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."

at monopolizing the industry. In the past, the top seamstresses and the ten best designs each year had always come from Onley

dominance, but she also refused to work for them. Onley Group

focus was investigating what had happened to Janice. "I got it," he

Moore. Once the competition is over, return home as soon as possible. The people

Theron Yates, Edward's late grandfather's former secretary. The Moore family addressed him respectfully as "Mr.

late grandfather had once been among the most powerful figures, and Theron had been by his side for a lifetime.

away, Theron

Yates," Edward

thing. There's someone else you should know about. It's Zedrick Jovarek, the heir to

the room, Janice also received

once helped her mother. He worked in freight and

they preparing to enter the domestic market?" Janice asked,

If they were just setting up shop, they'd negotiate with department stores and boutiques. But why bring in seamstresses? They arrived by ship,

on, "I heard you're working at Prosper Stitch Group and doing

for

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

logistics business, he had access to all kinds of information and always

she passed away, so he hadn't known about it. That

Mr. Thorne. I'll keep that in mind.