cShe outshines 152Chapter 153

Jaden didn't even hesitate. "No."

Luna grinned. "Alright, how about 600 thousand dollars a year? All you have to do is cook for me."

Jaden shook his head. "Still no."

Luna upped the ante. "Fine, 2 million dollars.

"No.

Finally, in frustration, Luna joked, "What if I use my looks as a bargaining chip?"

Jaden smirked. "Uhm, nope."

Luna laughed, giving up on the idea altogether. With her arms full of veggies and eggs, and Jaden holding a duck in one hand and a pumpkin in the other, they strolled down the garden path, quietly chatting. The scene looked like something straight out of a peaceful, rustic painting.

Meanwhile, Linda stood hidden in the shadows of the nearby grove, clutching a plastic bag, her eyes burning with anger. She had been watching them for a while.

From the moment she arrived, she saw Jaden and that woman wandering the vegetable patch together. Jaden was opening water bottles for her, wiping her swear, and showing her how to pick vegetables. They looked way too comfortable with each other. She couldn't believe it. Just days ago, Jaden was dating some rich girl in Kitmore City. Now, here he was playing farmer with another woman. What a player, she thought bitterly.

that badly when I left him three years ago? Is this why

this way, she thought, eyes

must mean he really loved me. Maybe he hasn't truly moved on. Maybe I still have a chance. I just need to

the woman disappear into the house, walking up the flower-covered path. The flowers looked even more vibrant than they did three years ago, but none of them were hers. She couldn't stop wondering who Jaden had planted them with, and the thought annoyed her. The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she got, wishing she could stomp all over

When

field, she saw the plastic bag she had dropped

confront Jaden and ask why he ignored her completely. But instead, she quietly placed the new plastic

taken her five years to win him over the first time. Now, she figured this was just

director was visiting the next day to see the location

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so neatly and couldn't

is it!" Tommy said, excited. "It's perfect for the movie. We don't need to change a thing. Just capturing it as it is will make the

in the field. Tommy and Mose were stunned. They asked him right away

said. "No" His short answer left

just sald

if she was interested in acting. They even offered her a big role right then and there. Athena smiled and politely declined. "Thanks,

asked what she was busy with, and Athena replied, straight-faced, Tm working on scientific research- something that could change

Athena's alter

with the media. Tommy and Mose had no clueshe was a famous screenwriter. Mose just admired her natural beauty and

but say, "You'd make a huge impact in the Stm industry if

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