Dressed in a long satin nightgown, Ella skipped down the stairs with a laptop in her hand.
"You guys are here..." Ella paused when she noticed a persistent gaze on her, "Why are you looking at like that, Penny?"
Penny smiled, "Miss Yu, you look so pretty."
Ella touched her face instinctively before she smiled brightly, "Thanks for the complint.’’ She didn’t get that a lot.
"Girls..." Ella sat on the throne chair and turned the laptop in their direction.
And apart from Shishi, the calst and most professional one of them, the rest gasped.
"It’s live! It’s live!" For so reason, Rin felt a little emotional. A few months ago, she was still helping Esther get information against Ella.
Just thinking about it made her squirm uncomfortably. But today, she helped Ella in such a huge task and her chest swelled.
At a little distance, Bertha wiped her tears as she watched her young daughter seated between the other four ladies, talking about work.
She glanced at Ella, her eyes filling with gratefulness.
"The responses..." A soft mumble ca from Penny who was looking at the laptop closely, "...they are huge. The views are rocketing!"
"Miss Yu, the website has been ready for a while now but you held back on releasing it until today..." June looked at her.
The other three also turned to Ella.
"I was getting hated everywhere so I thought I should make so money out of it hehehe~"
The four ladies: "_"
In fact, Ella’s way of handling the matter was pure genius in a lot of ways.
And that did not go unnoticed by people who were proficient in this field, like Shishi.
Ella had been posting on her social dia consistently for a while now. And every post of hers stirred a controversy, with people making speculations, digging into her past and present.
And just when public curiosity towards Ella reached its peak, Ella disappeared.
One can say that from the very beginning, Ella had the vision of reviving her social dia for the sole purpose of her profits. And it was not just her randomly posting her selfies.
What contributed more to that was the university fiasco. Imperial University was one of the most prestigious institutions and a scandal so big definitely garnered a lot of attention.
Although that was not a part of her plan, Ella utilized it to maximize her benefits. Right when people were waiting for an update from her, she disappeared.
And when everybody was watching her closely, she returned and dropped her website, garnering millions of views without any flashy advertisents.
After discussing the future plans, Ella arranged for a driver to drop June and Penny at their places.
After she returned to her room, she did her skincare, pulled out her notepad and jotted down about a few ingredients which had beco a part of her routine lately.
That night, Ella wandered out of her room around midnight but the lights in the study were off and the master bedroom was closed as well.
She stood in the hallway a few seconds longer, before eventually returning to her room in silence.
In the next two days, the stocks in the ’Elle’ had almost been emptied. Most of the items were sold in a flash.
As the products were popular and rare, the fashion fanatics brought it like crazy, with so of them reaching out to the official mail to ask if there were more specific items in stock.
On the third day, Ella watched the money in her account grow up to millions overnight and plopped on the bed like a satisfied koi fish.
"Miss Yu, E-Esther has been texting constantly again," Rin inford the girl who was lying on the bed with a wide grin on her face.
Ella paused, "Ignore her."
"I ignored her the past few days as you wanted but... but she is threatening..." Rin’s knuckles turned white around her phone. Ella said nothing at first, just took the device with a slow inhale.
Ella took Rin’s phone from her.
Esther’s last ssage read: [Rin, you can’t really be dreaming of turning over a new leaf by ignoring . If you don’t respond to , don’t bla for what might happen to you or your mother in the future."
Ella looked at Rin who was trying to appear calm but the anxiety on her face was palpable.
In the past few months, the girl had grown more mature and composed. But at the end of the day, she was just a girl in her late teenage years.
Ella approached her and stroked her head.
Rin froze.
Ella looked at her, "I have involved you in this. But don’t worry, this facade will soon be over."
"Miss Yu?"
"Talk to her. Do what she says...for now," Ella added, her tone darker. "She’s digging her own grave. We’ll hand her the shovel."
Rin shivered involuntarily. For a mont, she felt like the person in front of her was not the easygoing Ella they were familiar with. That vicious gaze—
In the blink of an eye, Ella seed to have returned to normal as she flashed her a soft smile.
"Y-Yes, Miss Yu."
After Rin left, Ella walked towards the window.
In her previous life, she had trusted Esther like a fool. She had lowered herself for other people’s comfort and let herself be trampled again and again by Max and Esther in the na of love and family.
In this life, she was never going to repeat the sa mistake. But she had wanted to reconcile with her parents before dealing with Esther.
At the end of the day, Ella did not want them torn by having to choose between her and Esther.
So, she had slowed things down, pretended to be clueless in front of Esther and let her do as she wished for a while.
But now... it was probably too late for that. Since Esther was getting restless in dealing with her, Ella would make sure she got satisfied this ti!
That evening, all the four ladies who had helped in setting up the website received their pays.
Rin and Shishi visited Ella’s room to thank her personally, visibly more composed.
On the other hand, in a dingy apartnt, Penny burst into tears when she saw the amount of money she had received. She kept thanking Ella profusely on the call.
Sa was the case for June, who was a single mother. They had landed many jobs before but their pays had never been so high so when she called Ella, she sounded calm but one could hear the wobble in her throat when she thanked her.
And the old security guard in Ella’s apartnt also got his share.
The entire event proceeded smoothly and Ella’s first attempt in making money was a hit.
Satisfied with how things unfolded, she clicked a selfie and posted it on her social dia, captioning it as: [Thank you for your constant love and support~ I know you missed too much
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