A really tempting picture

"what nonsense! How vile do you take us to be?! It's only because your awful daughter had put Roxanne in too much problem that is why I detest her. Now you want to make us look like evil doers" Grandma Andres banged her hand on the table and roared righteously. If one didn't know better they would think she was really repulsed by Suzy's suggestions, rather she was only trying to make Suzy swear to taking the whole blame for the plan and exempt them both from it.

Sure enough Suzy fell for her words "no no mother. This has nothing to do with you. I'm the one that is vile so I'll do it alone. That bast*rd has put my whole family in problems times and times again. If I her mother doesn't teach her by doing this then who would?"

"mother doesn't have to get involved, I would do everything myself and bring justice to Roxanne. She is only an illegitimate child how can she make things difficult for the real young miss" She swore.

"fine" The Old lady snorted "since you said you would then do it. Just make sure no harm comes to our family. Also teach that daughter of your a real lesson. She must learn that our family has every right over her. Hmph!"

"Yes yes mother"

Roxanne put on a pitiful expression and sighed "Grandma do you really think Gisele with listen to aunty Suzy. She has all those wealth and even the power to make my career go through loops. I doubt she would pay any attention to our warning"

She directly dumped the whole blame of her struggles on Gisele. Why couldn't she? The b*tch would still be her dump doll no matter if she was married to a old man or not.

"Don't worry Roxanne. I'll make sure she allocates a lot of resources to your career. I'll draw up a contract and make her sign it. Even if she changes her mind in future, with the contract she would always be at your neck and call. How dare she resign from her post as your assistant. I'll make sure she comes begging you with both her knees on the ground"

What an irony. The mother was ready to put her daughter through a lot of humiliation just to satisfy her step daughter. If Gisele comes to know of the words her mother uttered today, she might really faint from anger.

Anger of having her years wasted for nothing. It would have even been better to live her whole life being laughed at for not having a mother than to have such an irresponsible woman as her mother.

The loathsome family completed their plans on how to take care of their seemingly Unfilial illegitimate miss. Not showing any worries or even giving it any thought that their plans might not go the way they wanted.

Each already had an imagination at heart. Roxanne could already imagine how she would climb from being a C-list actress to being an A-list actress after having all Gisele's wealth allocated to her. Old woman Andres could see their family business thriving more than it used to. With money gotten from that illegitimate granddaughter of hers, her family could and might just be able to win the government project her son was vying for. Perhaps when they do, their family would be known amongst not only government officials but even every socialiste in Country H would come to pay homage to them.

Suzy was not left behind in this world of hopes and dreams. When her plans go well, she could finally see the Andres family begin to look at her in a new light. She would finally get to live the affluent life the madam of any Noble house get to live. Her Mother-in-law would also never bring up the issue of throwing her out of the house anymore. All she had to do was teach that daughter of hers a lesson and all her problems would be over.

Daughter you have yourself to blame, you should have conceded when mother asked nicely. Now don't blame mother for acting harshly. Just wait and get ready.

Sneeze—

Gisele sneezed and rubbed her nose at the same time. She looked around and wondered where the sudden chill was coming from, even under the hot water showers she felt a sudden cold come over her.

Was someone plotting something against her?

She turned the shower pouring water on her body and sighed. It was late already but no matter how she tossed and turned, she could not go to sleep. Her anxiousness had left her with some design idea so she had been up sketching and at last she decided to take a late night bath to calm her worried heart.

Back in her room. Her drawing things were still laid bare on the table, she had not even closed her sketchbook yet.

A slim hand stretched forward and picked up the sketchbook.

Devon had an astonished look on his face. The design on the page he was looking at was fresh, the ink stain and pencil mark depth still vivid. Even so, it was hard to believe such a wonder had only come to life few hours ago.

The design had a dark theme, probably an inspiration from the fallen angels era still no body would give a prejudice about wearing it. He was still marvelling at the piece of art when he heard footsteps behind him.

Gisele was surprised to see the man in the room. Subconsciously she gripped the towel wrapped around her chest tightly. Absolutely grateful this was not one of those many times she had decided to come out of the bathroom in her birthday suit.

A hard glint flashed through Devon's eyes when he saw the girl. Her waist length hair was dripping clear drops of water on her shoulders, as the drops rolled on her skin, his eyes couldn't help but follow. Her fair shoulders were bare for him to see, only a towel hanging from her chest to just below her butt.

The towel was absolutely not doing justice to covering her body. He couldn't see through it but with how it hugged her body, it plainly put a picture of everything in his head.

A really tempting picture.

"What are you doing here?" Gisele stumped towards him and snatched her sketchbook out of his head, she went ahead to close it and organizing the things on the table whilst still gripping on her towel like her life depended on it.

Devon pushed himself off the table and walked to the other end of the room and leaned on the wall. The cherry blossom scent emanating from the girl's fresh-out-of-shower body was too misleading, he had no choice but to distance himself from her to keep his train of thoughts intact.

"I was told you wanted to confess" He was at first going to ask if she drafted true design on the sketchbook but changed his mind at the last second.

Confess?

Who told him such nonsense?

"There's nothing to confess. I didn't do anything wrong" Gisele replied in the same matter-of-fact tone.

Devon snorted "Then we have nothing to discuss"

"Are you really that bent on blaming me for something I didn't do or perhaps is this a way of punishing me for taking your lover's place?" Gisele questioned before he could start striding away.

He paused and frowned lightly "No one can take her place"

Gisele rolled her eyes and really had to stop herself from facepalming. She had asked two questions right now but he had only caught the part of her taking his lover's place. How much in love was he with his girlfriend?

In a way she felt jealous. Which girl wouldn't want to be loved and cherished like he loved his girlfriend. In all her stay in the Andres family house, she had never considered falling in love before but if such love does comes her way in future, she really won't think twice on accepting it.

"Haven't you done all your investigations already? Is it so hard to see that you had misunderstood me?"

"all I see is you having a good skill of hiding your escapades. It's a shame my grandfather is also aiding you to hide this amorous lover of yours. I thought he would know better" He spat out contemptuously.

Gisele frowned in cue.

Amorous?

If there was anyone amorous here it purely was him. Look at the kettle calling pot black.

And what was this about his grandfather helping to hide her lover? Does that mean he couldn't find out she was with Miss Claudia? Was that why there was suddenly a Keith Johnson?

In a way she was grateful to the old man. She had been worried Devon would have made trouble for the woman if he had found out that she had broken his rule to go be with her. Now she was less worried and could finally relax. No one else had to be affected in her complicated life.