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Early the next morning, Daisy came downstairs to find Adrian holding a glass of milk, his eyes fixed on his phone.Adrian often scrolled through his phone, but it was rare to see him so absorbed. Curious, Daisy walked over and glanced at the screen.“What are you looking at so intently?”Seeing that Daisy looked energetic and well, Adrian finally relaxed.“Just some news. Let’s head to the office.”Daisy nodded in response, clearly with no intention of pressing further.When Adrian and Daisy arrived at the company, Freya approached them with a grave expression.“Miss Daisy, Mr. Doyle—these are the latest updates the company has gathered.”The seriousness in Freya’s eyes alerted Daisy to the gravity of the situation. She quickly took the documents and reviewed them one by one.Across major media platforms, coverage of the Snow Beauty Secret line had shifted dramatically—from unanimous praise at launch to an avalanche of negative reports, as if the narrative had changed overnight.“Miss
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Camden Tate’s heart sank. What Adrian had mentioned was far beyond anything he could control; at most, he could only pass along the message.That said, when facing Adrian, Camden Tate naturally wouldn’t refuse him outright.“Mr. Doyle, I’ll deliver the message as soon as possible, but I can’t guarantee the timing.”“And how long do you think it will take?” Adrian asked.Camden Tate hesitated, his expression troubled.“Well… I can’t say for certain. But by my estimation, it should only be a matter of a few days.”Adrian nodded. He was reasonably satisfied with that answer.“Alright. You can go back now.”With that, Adrian scooped Daisy up in his arms and headed for the entrance of the Black Forest Bar.The people Serena Hill had sent confirmed that Daisy was safe, then drove off.Adrian placed Daisy gently in the back seat of the car she had driven and took the driver’s seat himself.Daisy was dead drunk—there was no way she could drive—so Adrian resigned himself to playing chauffeur.
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To everyone else, all they saw was Camden Tate storming into the bar, striding straight toward Adrian.At once, the whispers grew louder.“It’s over. The Mafia is here. That’s Camden Tate—one of the Five Tigers! That kid is done for.”“Of all people to offend, he just had to pick the Mafia. All this over a woman—hardly worth losing your life.”“The Mafia never makes empty threats. If they say they’ll kill someone, they mean it.”“A tragedy… a real tragedy…”Yet in the place no one could see, Camden Tate’s legs were trembling.What had he seen? Who was standing there?He feared his nerves were playing tricks on him, that anxiety had made him imagine Adrian.Camden Tate squeezed his eyes shut, then opened them again.The scene before him hadn’t changed in the slightest.It really was Adrian.When the Mafia had joined forces with the other three major powers to invite Crane Sage out of seclusion, Camden Tate had been there from start to finish.He had witnessed Adrian kill Crane Sage on
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Daisy couldn’t quite put her feelings into words. When the bartender saw her finish that glass of Long Island Iced Tea, he merely sighed and turned away, refusing to look at her again.Daisy didn’t think there was anything strange about his reaction, but her cheeks grew increasingly flushed until she felt heat spreading through her body.She touched her burning face, hoping the cool of her hand might lower her temperature.But Daisy had underestimated it.Not only did it fail to cool her down, it only made her feel hotter.She frowned deeply, an inexplicable irritation rising in her chest.She felt an overwhelming urge to resent Adrian—and yet, at the same time, she missed him desperately.Daisy glanced around. Under the dim lights, everything drifted in and out of focus.What she didn’t realize was that what felt like ordinary, unfocused gazes to her looked irresistibly seductive to everyone else.“Mr. Irving, look—she really is a knockout.”Devin Irving was more than satisfied. He p
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Adrian’s tension was visible to the naked eye as he kept calling Daisy over and over.“Something must have happened. Daisy never ignores my calls…”He suddenly regretted turning off his phone. If something had really happened to Daisy…He didn’t dare continue the thought. His mind spiraled into panic, his hands at a loss.“She’ll be fine. Calm down.”Serena Hill was nervous as well, but seeing Adrian like this, she forced herself to steady him. “I’ll have people look into it immediately. Don’t panic yet.”Adrian nodded absentmindedly, not even sure whether her words had truly registered.“I shouldn’t have turned my phone off.”After a few seconds of silence, he picked up his phone again and dialed.Never before had he felt so completely out of control.Utterly helpless.All he could do was keep dialing, again and again.“Pick up… please pick up…”But heaven seemed deaf to his prayers. The voice on the other end remained cold and mechanical, unchanged.“Aunt Serena, Daisy must be in tr
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The black business sedan slowed to a stop beside Adrian. When the window rolled down, he finally saw who it was—Daisy’s aunt, Serena Hill.Serena Hill looked at him with a gentle, knowing smile.“Did you have a disagreement with Daisy?”Adrian denied it at once. “No. How could we? There’s no conflict between us at all.”Whether it was the haste of his denial or the way his eyes flickered, it drew a soft sigh and a shake of the head from Serena Hill.Young people—especially someone like Adrian—had long learned to share only good news with their elders, never their worries.Serena Hill couldn’t tell whether she felt relieved or saddened. She simply opened the car door.“Get in.”Adrian didn’t ask where they were going. He got into the car, sat down, and lowered his head, his mood visibly heavy.“Did Daisy make you unhappy?”Adrian was about to say no again, but when he looked up, he met Serena Hill’s gaze—full of concern, her eyes glowing with a gentle warmth.The words stuck in his thr
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