Frank continued, "I'm not an ingrate, so tell me about the trouble you're having and I'll help where I can. Naturally, the condition is for you to endorse my farm resort as agreed."

Noel's skeptic gaze faded as she stared at Frank's smile, while her own smile turned to gloom.

"You can't help me, Mr. Lawrence." She sighed. "But I'm short on friends right now, so I'll just have you listen to me vent instead."

She took another sip of her cocktail before telling Frank everything—naturally, she was the victim of workplace bullying instead of the perpetrator.

Lycoris Entertainment, the agency representing her, used to be owned by a man named Dylan Hood. He was quite influential in the east coast and had been obsessed with Noel for a long time. In fact, the thug named Dustin who was harassing Noel when Frank first met her worked for Dylan too.

Even so, Noel held her ground, rebuffing Dylan's advances with wit and determination...

That is, until recently, when Lycoris Entertainment was bought out by the Soranos, one of the Four Families of Morhen.

things worse, the Soranos bought out the company expressly to get Noel—on the very first day the company was handed over, Willy Sorano approached her, asking her to have a drink

of Morhen and did as she was told. Willy, however, started to get touchy, even

did not survive

and recorded her conversation with Willy, intent on leveraging her way

Willy was even more ruthless and pulled all his connections and every trick he had to strike before Noel could do anything. He even threatened her to do as he told her, or she would have

that point, Willy could really actually do whatever he

was creased after Noel told him the

that she

to call Burt Yorkman, the top

Lawrence." Burt was panting as if running at

Do you have time?" Frank

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