Chapter 22

A woman stood close to the door as she watched closely. When she saw that the doorknob stopped

jiggling after a while, she smiled proudly and made a phone call to report on the matter. “Miss Amelia,

everything is going as planned. Charmine can’t get out.”

“Good work. Keep watching, and make sure she doesn’t come out,” came Amelia’s sly reply.

Once the call ended, the woman sat on her chair, cross-legged.

‘So Charmine thinks she would build her reputation through Chanel’s show and steal Tiffany’s fame?

Well, she’s locked in her house now,’ Amelia mused to herself, self-assured that Charmine would

never gain the fame she craved.

Charmine was so bold to place such a bet against Julian. If she failed to even get out of her house,

Charmine would lose terribly.

Amelia laughed boisterously, though only to herself. The thought of Charmine being mocked and

laughed by the netizens was both entertaining and relieving.

Her internal celebration was cut short when someone added Amelia on WhatsApp from the Jordan

family group chat. The person had a black image as the profile picture, nicknamed ‘Boss Jordan’.

accepted the request warily and before she could ask

received a voice

is going as planned. Charmine

watching, and make sure she doesn’t

was the recording of

Her phone then vibrated.

text from ‘Boss Jordan’. [Amelia Jordan, ask your secretary to unlock my door

and you’ll end up like Tiffany

this ‘Boss Jordan’ was Charmine

did you get the recording of my

know that

came not

serious circumstances, this can be charged with the

of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 238 in Criminal

of illegal detention shall

years, criminal detention, surveillance

reading the text. Unbelievable! Charmine was

the recording went public, everyone would know that she was

surefire way

like her anymore, and Grandpa hated to see the siblings falling out.

using the family law, ranging from getting

the ancestral hall

Another message came through:

you have exactly one minute. If you don’t open the door by

won’t leave the house. And when I don’t show up to the show later and

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