Go Thump-Thump

The first puzzle: The girl comes to the gallery every day.

The second puzzle: Every time they meet... Well, only two times, the girl seems eager to talk about V as if she wanted to meet him in person.

The third puzzle: Whatever it sounds like, the girl has never seen his works. This girl only heard it from people and said that she wanted to meet V without knowing his work. It was really weird.

The fourth puzzle: A few weeks ago, Frank told him Star Risen wanted his services for Star Risen's newest hotel to advertise.

The last puzzle: This girl was the new secretary to the CEO of the Star Risen hotel who wants his services

After putting all the puzzles together, it only made sense that this girl used an excuse as a fan to meet V.

"I guess you're not a fan of V. You're just using that excuse to get V to accept an offer to advertise the Star Risen hotel. Isn't that right?"

Seeing the pale face and the shock of the girl's expression, Vincent snorted. It turned out that his guess was right.

"I didn't know Paxton's new secretary could be this good at acting. Let me tell you one thing. V Collection never takes on clients who are full of pretense or sheer acting. What's more, we hate people who always insist on their will and lie to achieve their goals."

"I'm amazed by your enthusiasm, but you'd better give up. V will never take this job."

Vincent said it sharply and firmly as if no one would be able to change his decision.

He could no longer stand in one place with the girl and felt he was holding her long enough to go back to his cousin... Vincent walked back into the hall.

"It is right," said Cathy plainly, making Vincent's steps stop. "My main goal is to convince V to take this project. I'm sure I can convince him to accept our request. That's why I'm trying hard to find a way to meet him. I only need five minutes. No. Two minutes. Just two minutes, I'll reassure him. But I never lie or pretend."

Vincent raised an eyebrow seeing the high confidence of the girl.

"Frank himself assumed that I was a big fan of V. I did not confirm it, nor I confirmed that conclusion."

"When I say that his work can make a person's heart feel warm and happy, I'm not lying. I saw it with my own eyes and heard it directly from the visitors there. In their gazes, I could see the light of admiration and happy smiles on everyone who came to the gallery."

"How about you? It seems you don't like our work yourself. Why can you be sure V's abilities will satisfy your CEO?"

Vincent could see the girl was biting her lip hard.

"I have my reasons," answered Cathy quietly. However, Vincent could still hear it and caught a sad tone in her voice.

"I can't enjoy the beauty of this world. Not only V's work, but I can't even enjoy the beauty of this garden, either," she answered while shifting her body facing sideways, stretching out her left hand and pointed her finger towards the garden.

"No matter how breathtaking the scenery in front of my eyes, I won't be able to see it."

What unreasonable logic! Thought Vincent, mockingly rolling his eyes.

It only meant one thing. This girl's heart was dead, and Vincent was eager to stay away from this kind of girl.

Despite his eagerness to avoid this girl, Vincent couldn't help but curious about what the girl would do to convince him... more precisely to the legendary V.

After all, not many girls have great pride and confidence like this angel-like girl.

"All right. Then try convincing me as if you're convincing V. I wonder how you did it."

"You're not even V. What am I doing it for?" Cathy walked over to Vincent with steps without fear or hesitation.

Cathy took off the coat she had borrowed before returning it to the owner.

Vincent took back his coat, and before he could retort, Cathy had spoken first.

"About pretense, aren't you more skilled than me? The reason why you brought me here, don't you just want to help that woman so that I'm not on Mr. Ben's side?"

An eyebrow lifted Vincent... how did that girl know?

Perhaps because their gap was closer than ever, Vincent could see the golden flecks on the girl's eyes. They were so mesmerizing to the point he couldn't take his eyes off them.

"Though you liked her, but instead helped her get close to other men. What a coward." Cathy said her last sentence in a cold tone before finally walking back past the man who was still standing in his place.

Meanwhile, Vincent stared blankly at the coat he was holding. Slowly, yet steadily a thin smile was adorned on his handsome face. Not the sarcastic nor cold sneer that he had shown before, but it was a soft and gentle smile.

How could a girl emit such dazzling eyes? There was no fear or doubt but full of pride and confidence. Even the sparkle in her eyes showed an overwhelming sense of belief, and he simply couldn't take his eyes off the girl who had just scolded him.

He found it oddly funny when the girl thought he had special feelings towards Felicia, and Vincent barely holds his laughter when the girl claimed he was too coward to approach Felicia.

Vincent holds his left chest with his right hand to feel his heart beating rapidly.

This is the first time someone caused his heart jumped rapidly like this, isn't it?

Does it mean...?

[author: Finally, our dear ML go thump-thump]