Confessions!
Author: Orchard Minn
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Memories of all that happened today flashed back to Alice's head.

She passed the 1st round of the Oriental Catering Contest and on her way home, she bumped into that man that gave her wild goose-bumps.

Nathan Reyes.

Astonishingly handsome and charismatic -only when he didn't open his mouth.

One of the dancers said he was a well-known business man.

Alice sat up.

How come she's never heard of him?

She head to her table and turned on her monitor, typing his name on the browser. His pictures popped up at once.

Scrolling through, she found out that not only was Nathan stinking rich, he was the grandson of a past Governor of Haiui- Greg Reyes, his father- Martin Reyes, was the President of the prominent food packaging company- Cheese&LiT Co and his mother, Lina Reyes was the best surgeon in the state.

Charismatic family.

There was no mention of a sibling of Nathan’s- that meant she had upset the heir to the Reyes Legacy.

Even if Alice hadn’t heard of the Reyes family, she knew Cheese&LiT a
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