Faux Vows, True Desires

"Dude, I'd rather go on a business trip," Liam said with a hint of despair.

Tiffany was the princess of the Paisley family. She's had a deep interest in makeup since she was a kid. As an adult, she didn't take over the family business but became a professional makeup artist. Stefan once told Lucinda that Tiffany's makeup skills were top-notch.

The Paisley and Anderson families went way back, having been close for three generations.

The kids from both families grew up together. Liam and Tiffany were of the same age but had totally different personalities. They used to fight a lot as kids, and although they stopped fighting as they grew older they still provoked each other. They rubbed each other the wrong way.

They'd often set traps for each other, hoping the other would fall into it. Whoever could embarrass the other was the winner.

Despite this, Tiffany would always turn to Liam when she was in trouble.

Liam would mock her, but whenever she needed help, he was the first to show up.

To everyone else, they looked like two people who seemed to despise each other but were actually very close.

Being a guy, Liam would sometimes give in to Tiffany.

But the moment Tiffany moved into his room, Liam was too afraid to go home. He feared finding a fake hand or foot on his bed or seeing all sorts of bugs crawling under his blanket. Just imagining it made his skin crawl.

Most girls were afraid of insects or small animals, but Tiffany was an exception, and she wasn't even afraid of snakes.

She'd even treat non-venomous snakes as toys. She used to keep a few harmless snakes as pets, but they all ran away because they couldn't stand her.

She once thought of keeping snakes as pets again, but her family was strongly against it, so she gave up.

To this day, she would often reminisce about playing with snakes as a child. She could even twist a few snakes into a pretzel.

consider our

his younger brother's request to go on a business trip again, Stefan chuckled quietly, "Didn't you just get back from

guy's so chicken, he wanted to run at

I promise I won't complain. Please think about which subsidiary might need my help." Stefan: "So you're

with Tiffany? Your mansion is huge, and she can live anywhere. Just not at my place. If she moves

we

in his life were his older brother and

I've already promised her that she can work part-time as Lucinda's makeup artist. We can't let her think we're all talk." Liam thought: "my brother's integrity is built on

you should've

that early enough? I could've just arranged for Tiffany to

saw Tiffany as a

"Alright, I'll help you

had no choice

house, he'll stay at the Ascend

could stay at one of his own properties. He didn't have to go back to

two brothers chatted for a while

Stefan, "No

gets here, she'll do your makeup, and I'll arrange for someone to take you to the airport.

"We still don't know who's behind all this. The enemy is hidden while we're in the open, making us easy targets. Keep your bodyguards here. Let's make

that my brother is going on a business trip, and he likes to show off, always

truth, Baird Anderson's

he always liked to have bodyguards with him when he went out because he used to slack off during

get you back to

now outside, away from the protection of the Blue family's power, and could be assassinated at any time. Ensuring his safe return