Jilted Bride 35

Chapter 35

When Ophelia saw Kenneth's nickname, she was stunned for a moment. Yet he quickly changed it to "Ken", set his profile picture to solid black, and left the background blank.

Ophelia sent him a message: [Did you just create this account?] Mark, who was showing Kenneth how to use WhatsApp, read the message out loud.

"Tell her it's not. Forget it, give it to me. Shall press this button to reply?" Kenneth asked, clearly ready to handle it himself.

Mark nodded and thought to himself, 'Even my dad is better at WhatsApp than you, Boss.

But Kenneth quickly mastered all the features. Adding Kenneth on WhatsApp turned out to be a bit of a trap for Ophelia. Once he figured out how to use video calls, he made sure to supervise her move into his apartment.

She thought his idea of a "small" apartment would be ridiculously oversized, but to her surprise, it was actually pretty modest-only about 1,600 square feet, with simple and understated decor. There was just one bedroom and a study; the rest. of the space was open- concept, with massive floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the city's iconic skyline.

"This is developed by Sinclair Group," Kenneth explained over the video call. "I have got three units on this floor. If you don't like it. I've got more in another building, and I can have one decorated to your taste.

Ophelia stared at his charming face on the screen and sighed, "That's sheer extravagance. She then replied, "No need to go to all that trouble. Something simple is fine."

As my wife, 'simple' is never an option," he teased.

Ophelia rolled her eyes but didn't argue. She muttered in her mind, Fine, you've got a point. They continued chatting. going back and forth with playful banter, and it took a good while before they finally hung up. some of

of her things in. The next day, the Later that evening, Liam and his team came by to tidy up the apartment and move director and the camera crew arrived for the shoot. Ophelia didn't have much time to prepare-it was already dark by the time they came.

he saw where she was staying. He knew the area well, and this property, being Sinclair's development, had a sky-high price tag. Plus, the units were only for sale, not rent. There was no way

Cameron glanced at her

borrowing it,"

"Don't be so vain. I get it, designers like you want

right,

he thought, 'Good, now she knows better

Ophelia didn't care too much about it, but she didn't want Sharon to suffer from the same lack of exposure. So this time, she played

twenty minutes of filming, Cameron glanced over briefly and said, "That's enough. We've got what we need." Out of those twenty minutes, he'd probably only cut no

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teams would come out on top. By

for her. It was a floor-length gown in peacock green, with bellflower patterns embroidered in purple thread along the shoulders and waist. The dress had a mandarin collar with a purple gemstone at the clasp, and the three-quarter sleeves left little skin exposed, yet Sharon's

"Gosh, I don't know if I should praise the dress or your amazing shape. Sharon, you

also been styled by Ophelia's instructions with a vintage twist-arched brows framing her fox-like eyes, which

movie, right?" Though phrased as a question, she already knew the answer. The look was strikingly similar to

own company wasn't willing to spend money to promote the movie,

said with a smile. "We're helping each other. Honestly, no one else could've worn this gown as well

off, Sharon couldn't help but feel deeply appreciative of the

you take my advice to heart?" Ophelia couldn't help but ask, still a bit concerned. She believed Sharon's movie would outperform Emily's, as long as the same issues from the past didn't come up again. "I really really appreciate that," Sharon replied. "Actually, the day you mentioned it, I got a notice about back taxes, but I thought it was a scam. Thanks to your warning. I checked into it and I've

entertainment industry, that kind of thing was the kiss of death. Once it got exposed, no one cared about explanations. Even for someone as low-profile

in relief and said, "Good

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