Chapter 72

Merry bulged her eyes in disbelief, her heavily made–up face giving her an almost ghastly appearance.

The man standing before her towered at an impressive height, enveloped in a trench coat with a hat pulled down to shield most of his face. Yet, at that moment, he gazed at her with astonishment, his almond–shaped eyes wide with shock, even the tiny beauty mark under his eye seemed surprised, especially after her calling him “honey.”

Lia called him what? Honey?

Damn it! Bland thought he was a goner.

Anyone could see that the boss of “Pioneers Group” was flirting with Lia, but she had a thing for him.

This was a disaster! He might as well drop dead on the spot!

His words came out stuttering, “Lia?”

It was only when the man spoke that Merry realized what was happening. She clasped a hand over her mouth to stifle a scream.

Oh my God! It was really him, her idol, alive and in the flesh!

She wanted to reach out and touch him but didn’t dare, instead hopping around excitedly on the spot. Her usual gift of gab deserted her. Merry couldn’t utter a single coherent sentence.

They just stood there, staring at each other, neither knowing what to say until the sound of footsteps. approached. Yates and the rest of the Flames rushed over.

Hearing the footsteps, Bland realized others had arrived.

He turned to see a demure girl standing in the doorway, in a preppy school uniform with a ponytail, her dewy eyes fixed on him, her delicate features outshining any movie star’s.

Yates stood silently by her side, while Flame No. 1 stared at Bland, unable to see his face clearly due to the distance and the hat from his trench coat. He blurted out, “Boss Cordelia, is this the jerk who’s been messing with you? Guys, let’s give him a lesson!”

and Merry were

real Cordelia was at the door. Relief

if Cordelia was at the door, then who was this in front of

Merry saw her idol looking her way, she moved to step forward but then noticed him wrinkling his nose in

since she didn’t care about the opinions of

stepped

went off in the distance.

a sly grin as he said, “Catch

that cutesiness without any hint of coquetry, but

last thing he needed was more scandalous photos. Now that he was exposed, the best course of action was to make

further, Bland concealed most of his face. With a final glance at

Union. They exchanged looks until Flame

laughter, mimicking Merry’s voice,

Merry was dumbfounded

What had she just called her idol? She

remove my makeup before he saw me! My idol must think fin nuts. How could I just blurt out ‘honey‘ like that? It was supposed to be an inner

Cordelia was speechless.

this afternoon. Maybe I should bail? I can’t face him now, she

toss or smash the pencil case in frustration, but Merry declared, “I’m going

couldn’t follow the twisted logic of a die–hard fan.

lunch, Merry had to leave for her audition and was too nervous to

Cordelia, having nothing better to

went to the restroom to remove her makeup. Without proper remover, she scrubbed

her sharp eyes giving her a striking presence. She peered into the mirror

of Cordelia, he paused, always feeling a pang of pity for this student. Not wanting her to feel bad, he explained, “Cordelia, about the audition… I was going to recommend you, but it requires someone who can play the

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