Chapter 1096: Chapter 1096: Want to Have a Love Affair in Broad Daylight?
Bertha Swift hurriedly followed Maria White, the sll inside was even stronger, she quickly covered her nose, “What are you doing?”
“Cooking!” Maria White said without turning her head, then opened the pot to see the already burnt dish, and her shoulders slumped down, “Bertha, I was wrong, we’re just ant to eat instant noodles, I’ll never try any welco ceremony again!”
Bertha Swift looked at the dish in the pot that you couldn’t tell what the original ingredients were, then saw Maria White’s dejected appearance, suddenly felt she might have really misunderstood her, how could soone as silly and sweet as Maria have plotted against her.
Perhaps today’s events were indeed just a coincidence.
“So we’re eating instant noodles?” Bertha Swift restrained her emotions and asked with a smile.
Maria White quickly turned around to look at Lorna Victoria, “Is this how you’re going to treat her on her first day?”
Lorna Victoria glanced at the stuff in the pot, seriously considered it, “Compared to eating that lump in the pot, I think instant noodles might not be bad.”
Bertha Swift nodded furiously.
Maria White, “…”
Where’s my knife!
In the end, Bertha Swift had her first bowl of instant noodles after returning, and Lorna Victoria also had her first bowl of instant noodles since starting her new job, it was quite puzzling.
The room was very large; it was still spacious with three girls living in it. However, the three of them had just average cooking skills, destined to often keep company with instant noodles in the future.
After Lorna Victoria settled in, Bertha Swift used the excuse of adjusting to the ti difference to go upstairs, dialed Ray Leighton, and asked about the progress of today’s events.
Ray Leighton briefly explained the situation, and finally reminded Bertha Swift, “Recently, it’s best to take Lorna Victoria with you wherever you go. I’ve already arranged your schedule, and I’ll send it to you in a while.”
“Okay.” Bertha Swift responded and hung up the phone, and soon Ray Leighton sent her the recent announcents.
Bertha Swift originally thought that with her level, even if the company promoted her, there wouldn’t be many suitable jobs. Who knew, upon seeing the schedule, it was actually full.
Starting tomorrow, her schedule was completely packed, except for a youth-oriented beverage comrcial and several supporting actress auditions, the rest were all courses, covering everything needed for a formal academy education: physical training, dance, speech, vocals, and acting.
Bertha Swift had always heard Mary Scott Tsukkomi about Adam Piers being strict, now seeing her schedule, she suddenly felt she was too naive. Why did she ever think that a female celebrity could just glam up and be done?
After staring at the schedule for a while, her phone rang, it was Adam Piers.
Bertha Swift answered without thinking, her voice cheerful, “Finished with work?”
After asking, she realized she sounded a bit too eager, felt her face warm up, and was sowhat relieved that she wasn’t in front of Adam Piers.
“Not too bad, haven’t rested yet?” Adam Piers catching the lighthearted tone in Bertha Swift’s voice, his mood improved a lot.
“I slept too much on the plane and not sleepy. How about you, aren’t you tired?” Bertha Swift said, simply laying on the bed, leaning back while talking to Adam Piers.
Adam Piers had just seen Ray Leighton answer Bertha Swift’s call; however, he didn’t see her calling him. He guessed she was afraid he was busy and proactively called. Hearing Bertha Swift concerned about him now, he couldn’t help but smile. But then he rembered the results of the investigation, his mood cald down, “I’m not tired, are you coming to the company for lessons tomorrow?”
“Yes, Assistant Leighton arranged a lot of courses for .” Bertha Swift whispered, without even realizing the hint of coquetry in her voice.
Adam Piers listened with pleasure, “Should I ask him to reduce so for you?”
“No need, I don’t have a foundation to begin with. If I don’t catch up properly, who knows when I can openly date.” Bertha Swift hurriedly refused.
“Eager for an open dating?” Adam Piers raised his eyebrows, not expecting Bertha Swift to bring up the topic so lightly.
“What are you saying? I’m mainly thinking about paying off my debts to you quickly.” Bertha Swift was flustered by Adam Piers’ teasing and realized her slip, quickly trying to and it for herself.
Adam Piers didn’t bother arguing with Bertha Swift, after teasing her a bit, he turned serious, “Oswald Lewis has tead up with Dillon Industry and returned to Swallow City; he probably resents you for the last incident. Your popularity is quite high now, so be cautious in your actions.”
“Do you suspect the airport incident this ti is related to Oswald Lewis too?” Bertha Swift heard Adam Piers talk about hiring that brawny man from Z Nation last ti in F Nation. Though it’s not fully certain Lewis was behind it, it was close, and this ti, hearing Adam talk, it must be related.
“Yes, but they are extrely careful this ti, there’s no trace linking them so far. Hence, you need to be extra careful.” Adam Piers discussed these matters seriously and thought about whether he should add sothing more straightforward, “Do you need a professional assistant?”
Bertha Swift tightened her grip on her phone, “Is there solid evidence?”
“No, but…”
“Then let’s leave it at that, Adam, I don’t want to suspect anyone based on guesses.” Bertha Swift understood what Adam wanted to say and interrupted directly.
Adam Piers after a pause gave a soft acknowledgnt, “That’s fine, but take Lorna Victoria whenever you go sowhere and promptly contact if there are issues.”
“Okay.” Bertha Swift breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After hanging up, she got up to open her luggage, took out the gifts she had bought for everyone, sent a ssage to arrange a ti, then carried the gift ant for Maria White to the neighboring room.
Maria White’s door was slightly ajar, and Bertha Swift knocked gently twice before pushing it open. Just as she was about to ask if Maria was live streaming, a crash ca from the bathroom, making her rush over in fright. “Maria, are you okay, did you hurt yourself?”
There’s the rustle from the bathroom, followed by Maria White’s voice, “I’m fine, just accidentally knocked the lotion over…”
As she spoke, Maria White opened the bathroom door, sure enough, the floor was strewn with fragnts.
Bertha Swift frowned, “When will you manage to fix this careless habit, imagine if soone falls on these shards?”
Saying this, she pulled out the barefoot Maria White, then went herself to get a broom.
Maria White quickly stopped her, “Let do it, Bertha, I’ll handle it.”
“Enough, stop ssing around barefoot. Sit over there, that’s the gift I brought for you, go try it, I’ll finish up soon.” Bertha Swift ignored Maria’s protests, ticulously swept every nook and cranny to ensure there were no shards left before coming out, only to find Maria White’s eyes were red from crying, prompting her to ask urgently, “Are you hurt?”
“It’s nothing, I’m just so touched. Bertha, how are you so good? Hermès scarves aren’t cheap, right?” Maria White said, lowering her head to take a sniff, then raising it, “I think I sll money.”
Bertha Swift had just been wondering what was up with Maria White, but seeing her unserious deanor, she smiled helplessly, “Poverty.”
“Hehe.” Maria White giggled foolishly.
Bertha Swift put down the broom and glanced at Maria White’s bathroom, then turned and said, “By the way, apart from one comrcial and an audition, I’m basically taking classes at the company this week. You don’t have to follow ; just do your live stream at ho.”
She pointed to Maria White’s phone, “I just sent you the schedule.”
“Didn’t you say Blueocean Entertainnt is part of Piers? Why aren’t they giving you more gigs!” Maria White asked in confusion as she opened her phone and clicked on her conversation with Bertha Swift. Her expression froze, “That many classes, seriously?”
Bertha Swift shrugged, “Learning the most basic courses is a fundantal requirent for an actor; you can tell the company really values and is preparing to invest heavily in my developnt.”
Maria White glanced again at the densely packed schedule, her mouth twitching slightly, then sympathetically patted Bertha Swift on the shoulder, “Good luck, Miss Swift, I’m rooting for you!”
“Why do I feel like you’re gloating?” Bertha Swift looked at Maria White with an exasperated expression.
Maria White quickly claid to be wronged, and after a bit of joking around, Bertha Swift returned to her own room.
But the mont she returned to her room, her expression sobered. She thought for a mont before sending Adam Piers a ssage, “Can you have soone check if the ‘Goodygirl’ account has any connection with that site admin today?”
“Okay.” Adam replied quickly.
Bertha Swift held her phone without replying, just sitting quietly on the bed and waiting.
Thirty minutes later, a ssage ca back from Adam, “They’ve been in a group together before. Although their contact wasn’t frequent, they should know each other. Bertha, do you know that ‘Goodygirl’?”
Bertha Swift had anticipated this result, but when it was confird, her heart still trembled. She recalled hearing Maria White’s voice from outside the bathroom and her brief sinister expression, and then Maria White’s reaction afterward. For a mont, Bertha Swift thought she might have seen wrong, but when she saw the shattered skincare products in Maria White’s room, she knew she hadn’t.
Yes, earlier when Bertha Swift was helping Maria White clean, she noticed that the shards on the floor weren’t broken accidentally, but had been smashed in obvious anger.
Bertha Swift rembered that shortly after she t Maria White, she would occasionally hear such sounds coming from her room, but they weren’t close then, so she didn’t think much of it. Later, they beca familiar with each other as fellow ‘fans’ of Adam, and she even helped her buy a ticket to West Mountain. It was that night they truly beca close.
Her impression of Maria White had always been that of a naive, careless, and unsophisticated big sister. Even as an internet celebrity, she seed the least noticeable. But in that fleeting glimpse, Bertha Swift saw a different Maria White.
This made her pick up the guard she had once let down.
Adam Piers, having waited a while without seeing a response from Bertha Swift, finally dialed her number, “Bertha, what’s going on?”
“I accidentally overheard sothing at Maria White’s place. Do you rember earlier when I couldn’t get a ticket to West Mountain? It was Maria White who found a friend in a Twitter group to get it for . The friend’s na was ‘Goodygirl’ and they specifically do speculative business in the entertainnt industry.” Bertha Swift took a deep breath and explained to Adam.
Adam didn’t expect Bertha Swift to really find a breakthrough from Maria White, but his focus was slightly off track, “Bertha, what did you go to West Mountain for?”
Although he’d already investigated that Bertha Swift had previously gone to West Mountain for him, with the drinks being served by her, hearing it directly from Bertha Swift felt different sohow.
Bertha Swift held a string taut in her heart, anxiously wanting to know if she was wrong. How could she have known that Adam would shift the focus back to West Mountain? Her face fell, “I’m talking about the serious stuff.”
“Okay, let’s talk about the serious stuff first, and we can discuss the West Mountain matter later.” Adam, hearing Bertha Swift was unhappy, wisely responded, yet couldn’t resist planting a seed for a follow-up conversation. He then addressed the main issue, “I’ve asked Ray Leighton to make contact with the other party, so we should have results soon. Be prepared.”
“Mm.” Hearing Adam say this, Bertha Swift felt worse and listlessly replied with a hum.
Adam hesitated before speaking again, “Do you rember Erica Lindsay?”
How could Bertha Swift forget, “Mm, what’s up with her?”
“The police learned from her latest statent that she also paid to get your address. They’re currently investigating the channels she used for the purchase.” Adam nearly told Bertha Swift he suspected the person who exposed her information multiple tis and the one who sold Erica Lindsay her address might be the sa person.
Bertha Swift wasn’t stupid. Though Adam spoke indirectly, she already guessed as much. She held her phone for a long while without speaking, until Adam on the other end called her na a few tis in concern. Finally, she croaked out, “When will they probably have results?”
“By tomorrow at the latest.” Adam thought for a mont before adding, “You should co over to my place for now.”
He didn’t feel comfortable with Bertha Swift staying there.
Bertha Swift hesitated, “Isn’t Lorna Victoria still there? And without the results, I… ”
“Bertha, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Don’t make worry, okay?” Adam interrupted Bertha Swift, understanding a fair bit of what was on her mind.
When Milne Swift kicked her out of the Swift family, she had just gone through an abortion, suffering imnse physical and ntal trauma. Maria White was the first friend she t at the ti and the only one who helped her. They had gone through quite a lot together as friends forged in adversity. Now, realizing that the other might have been scheming against her all along, how could she easily accept this reality?
But so truths, painful as they are, must be faced.
“The police learned from her latest statent that she also paid to get your address. They’re currently investigating the channels she used for the purchase.” Adam added, nearing the point of telling Bertha Swift he suspected the person who exposed her information multiple tis and the one who sold Erica Lindsay her address might be the sa.
Bertha Swift wasn’t stupid; though Adam was indirect, she already deduced a few points. Holding her phone, she didn’t speak for a long while until Adam worriedly called for her a few tis. It was only then she hoarsely asked, “When will they likely have results?”
“By tomorrow at the latest.” After a pause, Adam suggested, “Why don’t you co to my place?”
He was uneasy letting Bertha Swift stay where she was.
Bertha Swift hesitated, “What about Lorna Victoria? Besides, without the results…”
“Bertha, better safe than sorry. Please don’t make worry,” Adam interrupted, gently pressing on despite understanding much of Bertha Swift’s thoughts.
“Bertha, better safe than sorry. Please don’t make worry,” Adam interrupted, gently pressing on despite understanding much of Bertha Swift’s thoughts.
When Milne Swift expelled her from the Swift family, she had late undergone an abortion, suffering imnse physical and ntal trauma. Maria White was the first friend she t at the ti and the only one who helped her. They had gone through quite a lot together as friends who weathered hardships together. Now, realizing that the other might have been scheming against her all along, how could she easily accept this reality?
But so truths, painful as they are, must be faced.
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