When Janelle’s mom left the house, Janelle saw her to the living room, waving non-stop, "Be safe on the road, bye-bye!"
The mother-daughter relationship suddenly beca incredibly good!
Once she left, the door closed, and Janelle’s smile disappeared. She breathed a sigh of relief and turned to her bedroom.
She carried her suitcase to the walk-in closet, unzipped it, tossed it on the floor, casually grabbed a few outfits and threw them into the suitcase, also adding a few versatile berets.
Daily skincare products and costics went into the bag, which she also tossed in.
Finally, she pulled out the charger plugged by the bedside.
Thinking it over, there shouldn’t be anything else she needs to bring. Whatever’s missing, she could buy in Riventhal later.
If it weren’t for Trevor and only for Dad, she might not be so eager to go to Riventhal.
Yes, she missed Trevor.
She couldn’t see any updates about him on social dia and didn’t know how he was doing.
With her suitcase, she opened the living room entrance door, and as Janelle was stepping out, two burly n blocked her path, almost bumping into their chests!
"Miss, without Sister Sterling’s permission, you cannot go out."
Janelle gave them a glance, stayed silent, and forcefully tried to step out!
But she was stopped and directly carried back!
"Miss, please don’t make things difficult for us."
"..." Janelle was speechless and anxious, she had finally found a chance, couldn’t let it slip, right?
She tried to make another forced attempt to break through, yet the two n carried her back into the living room, "Miss! Please don’t waste your efforts! If you escape, we won’t get paid! If you stay, we can get a large sum!"
"How much? I’ll pay!" Janelle said, hurriedly pulling out her phone, "I’ll double it! Na your price! Open up the paynt code! I’ll scan you!"
"We still must follow the rules of the world." the man said as he turned and left, closing the door.
No matter how Janelle tried, the door wouldn’t budge at all.
She ntally collapsed, finding out Sister Sterling had prepared for this! So, escaping this arranged eting was an incredibly difficult task!
Janelle put down the suitcase, calmly sat on the sofa, and began to ponder, deciding to use a clever approach.
Outside the door, the guarding man picked up the phone and dialed Janelle’s mom’s number, "Sister Sterling, you guessed right. Miss tried to leave."
"Keep a good watch." Carlotta Sterling instructed, "Without my permission, she cannot leave an inch."
"Yes."
In the living room sofa, Janelle held her phone, scrolling through Trevor’s social dia.
She almost couldn’t resist the urge to contact him but reconsidered, thinking he must be very busy, right?
What would co of reaching him?
Not knowing what to talk about, she couldn’t just tell him she missed him a bit, right?
Janelle sighed, in a burst of impulse, she sent him a cute emoji, a small girl with flushed cheeks.
One second, two seconds, three seconds passed...
He did not reply.
Janelle kept waiting, but he still didn’t reply.
When she considered retracting it, she found it had already been over two minutes.
In this era of smartphones always in hand, a girl sending a ssage and a boy not responding is an extrely awkward situation.
anwhile, in Riventhal, at The Dalton Group.
In a spacious, bright, and upscale multifunctional conference hall, Trevor in a dark blue tailored suit was in the lead position, explaining the project prospects to the executives.
He spoke eloquently and confidently, embodying a successful entrepreneur.
Behind him, the screen was projecting his phone screen.
In the open ssaging app, Janelle’s ssage jumped to the top.
His phone usually silent, not many people were added on his ssaging app, this sudden notification drew everyone’s attention to his ssages.
Including Trevor, who picked up his phone from the table.
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