"Finally I found you."Violet walked into Dylan's warehouse, looking around and getting a read on what the place was when she saw Dylan's unfinished work."It looks like this place is more expensive than its warehouse-like appearance," Violet said, then turned and looked at Dylan who was staring at her. "Is this yours?""Yes, this is the warehouse where I make jewelry."Violet smiled a little. "There's no limit to one's genius even when working in a cramped space like this." Dylan and Victor didn't react. "I didn't mean to mock. By the way, is this thing made by you, too?"Violet carried the diamond necklace Victor had given her at Verlaine and Maria's wedding. Dylan was stunned to see it and glanced at Victor."Did you come looking for me to return that?" Victor asked, his tone cold.Violet walked toward him. "I see that you and this diamond craftsman are working together. I heard that the jewelry you gave Maria for her birthday was also made by a friend of yours, and that friend is
Victor drove Violet home. During the way, he was silent, causing Violet to occasionally glance at him with a look of suspicion and wonder.What had gone wrong that day to make Victor so silent, and even more so to her."Hey, Vic, did something happen?" Violet asked, she'd been holding back enough."Everything is perfectly normal.""Then what's making you so quiet like this, especially to me.""Were we ever that close that we had to make small talk every time we met?"Violet frowned, slightly offended."I know we're not close, but you've never been this cold to me before, not even when we were in Manchester."Without looking at Violet, Victor replied. "You never knew me, I'm just like this."Violet was running out of patience. Rolling her eyes, she retorted, "Don't use our bad relationship as an excuse. You yourself said you wanted to have a good relationship with me, but why are you treating me so coldly?""I'm probably looking out for your father's feelings.""Dad?" Violet
Antonio entered a room where someone was waiting for him and sat across a table separated by a curtain.Antonio sat down, allowing two different maids to pour drinks into his glass and the glass of the person behind the curtain."It seems a long time since you came to my place, Mr. Leighton," said the person, whom Antonio knew as 'The Handler'."You must know what happened to me, Handler. That's why I came to see you.""Do you want to work together? I think my business is good enough to work with Leighton's." Handler did not get an answer, until he asked again. "Or are you going to sulk... like a kid who lost his lollipop?"Antonio stared coldly at the curtain, looking at the silhouette of The Handler whose identity he still didn't know until now.Antonio sighed, unwilling to linger. "I won't beat around the bush and get straight to the reason of my come. Can I get my system back?"***Victor was living a better and normal life. He kept himself busy to take care of his business, and h
Ding dong! Ding dong!Victor was completely distracted when he heard his apartment doorbell keep ringing. He looked at the clock and squawked in annoyance."It's still 6am. Who comes this early?" Victor asked and protested, but it felt like the bell wouldn't even stop even if he ignored it.Lazily and sulking, Victor limped to the door and saw who his guest was."Good morning."His building neighbor and sister, Violet."What are you doing this early?""To teach you, of course. You gave me that order yesterday!""But not this early! Do you know what time it is?""It's 6am and people are usually on the move! What's your problem that you sound like you want to protest?"Victor sighed, still sleepy. "Didn't I tell you when you could come over?"Violet shook her head. "No, you didn't. So you can't blame me now.""Then come in an hour. That's an order." Victor was about to close the door again, but Violet held him back and forced her way in."I won't do it. I want us to study from now on."
Violet sighed and her shoulders dropped slightly. Her eyes looked tired from the indirect accusations Victor had been making."Can you just think that I helped you because I wanted to return the favor without associating my father?""Unfortunately, not." Victor replied quickly and with certainty. "I still want to keep an eye on you. You look like you could do anything for your father. Betraying me shouldn't be that difficult, right?""Victor, you and my father are two different things to me.""Really?" Victor still looked incredulous."Well, what do you want me to do to make you trust me?"Victor paused, thinking. "Nothing," he replied. "Just make sure you won't betray me in the end."Violet didn't respond, as she couldn't seem to persuade Victor with words for now."Do you have a plan for your business yet?" Violet asked, changing the subject.Victor shook his head. Taking a sip of his fresh milk to refresh his mind."I might start out as an amateur, but I still have my doubts that I
"Vania Leighton?"Victor was surprised to hear who Violet was talking about."Yes.""She's Mrs. Sera's second child, Veneza's older sister and Vander's younger sister?""Yes. You remember what she does for a living, right? She's the finance director at one of the subsidiaries of my father's company. Of the Leighton siblings, she's the smartest when it comes to arithmetic!"Victor remembered who Vania was. She was an intelligent and accomplished woman. But Victor hadn't forgotten who she was either."You're thinking of getting Vania to work with me? Even though you know all the kids in the Leighton family hate me?" Victor asked, sounding insecure.Violet replied simply. "I don't hate you.""What?""I don't hate you, you know that, right? Vania and I are on pretty good terms, I'll talk to her. The important thing is that you prepare the highest offer to persuade her."Victor sighed. "I can even pay her very handsomely, but usually pride is not easy to buy. Hating me is like a tradition
Victor had just arrived back at his apartment after a long day out. He took care of quite a few things today and it was all about his business."I've got a few people lined up to work for my company, just need to fill the rest of the vacant positions and I can open the company. I find Violet to be very useful, it's lucky I didn't actually kick her out that time," Victor said, drinking a cold water and then taking it to relax on the couch. "I just need to find someone who can take Vania's place, but Violet hasn't even found someone as good as Vania at handling finances. Is she really that good?"When it came to Vania, Victor was reminded of the somewhat strange ending to their meeting three days ago."Damian Huppert... he's the son of the mayor of Boston, Magnun Huppert. He seems normal, but why did Vania look so pressured yesterday?" Victor remembered Vania's striking expression. "She was trying to be calm, but she even rushed just to explain her reason for meeting me. It was as if mis
Victor was stunned and stood still to see what the system had to offer."I can find out which users are blacklisted?" he said, slightly incredulous. "That means I can know who the previous owner of the system was? This is interesting."[Yes]Victor pressed the system screen and decided to find out who the blacklisted users were.[Sorry, the list of blacklisted users is locked][Reach level 50 to see the list]Victor looked confused. "The system offered but it still can't be unlocked," Victor said, a little annoyed but then he sighed. "It doesn't matter, I don't think it's important anyway. There's no way the blacklisted users are people who are near to me, right? The system must have selected users randomly and far apart."Victor didn't mind and prepared for bed, the night was also getting late and Victor was feeling rather tired."System, close."[Closing the Unlimited Dollar System]Victor walked to his big bed, not thinking about changing into his pajamas and preparing to flop onto