Spoiled by Mr Russell

Lily Christian woke up with a headache and dry mouth in the middle of the night. 

She was over the moon because she had finally created the “First Love” formula, the perfume she had worked on for many years. After winning the upcoming competition, Lily and Nathaniel Hall’s wedding would be on the agenda. 

The couple met in university, known each other for five years, and dated for three. Lily left everything behind to focus on perfume formulas and finally managed to help Nathaniel expand his company. Thinking of the beautiful future ahead, she indulged more in drinking. 

She rubbed her temples, wanting to get some water to quench her thirst. However, she heard strange noises coming from the adjacent room. 

Lily lived alone in a rented apartment. Occasionally, Nathaniel would stay overnight, but he typically slept in the other room. 

The noise Lily heard made her worry if Nathaniel was feeling unwell. When she got closer to the source, she heard a woman’s voice instead. 

“Nate, won’t Lily hear us?” 

Although the woman’s voice was unclear, Lily was sure it belonged to someone she knew. She instantly felt disheartened. 

Lily had developed insomnia due to her extensive research on perfumes. She started relying on sleeping pills over the past few years, making her somewhat resistant to its effects. 

“I’ll become a top perfumer tomorrow after my new product wins an award. It’ll secure my status in this industry, and you’ll have tons of investment opportunities knocking on your door. Then you can recruit as many people as you want! How could Lily compare to me?” 

was having an affair with Lily’s fiancé. Lily had heard the rumors before but chose

Lily is just a stepping-stone in the grand scheme of things. Do you think I would’ve tampered with Lily’s perfume formulas during the amateur competition if it weren’t for you?”

Melanie’s voice was delicate, and she sounded sensual whenever she stretched her words

fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms till

three years ago after being crowned champion at the regional perfumery competition. She received countless offers, including one from one of the prominent industry players, La Beauté Group. However, she rejected them to focus on helping Nathaniel with the

ago, there was a problem with her perfume. Everyone ridiculed her, calling her a perfumer without a sense of smell. Back then, she could not figure out what went wrong.

of concern. He suggested Lily work behind the scenes while Melanie joined the competitions

each other’s backs and would go through her life’s hurdles together, yet she was just one of Nathaniel’s many pawns

told Lily it was just two random letters he picked. Lily believed his foolish excuse,

shameless couple was lovey-dovey while Lily helped Nathaniel expand his company unconditionally. It was ridiculous now that Lily thought about it. Lily’s fury gradually diminished

name card. Three years ago, the CEO of La Beauté Group, Alexander Russell, gave Lily his name card personally. She wondered if his

call, so she continued, “We met at the regional perfumery competition three years ago. You gave me your name card back then.”

and three simple

have a business proposal to make, and I figured you might be interested,”

me at my office at 9 a.m. tomorrow. We’ll talk then.”

Alexander was about to hang up when she quickly stopped him. “W-Wait, Mr. Russell, it might be too late tomorrow. What about today? Plus, it’s inconvenient for me to meet you at

was in a hurry and blabbered. After blurting out her words,

67% of the market share in the beauty industry

was a miracle for Lily that he agreed to meet with her, yet she dared to negotiate the details of

be too late for Lily to talk with Alexander the following day. Going to his company may

breathing. This time, she wanted to put all her cards on the table. It was silent for three minutes at the other end of the call. Lily thought she was about to get rejected when Alexander said, “Okay. Meet me at the cafe at Gardens Road