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Sabrina couldn't get a rise out of Lucille, no matter how nasty she sounded. Lucille merely continued to look at her indifferently, almost as if she were watching a circus act.The International Perfumery Competition would start at 10:30 am. It was now 9:00 am, and people were already starting to enter the venue.Sabrina needed to prepare for the first round of the finals. She decided to give up because Lucille wasn't responding to her taunts. She was sure Lucille wouldn't be able to enter the venue anyway.Lucille watched her. Then, she asked a question she'd already asked in the past. "Do you really want to become Deer's apprentice?"Before Sabrina could say anything, Lucille continued, "Whatever. I already know the answer. Let's hope your wish comes true, then."Sabrina's heart sank when she saw the pointed smile on Lucille's face. Then again, she figured there was no way the latter would know Deer, no matter how capable she was.Deer never accepted favors from anyone—she was

Lucille guessed Sabrina had already finalized the best version of her perfume formula for the second section. She wanted to see how Sabrina would deal with this curveball.Sabrina felt like she'd swallowed a fly after she switched stations. She was pissed as hell but couldn't show it. All she could do was go along with the change.She didn't know why the rules for this year's competition had been changed on the spot. Could it be that she had been found out?Sabrina passed the first section in trepidation. She was the fifth to finish, taking 4 minutes and 50 seconds. She'd cut it close.Everyone was familiar with her. After all, she'd been embroiled in trouble arising from her personal life. In fact, she'd been one of the main characters in that scandal with the affluent families.Setting that aside, she'd also always placed in the competition, even becoming the first runner-up once. There was also the fact that she'd always been known as the talented heiress. That naturally made h

Still, there was no underestimating the power of the Internet. Some people had soon managed to dig up information on Samantha, but they'd been stopped before spreading the information. And so, only few people knew the truth about her.Samantha, who was contestant no. 9, was the first to finish writing her perfume formula. Lucille surreptitiously checked the time and saw that she'd taken 20 minutes. It wasn't considered too fast or too slow—it was a logical amount of time.Just because one wrote quickly didn't mean they would definitely win. The final product was still what would determine who came out on top.Zoe, who was contestant no. 3, was the second to finish her formula. Sabrina and the five other contestants followed. Most of them had finished their formulas within 30 minutes.Lucille kept glancing at Sabrina, so she saw every minute expression that appeared on the latter's face. It looked like she was confident she would win.Lucille smirked underneath the veil again. It

Horace looked in the direction Ivy had pointed to see the side profile of a woman wearing a veil. He didn't say anything, but his satisfied smile proved that he believed Ivy to be right.Soon, William noticed Spencer among the audience. "Look, Dad. Isn't that JM Corporation's Mr. Layton? What's he doing here?"Horace looked in the direction William had indicated. He hadn't expected to see someone as powerful as Spencer there. Losing the chance to latch onto the Layton family was always one of his regrets. Even one of the Layton family's branch families was better than the Keller family.If he'd known things would've turned out like this, he wouldn't have helped Sabrina steal Harold from Lucille. Then, perhaps Sabrina would've ended up with Spencer instead."Does that mean Lucille is here, too?" Ivy immediately thought of Lucille when she saw Spencer. She looked around but didn't see Lucille.Spencer wore a dapper navy blue suit and was seated alone, looking elegant and regal. His

"Spencer, are you flying off the handle? I can't believe you actually hit me."Spencer was at a loss for words.He grimaced and threatened Lucille. "If you continue to talk nonsense, I don't mind making love to you right here."She knew he always meant what he said, so she stopped joking."I was just testing you," she said with a cheeky grin. "So, what did you want to tell me? Don't leave me hanging."Unfortunately, she'd covered her face with a veil, so he could only see the mischief glinting in her eyes. It wasn't easy to pique her interest, but Spencer was an exception.He didn't answer her. Instead, he responded with a subtle approach. He kissed her while she was wearing the veil. The feeling was strange. It wasn't their first kiss, but…She wasn't the only one who felt it. He felt it too."Do you know how deadly your veiled beauty is right now?" He pressed his forehead against hers and whispered, "You little vixen, you're seducing me without even knowing it."With a playf