Adriana despised herself in her heart. How could she stare at Mark drinking water and embarrass herself like that?“Well, I wasn’t really into sports before,” she said awkwardly.Mark screwed the cap back onto the half-full bottle of mineral water and gave his racket a casual wave. “Did you teach your disciple how to hit properly?”Adriana wiped her sweat. “I’m not as skilled as she is.”Mark laughed. After exercising, the definition of his facial features seemed sharper than usual, and with the flush from sweating, his complexion had a healthy, rosy glow. His smile made him look even more energetic, several years younger than his actual age.“Have you rested enough? Come on, I’ll help you practice. Without the proper posture, you’ll end up hurting your knees. Once the meniscus is damaged, it’s nearly irreversible.”Adriana hadn’t paid much attention to the technical details before, so his warning struck her. “It’s that serious?”Mark gave a helpless smile. “Do you think I’m exaggerat
“So I just beat up Phantom’s miss? The one who’s rumored to be with Calvin Walker?” Mona sat on the sofa with a thud, her eyes blank.Adriana laughed. “Scared?”Mona puffed herself up with energy, then deflated again. “Phantom... still has some muscle. I think they even have business dealings with my family. What if she retaliates against us?”Adriana wasn’t sure whether Anna was the kind of person who would seek personal revenge. “It’s fine. She deserved it. I’ll cover for you in the future—I won’t let you stand up for me for nothing!”Mona had always been capricious and impulsive since childhood, no stranger to small fights. But hitting Anna hit differently—this time, she felt uneasy. “Does she… have a grudge with you?”“Well, there’s a long history between us.”Mona licked her lips. “Why don’t I call my cousin? I’ll ask him to send someone to pick us up later. I’m afraid she might bring reinforcements and block us.”That possibility did exist, but it didn’t seem right to bother Aid
Anna’s head was wrapped in the club’s signature pink towel for senior VIPs. Her face was plastered with a collagen mask, a bathrobe loosely draped around her shoulders, revealing the delicate curve beneath her bare neck. A thick layer of beauty lotion coated her exposed skin, and her hands were encased in transparent gloves filled with black whitening product.She was halfway through her beauty treatment when she heard a familiar voice coming from the next room—something that sounded like Adriana. Curious, she walked out to confirm if it was really her.Oh. Unfortunately, it was.Adriana’s face darkened. She had only come to do a bit of skincare, to relax and unwind. The last thing she expected was to run into the very source of her irritation.“Miss Blake, is something wrong?” she asked flatly.Anna’s cold, contemptuous eyes ran over her from head to toe—pausing particularly on the slippers at Adriana’s feet. Her sarcasm was thinly veiled.“A thin camel is still bigger than a horse,
Adriana attended a meeting at the law firm. When she walked out of the conference room, she saw Jessica walking by with swaying steps. She had deliberately put on full Korean-style makeup, wearing a ruffled, long-sleeved blouse, a step skirt, and nude, fine-heeled shoes. Her long hair was permed into soft waves, cascading behind her.How was it that after losing the lawsuit and being dumped by Carson, she didn’t look affected at all—on the contrary, she looked even more beautiful?Mona snorted and muttered, “That little fox of a woman almost choked me to death during the meeting.”Adriana knocked her lightly on the head. “At such a young age, is your mouth already this unforgiving?”Mona covered her head in mock grievance. “I want to be kind and sweet and lovely and charming! But some people don’t deserve it. I’ll save my nice side just for you, Master!”“But don’t,” Adriana teased. “The little apprentice I see has a grumpy face every day.”Mona pinched her own cheeks, relaxed her mus
Kevin: “…”Adriana handed Calvin the warm milk. “Warm milk nourishes the stomach, but pancakes are a bit greasy. It’s not good to eat too much. Just pad your stomach for now and eat something lighter later.”Calvin furrowed his brows, putting on an exaggerated expression like he was trying to endure great pain.“Uh-huh.”Kevin: “…”Just as breakfast was finally ready to be enjoyed, Kevin’s attention shifted away from the president’s impressive acting skills. “What happened to your car, Lawyer Clarke? Such a big scratch—more like a gash.”Calvin paused mid-bite. “What happened to the car?”Adriana looked slightly annoyed. She had left a note—why hadn’t the person contacted her yet?“It got scraped in the mall parking lot. I didn’t wait for the owner.”Kevin asked, “Which mall? I can request the surveillance footage. Do you remember the license plate number? With that, we can trace it.”The license plate was easy to remember. Adriana had only read it once and could even recite it backwa
“Get some stomach medicine.”Hearing that the president wanted to take stomach medicine, Kevin’s voice instantly tensed. “I’ll go prepare it. President, did you hurt your stomach and intestines from drinking yesterday?”Calvin hooked the corner of his mouth, thinking—Without taking medicine, how else can I prove I was drunk and unconscious yesterday?“A little,” he replied.Kevin didn’t dare delay any longer and headed to the nearest pharmacy before the call even ended.Knock, knock.Calvin responded when he heard the knock at the door, “This is your house, no need to knock.”Adriana didn’t want to knock either, but she didn’t want to barge in and see something she shouldn’t.“I found the toothbrush. Do you want to brush your teeth?”Calvin said, “You don’t mind if I’m not wearing clothes? My assistant is a bit busy and won’t be able to come for a while, so I’ll wait inside.”Adriana thought this man should be more serious, not less. She’d never seen him so relaxed.“It’s okay. Brush