking of her heels. “Charlotte, what’s wrong sweetie?”

That voice…

Leah seized up.

of all her strength, panicked, and found a random

as she leaned against the

She hadn’t been mistaken.

was

I run into Molly Lamere on the

I have some bloody bad luck to have run into the two of you again.” Outside, Serena rested

the one who lost it. Why are you yelling at my son? How much

teach you that you

“You’re insane. He’s just a kid. Yeah,

was rendered speechless and could

on him? Huh? I’m asking someone to judge whether or not I actually picked on him. Cindy!” Serena raised her voice and called out

see that

Where did Cindy

remained hidden in the stall, sighing

trudged in, followed by a man’s voice ringing

Leah trembled violently.

to her and was once what haunted her dreams every

here, Han?” Molly approached Han and held him by his arms while cradling the

little boy’s soft voice could be heard.

Daddy?

hear the

she came to herself. Han and Molly indeed had a child. She had been gone for two

What a coincidence.

with ease and patted

was drawing with it because he didn’t know better, Han. She just won’t let it go and

when he heard Charlotte had

much is it?

telling you, there are things that money cannot always buy. This lipstick is something very important to me. It isn’t about the money.” Serena glared at Han, but it was obvious from a

lips,

how do you want to settle this?” He asked

check. Money isn’t everything. You might not run into someone as nice as I

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