Upon hearing that, Odie paused mid-bite into his apple. Pointing at himself, he asked, "You want me to cover her bill? Do I look like her husband? She's got the wrong guy!"

Jonah replied, "No mistake here. Sophie sent a message saying that device is a piece of junk-it just heats up and does nothing else. She feels duped and is just thankful she didn't report it to the authorities." Meanwhile, over at Burke Estate, Jenna scrutinized Sophie's face, looking from side to side. "I don't see any difference. Is this what tens of thousands of dollars in treatments gets you?"

"It's all about the brand with the Mintons."

The Minton family's enterprise in Summerfield was notorious for shady dealings. Who'd trust them to develop beauty products?

Wouldn't you be scared to use them?

That company exists solely to scam the gullible.

They rely on famous celebrities and high-end advertising, but their beauty products are practically useless.

Jenna clicked her tongue. "If it were me, I'd have trashed their store."

me for the cosmetic treatment?" Sandy descended the stairs. She'd been bored out of her mind these past few days. Aside from occasionally going out for meals and drinks with Jenna, she

and asked, "Ms. Sandy, has

says it's like being under house arrest! He said he'd rather

and instructed, "Could you please take two chocolate doughnuts up to Mr.

Sandy was stunned.

What?

Sophie know her brother

That was so weird!

missed out on any secret snacks. Everything missing from the kitchen has been noted. Let's.see," she said, scrolling through her phone, "a roast chicken leg, a roast chicken wing, a roast chicken breast, eight chocolate doughnuts missing from the freezer, the oven used four times and six bags of chips gone from the snack cupboard. The surveillance shows the delivery guys placing the food by the iron fence in the backyard. Three times in total: once with delicious fried chicken, once with a KFC Family Bucket, and another time with crispy chicken and a box of rice."

to all this made Sophie remark, "It seems Mr. Pei truly loves chicken, eating it three times a day, every

turned red

couldn't believe her brother would sneak around eating without

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