Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1268

But Emma was in a real bind. She didn't have enough cash to make ends meet.

She had a keen interest in learning makeup, but the costs were a total buzzkill. A decent foundation could easily set her back hundreds of dollars.

After her last stream, Emma tried diving into makeup tutorials. She even bought a ten-dollar foundation, but the results were laughable, like she had smeared plaster all over her face.

The comments section of those tutorials was filled with advice against cheap makeup, warning that it could ruin your skin and look awful.

So, she gave up on that idea.

Between her and Peyton, they had barely a couple hundred bucks left, not nearly enough for makeup, let alone a new wardrobe.

Emma wanted to dress up as her fans suggested, but her financial situation made it impossible.

count hit six hundred brought a bit of joy. It seemed her lost followers were trickling back, eager

she could

meant she had

so-called transformation seemed doomed from

wanting to let down her genuine fans, Emma couldn't help

mood and asked, "Emma, is something

her concerns about clothes and makeup, she waved it off, "But it's alright, Mom. Once we get through this streaming period, we should have

donations came from people just wanting a laugh. Peyton, having never dabbled in skincare or cosmetics, cherished gold as the ultimate asset, her rural

gold bracelet she had kept

wages when gold was cheap. She had no idea of its current value but hoped it would

from her parents' courtship days, long before

and left without telling Emma, only leaving a

a bully, Peyton was wary but determined to sell