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.

surprised when 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

your house?" Cameron glanced at her suspiciously while

I'm borrowing it," Ophelia

attitude and started lecturing her. "Don't be so vain. I get it, designers like you want to get noticed and land more jobs through this show,

absolutely right,

and he thought, 'Good, now

Ophelia didn't care too much about it, but she

minutes of filming, Cameron glanced over briefly and said, "That's enough. We've got what we

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aired, with five head-to-head matchups, all audiences were left guessing which teams would come out on top. By the time the third episode started filming, the tension between the teams was palpable-just the kind of drama Cameron

patterns embroidered in purple thread along the shoulders and waist. The dress had a mandarin collar with

exclaim. "Gosh, I don't know if I should praise

framing her fox-like eyes, which were long and upward, giving her a

you?" Sharon asked, a note of surprise in her voice. "So... you're subtly helping me promote the movie, right?" Though phrased as a question, she already knew the answer. The look was strikingly similar to her character's style

chest. Even her own company wasn't willing to spend money to promote the movie, yet Ophelia was subtly

said with a smile. "We're helping each other.

Ophelia brushed it off, Sharon couldn't

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 already taken care of it "You really are my lucky star. If I hadn't caught it in time and ended up with a tax

Once it got exposed, no one cared about explanations. Even for someone as low-profile

sighed in relief and said, "Good to

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