Bringing up that subject was deliberate. Raven needed to rouse the guilt inside Aristotle, after all.The man sighed helplessly and slid his hand out of hers quietly. “I’ve never once thought of you that way, all right? I know it wasn’t for money—never mind. Perhaps we shouldn’t discuss something so far off into the future,” he said. “I’m going to bed. Need to rise early tomorrow.”Raven knew that the most important matter to him at hand was the company he was about to inherit. “Let me join you tomorrow! I know there will be some things I can help you with. You’ve just come back, so it’s only logical that you might be lacking in manpower. I can help with that!” she volunteered. “Bonus point? You don’t even have to pay me a single cent.”Admittedly, she hit the nail on the head—Aristotle was in need of human resources. But of course, Raven’s sickly constitution made him balk at considering her for the job. “I think you should sooner focus on your health for now. When you’re finally w

Raven’s heart skipped a beat. Outwardly, however, she affected indifference. “Oh yeah? And who’s that supposed to be? You?”Melissa was just about to drop an F-bomb when the door to the elevator suddenly opened. Employees from other floors swarmed in and filled up the space around them.The two women tacitly decided not to continue their previous exchange. It was only after the two of them walked out of the lift that Melissa broke their feigned truce by pointing in a direction with a scowl. “There’s your canteen. Go there yourself; I’m not gonna waste my time taking you there—it’s a place even a pig would know.”“Huh. Turns out that a high-class socialite representative like yourself is just as uncouth and jerkish as the rest of us ‘plebs’, too,” Raven riposted acridly. “You think everyone who goes to the canteen for lunch is a pig, huh? Well, I’m gonna skip the canteen and order a takeout instead; at least I wouldn’t be derided as a mere pig by some high and mighty aristocrat. Than

As she watched Cynthia head upstairs, Melissa came up with a plan. “Agnes, you should hurry up and prepare dinner. Raven’s around, isn’t she? I’ll go look for her.”Agnes nodded her head and replied, “She’s around. I’ll get on with my work then, while you youngsters go on and have fun.”Hence, Melissa walked towards Raven’s room and knocked on the door. Raven had already heard the commotion earlier, but she deliberately holed herself up in her room. “Is something the matter?”Melissa helped herself as she directly pushed open the door and entered. “Of course something’s the matter. Come on, we’re going shopping together. I’ll buy you dinner, you can eat whatever you want.”Obviously, Raven knew that Melissa would not offer her something so nice unconditionally. The relationship they had had not reached to the point where they could go shopping and eat together. “Cough, cough… I’m not feeling so good, so I can’t accompany you today. You’d be better off going with someone else.”Mel

As Aristotle was faced with the barrage of questions, he began to lament silently. ‘If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been done with whatever I was doing just now.’Aristotle had been maintaining his image as a reliable elder brother to Cynthia, but Plato had provoked him too far that he instantly cursed as he said, “Enough, I don’t have the f*cking time to be bothered with you. We’ll talk when you get back. I’m hanging up now.”Aristotle had always been very proficient at ending conversations cleanly. In an instant, the world became peaceful again.Then, Aristotle recalled how Cynthia had run off in a panic. ‘I suppose I won’t be able to maintain my usual image any longer. I’ve already kissed her, so it wouldn’t be appropriate to pretend to be innocent anymore, would it?’He stood up and tidied his shirt before heading downstairs. He took a glance and noticed that Cynthia was hiding in the kitchen to help with the cooking. Hence, he stood by the kitchen door and called out, “Come

Aristotle casually shot her a glance. “Is this little girl actually teaching me what I’m supposed to do? I’m your brother, you should at least be more polite with me. I know what I’m supposed to do. When the time’s right, I’ll get her settled. However, now’s not the time; you saw it yourself, she’s in no condition to leave at the moment.”Melissa was slightly aggrieved as she said, “What do you mean that she’s in no condition to leave? If she could leave if she wanted to, she’d never be in the condition to leave.”At that moment, Cynthia tapped Melissa’s shoulders. “All right, all right. Ares has been living alone in France for so many years, so it’s tough enough for him to be able to find someone whom he could talk to. Furthermore, she even saved his life, so we shouldn’t be so petty about it.”Melissa shot Cynthia a glare. ‘Am I not doing all this because of you?’After Cynthia awkwardly laughed, no one continued to speak further about the matter.After a very long time, the doc