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.

"Did you ever consider our

to go on a business trip again, Stefan chuckled quietly, "Didn't you just get

chicken, he wanted to run at the mention

I

anywhere. Just

know we don't get

most in his

at your place, or she won't help. I've already promised her that she can work part-time as Lucinda's makeup artist. We can't let her think we're

you should've told

isn't that early enough? I could've just arranged for Tiffany to move in

even saw Tiffany as a

said, "Alright, I'll

choice but

he'll stay at the Ascend Global

He didn't have to go back to the Ascend Estate. He's curious to

two brothers chatted for a while before

wanting to be a burden, said to Stefan, "No need to bother,

I'll arrange for someone to

we're in the open, making us easy targets.

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

truth, Baird Anderson's skills were the

he always liked to have bodyguards with him when he went

to get you back to

lot of resources. Keith was now outside, away from the protection of the Blue family's