Chapter 27

Time fleeted unnoticeably, and it was almost ten o’clock.

“Get ready, everyone,” an assistant called out to the supermodels backstage. “Stand by the stage. It’s

almost showtime!”

The supermodels stood up to get in line according to their given number. Charmine was the last to

appear on stage, thus it was not her turn for at least the next thirty minutes. She laid back languidly on

her seat as she settled her mind.

Outside, amid the huge space of Ocean Pearl, a tall T-stage was built in half-translucent colourful glass,

surrounded by chairs across its perimeters. The guests in the hall were the richest in the country, able

to afford a ticket at a starting price of 200,000 dollars. Outside the hall, the standing tickets were as

high as a thousand dollars. Most of the audience was looking forward to the show; some for the

models while some for the jewelry. Of course, the one thing everyone was really looking forward to

was Charmine Jordan and how she would ‘stun the world’ as she claimed to.

On the right side of the T-stage, inside a private space isolated by green bamboos, three figures sat

and one

slowly entered the space and, with anxiousness, muttered, “Mr. Bailey, Miss

to

“Said what?” Anthony quipped.

he spoke, “She

that she doesn’t lack men, and that you

took a few

face darkened just like the sky before a heavy downpour. Did

Did she say she did not lack

it in, Nial guffawed at the situation. “Hah! Who would’ve thought my brother

a woman? My sister-in-law is

frosty glare. “You should be thankful for the three words

saved your life.”

words that saved

to whimper. “Mommy placed a heavy wager

without your help?” said the boy before

to see Mommy

ruffled the boy’s hair. “Don’t worry, Mommy

with firmly

his brother’s eyes when he spoke of Charmine, and this was

to hold in his curiosity, he spoke, “Bro, if you treat Charmine so seriously,

want to search about the girl from five years ago? Once we find out who it was, would you

Charmine or the woman

and after a while, he glumly

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