#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM_S2
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 80
Meanwhile, the news of Mr. Wales’s death has gotten to Country M but instead of feeling sad like every child would do after their parent’s death, Emilee and Christine didn’t feel an iota of sorrow.
Presently, they were dining together at a restaurant.
“These days, the internet seems to not be in your favour, lay low and don’t agitate Jeslyn. I’m preparing something for her”.
Christine nodded.
Emilee inquired after cutting her dessert, “How is it going with Young Master Wu?”.
“Things seem fine,” Christine replied.
Emilee’s hands paused and she slowly looked at Christine. After a long while, she returned her gaze to the dessert and said uninterestedly: “It’s already close to 4 months. You still haven’t gotten him to fall in love with you. I didn’t put you there to be a waste”, she picked the dessert with a spoon and ate it.
Christine flattened her lips, “I’m sorry older sister”, she apologized.
“I do not need apologies but actions. I give you one week. If you can’t do what you were placed there for, I’ll replace you… it has a consequence”. With that, Emilee pulled a white handkerchief, patted her lips with it and stood up, ready to leave.
Christine also got up, “Older sister, are you leaving? What about Dad’s funeral?”
“I got people to take care of it”. With that, she left her chair and walked towards the door.
Christine watched her leave before she picked up her phone and called in Assistant Miles.
Assistant Miles opened the private room door and walked in.
“Young Miss”, she greeted.
“How about the thing I asked you to prepare?” Christine asked.
“It’s almost ready”.
“Good”, Christine smiled as she thought of her plans. Once she succeeded, victory would be hers!
Assistant Miles stared at Christine who had a villainous smile on her face with a thought in mind before she asked; “Christine, is this plan necessary?”
Christine turned to look at her disdainfully before answering; “Are you intending to chicken out now?”
Assistant Miles sat down and shook her head; “No, that’s not the case. I’m only thinking; what if it fails and the plan backfires?”
The smile on Christine’s lips instantly vanished and her pretty face turned unsightly.” Whose fault is it that we have to resort to this? If you hadn’t been stupid and done things without mistakes, would I have done this?!!” Christine yelled.
Assistant Miles took a deep breath. She h@ťěs it when this mannerless girl yells at her. Jeslyn had never raised her voice at her when Jeslyn was still her artist, but ever since Christine became her artist; she started treating her like some beggar.
Assistant Miles never stopped regretting what she did to Jeslyn. Not for anything else but for the fact that if she was still with Jeslyn right now, she would have been enjoying almost the same privilege as Jeslyn instead of the tiny influence she has now.
Wait, what influence? When she was still in Rose City, her influence as Jeslyn’s manager was wide. Who didn’t want to be affiliated with the eldest Miss of the Lee family?
So because of that, a lot of people respected her but here in Country M, Christine doesn’t even have much say both in the company and at home.
Older artists bully Christine for using underhanded means to enter the company, while those who dug into Christine’s background never stopped reminding the girl that she was just an adopted child who rubbed the true Miss off her inheritance.
Even though it was just speculation from those people, Assistant Miles knew it was the truth.
Lost in thought, Assistant Miles didn’t notice the way Christine was staring at her like dead meat. She too was cooking some interesting schemes for Assistant Miles.
Christine had noticed that for a long time now, Assistant Miles seemed to be lost most of the time. To the observant Christine, she believes that Assistant Miles is planning to betray her.
Such thought took root in Christine’s mind when Assistant Miles called her on the night of Jeslyn’s debut.
On that fateful day, Christine had dressed up after her usual exercise with Young Master Wu when Assistant Miles’ phone call entered.
Christine was ready to vent her frustration on Assistant Miles when she heard Assistant Miles’ drowsy voice.
Not only did Assistant Miles thinks she was Jeslyn, but the drunk b!tch apologized for how she treated Jeslyn, she confessed all of her sins and also told ‘Jeslyn’ about the plans she was making.
Good thing it wasn’t Jeslyn who got the call, else Christine would have been in trouble.
Christine stabbed her cupcake mercilessly with the fork in her hand. The action startled Assistant Miles and she looked in Christine’s direction.
Christine smiled faintly. “Are you alright? You look scared,” she asked.
Assistant Miles tried to relax and replied, “I’m fine, I was only thinking about your father’s death.” Assistant Miles was forced to lie. The smile on Christine’s lips was scary. Knowing Christine too well, she knew that she was cooking something evil.
“Oh, what about him?”
Assistant Miles stared incredulously at her. “Aren’t you going to Rose City to hold his funeral?”
“Why should I? He has a Mistress, right? His mistress can handle his funeral.” Christine said dismissively.
“But–”
“Miles, what… you want to tell me how to live my life? Huh?!” Christine glared at her.
“No…” she paused. “I’m sorry,”
Christine rolled her eyes and continued eating.
… …
Inspector Fin’s house…
He entered the house when he saw Beverly all dressed up, ready to head out. He frowned as he took in her glamorous dress.
She wore a blue sparkling off-shoulder gown with a diamond chain on her neck and wrist. The engagement ring she used to wear was nowhere to be found on her fingers.
No, he never gave her one, but she bought one herself to seal and drive away.
“Wh– where are you going?” he asked with a deep frown on his face.
Beverly smiled faintly, “how do I look?” she asked.
‘Wow, she adorned herself for me!’ he thought. Fin undressed her with his eyes to admire his woman. It’s been years since she last took time to dress herself to this extent.
“You are… stunning is an understatement,” he confessed.
Beverly smiled brightly, “Then I’m sure he’d like this–” a car horn interrupted her and she exclaimed softly, “… Ah, he’s here,” she hurried to the couch and grabbed her silver purse before rushing out.
Inspector Fin froze for a long time before he slowly turned his head to the door– she was long gone.
He ran to the door and saw a red car driving out of his compound.
He doesn’t have a red car, so that means the person came to his house to pick up his woman?!!
He angrily threw his leather bag to the couch and ran out.
…
*On the road…*
Inspector Fin hit the brake too late and almost hit his forehead on the steering when another car overtook his.
He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. ‘This cannot be happening! How could Beverly cheat on me like this?’
He started the car again and continued his pursuit of Beverly’s car that was right ahead.
Inspector Fin’s phone rang and he answered it through his earpod.
“Fin, Piper is awake,” in a calm Rex’s voice.
“Oh…” Fin looked at the car in front of him and thought of what Beverly said before he replied urgently. “I’m sorry, I can’t be there right now, I’ll talk to you in a while,” he dropped the call to focus on the road.
Soon, they arrived at a restaurant.
Inspector Fin watched as a young and handsome man; almost as handsome as Rex, got down from the red car and went to the other side to open the door for Beverly.
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Seeing this, Jeslyn sighed helplessly and held Pink’s hand on the table. “I can’t blame you much because I had no idea how tough things were in the past but you tried your best. Grandpa won’t be happy seeing you like this, my mom and grandma also. We have reunited now and this time, we can fight our enemies together”.
“Thank you for your understanding child”, Pink placed the other palm to cover Jeslyn’s hand.
Jeslyn smiled with her lips sealed. She hasn’t fully accepted Pink yet but Pink is hurting as much as her, so she didn’t want to add to her heartache.
“I’m a mother too, I won’t be able to bear it if Valen h@ťěs me,” Jeslyn explained.
Pink smiled sadly and nodded. She knew that accepting her would take more than just an emotional cry and bonding.
An awkward silence filled the room for a while before Jeslyn clicked her tongue and exclaimed softly, “Ah, Mr. Wales told me I had a twin brother whom he gave out, do you know about it?” Jeslyn diverted the topic. The awkward moment was getting uncomfortable and she needed to change the atmosphere.
Pink froze when she heard that. “Tw– twin? Twin brother? W– wh– what are you talking about?!” .
“Ah, it seems your spy didn’t tell you that Mr. Wales said you gave birth to twins. He ‘ki||ed’ me and took away my twin brother–”
“To where?!” Pink panicked and grabbed Jeslyn’s arm. “Wh– where did he take your twin brother?!” Her tears that had dried off a while ago started gathering in her eyes again.
Jeslyn stared at Pink for holding her arm tightly. She took a deep breath and said, “our relationship is still awkward. Do you want my husband and child to be mad at you for bruising my arm?” .
Pink realized what she had done and immediately let Jeslyn go, “So– sorry, it wasn’t intentional.” she hurriedly apologized.
“I understand.” Jeslyn rubbed her palm before she started to explain. “Mr. Wales didn’t know the woman but from the story he narrated to me, the woman is an epitome of shrewdness. She had men that went everywhere with machine gu–”
“Machine guns!?” Pink instantly completed the words in a loud voice with a mixture of fear and disbelief.
Jeslyn looked surprised at Pink’s reaction but she slowly nodded to confirm Pink’s words.
“Nancy!” She gritted her teeth as she spelt the name in anger. She slapped the table and slowly balled her hand in a tight fist. Pink must have forgotten that Jeslyn was right beside her because at this moment, Pink’s mind seemed to have traveled far at the mention of that name.
“From your reaction, it seems you know her really well”.
Pink snapped back to reality and slowly nodded.
“Then, my brother can be found. I’m relieved”. Jeslyn said but Pink shook her head.
“It’s not as easy as you think”.
“Why?” Jeslyn asked.
“Nancy is the devil’s incarnate. To get your brother back from her, it would be impossible, unless…” Pink paused.
“She dies?” Jeslyn asked.
Pink looked at her before she smiled. “What are you planning?”
“She’s not an immortal. If she won’t return my brother, then she dies. Isn’t that simple?”
“Hahahaha…” Pink laughed out loud. “If it’s that easy to ki|| her, do you think I would have let her live to this day? I would have ki||ed her 27 years ago”.
“Oh? Tell me what she is”.
Pink filled her glass of wine and laid her back on the couch.
“Nancy… she’s the genius daughter of Mr. Chengdu, head of one of the hidden families in the world. She didn’t go to school but is extremely intelligent that she holds the world’s record for the highest IQ in the world–”
Jeslyn gasped. “I’ve heard of that person!”
Pink nodded, “Yes, it’s her. Her information is well hidden even your husband who is one of the best hackers in the Country couldn’t manage to break into her hidden information after trying for three years.
“Nancy’s family is the mastermind behind the idea of the Dark– Age organization and that made her so powerful that no one dares to make her an enemy.
“She ki||s without blinking and her heart is unfathomable. No one has been able to link her family members to her, except her step-sister who married the President.
“Even though Country M has an acting president, Nancy is the true President. Wh@ťěver she says goes. But no one, including her sister and the President, knows that”.
“Why?” Jeslyn frowned.
“The President and the higher-ups thinks that Nancy is submissive to her husband but it’s only a sham”.
“Oh, then she’s a hard nut to crack, but I’m sure if my twin wants to return, Nancy or wh@ťěver won’t object”, Jeslyn thought out loud.
Pink shook her head, “She would”. She replied while lost in thought.