The assistant on the other end stammered, “Abigail… Uh… He’s indeed in Centrolis.”

Abigail was delighted, but her assistant’s next sentence brought her crashing down. “But… it seems like he has a girlfriend.”

“What!?”

“That girl is an intern in the Thompson Group, working on the film studio project team.”

Lina had been busy all morning, finally getting a moment to catch her breath and take a sip of water. Just as she was about to relax, a colleague rushed over to inform her, “Lina, your mother is downstairs arguing with someone!”

“What!?” Lina almost choked on her water.

Renee quickly approached and patted her on the back, speaking softly, “Cuz, you go down and handle it. I’ll stay here and keep an eye on things.”

“Okay!”

not Aunt Linda,” Renee reassured her. “It’s likely Aunt Melissa. The people at the front desk can be snobbish. When you go down, try not to argue with them. Keep your composure as much as you can. We’ll sort it out

and

way downstairs and saw Melissa being confronted by a group of people. It wasn’t just the receptionists, but

shop and house back home, and her illness seemed to be worsening. She was afraid her condition would be exposed if she stayed

discussed it with Jesse and decided to leave quietly within the

she couldn’t bear to leave without seeing her daughter one more time and

work and had limited alone time when she visited the Hamertons, Melissa wanted

with the Thompson couple, Melissa understood that she

the impulse to get closer to her daughter. She came to the Supremacy Building and learned that Lina was working in

only did the front desk refuse her entry without an appointment, but she

they

even accused her of attempting to

sweat trickled

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