True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 152

Mae’s hands trembled slightly as she carefully took out the bracelet. It was just as Winnie had asked earlier, and inside the bag was a pair of ruby bracelets.

Initially, Mae hadn’t planned on keeping one for herself. After all, she was an up–and–coming starlet; she didn’t need to stoop so low as to desire such trifles. She was drawn to the style of the bracelet and thought of keeping one to solidify her public image and gifting the other to her cousin back in her hometown as a wedding present, but she never expected the bracelets to be problematic.

Especially after seeing Winnie extract ashes from inside the bracelet, Mae felt a chill run down her spine. She had another identical one on her.

At that moment, she wanted to hand it over to Winnie to take care of it, but she worried that keeping a ruby bracelet for herself would tarnish her image, so she endured the discomfort.

Knowing there was something wrong with the bracelet, Mae was determined not to keep it. Although she couldn’t deal with it in front of an audience, she had another exorcism charm drawn by Mervin. She could handle it herself.

Mae’s plan was simple, mainly because she saw how easily Winnie had dealt with it earlier. She placed the ruby bracelet on the ground, emulating how Winnie had broken it to remove some of the ashes. Then she took out the charm Mervin had given her, and imitating Winnie’s earlier actions, she flung the charm onto the ashes of the bracelet.

However, the charm didn’t ignite as it had in the daytime.

Anxious and afraid someone might pass by. Mae took out her lighter and set the charm on fire directly. The charm quickly burst into flames, and Mae placed the burning paper on the ashes of the ruby bracelet, which soon disintegrated.

After watching the charm burn out, Mae buried the remains of the ruby bracelet in the soil, as she had previously learned from Winnie.

With the bracelet taken care of, Mae finally breathed a sigh of relief. She decided that some bargains weren’t worth the trouble. It was downright spooky.

Back in her room, Mae nonchalantly went to her bed to pack her things and get ready for bed. Winnie had already come out of the bathroom and asked, “Where did you go?”

Mae lied on the spot, “I went out to grab a soda. The night air was so refreshing.”

Feeling relieved of a burden, Mae’s demeanor returned to normal, and she recounted the lie with convincing detail.

Winnie simply observed the darker aura around Mae’s forehead, thicker than it had been during the day, and fell silent. In the end, she didn’t expose her and merely acknowledged with an “Okay,” not pressing further.

the time before filming officially began,

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attire and ran a lap at the

of energy after her jog. “With

Winnie, who also wanted to check for

that the time for the cameras to start rolling was fast approaching. She glanced at Mae, who was still sleeping in bed. Despite not liking her, Candace didn’t want to be too obvious about it, so she nudged Mae awake, “Filming is about to start. If you

makeup–free was a common gimmick in variety shows, they generally tried to

Mae let out a groan and hummed irritably, indicating

sat up lazily, and Candace, who was close by, caught a glimpse of

Mae headed to

thinking to herself, “I just saved your life.” Because if Mae’s fans saw her like this,

young and beautiful usually, why did she look years older without

clock ticked and the room’s surveillance camera started recording, Candace held back from commenting

however, a startled cry came from the bathroom.

covering her freshly washed face

just tuned in, heard Mae’s cry and crowded to see what

she

queen

happened? It sounded like

flooded

her makeup, saw Mae searching and kindly offered her a face mask, “Are you

poor condition and wanted to hydrate

Candace was holding but murmured, “No need, I

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