After Chloe left the Meadows family, the studio was just left to gather dust. But the last time Lisa poked her head in, she stumbled across some hidden gems. Among them was a box of what seemed like special incense. If Lisa's memory served her right, Chloe had used this very incense to charm Marian at the Sartori family's big birthday bash for her. Back then, even an eight million dollar necklace couldn't turn heads, but Chloe's simple little box of spices was the talk of the town. Guess the rich have their own way of thinking, right?

So this time, Lisa decided to swipe the incense, hoping to pull a Chloe and win over Ms. Ruby. To her surprise, it actually worked. Ruby took a whiff of the incense and smiled, "It smells wonderful, I really like it. You're so thoughtful." Lisa was over the moon with Ruby's compliment. Even Jacob, watching this unfold, finally let out a sigh of relief, thinking Lisa had finally shown a bit of cleverness.

Sensing Ruby's good mood, Lisa saw her chance. "Ms. Ruby, honestly, from the moment I saw you, I felt a connection. I know you lost a daughter, and I was born on the same day as her. If you feel it's fate, maybe you could think of me as your daughter. I promise to treat you like my own mom and care for you."

not to bring up the past, fearing it might upset Ruby. But Lisa

didn't say anything. Instead, she started scratching her hand. "What's going on? It's so itchy." Neil quickly realized something was wrong and rushed over.

know. Ever since I handled this incense, I've been itchy all over." Everyone watched as red rashes spread across Ruby's hands and face. Neil, fed up, snatched the incense box away, demanding, "Ms. Chloe, what's

really suffering, and it was getting worse-clearly an allergic reaction. Lisa was thrown off by the questioning. What was in the incense? How was she supposed to know?

stammered, "I don't know, it's just regular incense. What could be in it?" Winston got up to take a closer look and asked, "You said it had some herbs in it. Which ones?" To check if the incense was the culprit, Winston barely touched it, and sure enough, a red rash appeared on his hand too.

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