Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 198

Back at the hotel suite, Janice lay down to rest as Edward took care of her.

She sighed helplessly. "I'm not that fragile. The doctor just said to avoid strenuous activity."

"We're in a foreign country. It's better to be cautious."

Edward had doubled the usual number of bodyguards for this trip. He was worried that something unexpected might happen and affect her condition.

When his phone rang, he said, "I'll answer this call."

"Alright."

He stepped into the living room, poured himself a cup of tea, and listened to the voice on the other end.

"Onley Group is preparing to enter the domestic market ahead of the competition. It looks like the entire family is moving back to the country. Those crochet designs that suddenly made waves in the international competition all came from them. "They've been secretly hiring retired seamstresses at high prices to build their reputation and establish a foothold in the domestic market."

The voice continued, "Onley Group's approach has always been the same-throw money at the problem first. If that doesn't work, they'll crush any opposition. They ensure that seamstresses who refuse to join them have nowhere else to go, so they're forced to either give up the craft entirely or submit to Onley Group.

"Your girlfriend is lucky she's a local. Otherwise, she might not have escaped their tactics."

international crochet industry, with over 90% of seamstresses abroad working under them. They were experts at monopolizing the industry. In the past, the top seamstresses and

did she challenge Onley Group's dominance, but she also refused to work for them. Onley

what had happened

over, return home as soon as possible.

Yates, Edward's late grandfather's former secretary.

and Theron had been by his side for a lifetime. He had a wider

grandfather passed away, Theron continued to watch

Yates," Edward

"Oh, one more thing. There's someone else you should

the room, Janice also received

from Cortez Thorne, who had once helped her mother. He

to the country? Are they preparing to enter the domestic market?" Janice

they were just setting up shop, they'd negotiate with department stores and boutiques. But why bring in seamstresses? They arrived by ship, and their destination is the commercial district

at Prosper Stitch Group and

home for the holidays,

gone abroad. Even long-retired seamstresses were being drawn back

he had

abroad when she passed away, so he hadn't known about it. That was why he was unable

that in mind. Thanks for letting me