"Here," Dylan said then placed a check on the table in front of her. Maezhei raised her head, glanced at the check on the table then she looked at Dylan without emotions on her eyes.
"What's that?" she asked, confused.
"Ten million dollars," he answered.
"Why are you giving me that?" she coldly asked.
"Zhei, don't do anything that you will regret."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Give up the role of 'Ultimate Love'." he ordered.
Maezhei put down her phone and looked at him with disingenuous smile. "Oh? Tell me, did Silica asked you?"
Dylan went silent.
So, she was right. It's her again! F*ck.
"Zhei, it's not like that. We only want what's best for you---" she cut him off.
"Best for me? Or best for her?" she said sarcastically.
It seemed that Dylan was worn out of patience and he slapped his hand down on the table. "Maezhei! You know better than me what a girl like you will encounter in the entertainment industry! Why do you have to be so stubborn!"
"Hah, a girl like me..." Maezhei smiled slightly.
"Why? What do you think a girl like me will do? Huh, Dylan? Are you thinking that I will sleep----"
"That's not what I meant!" Dylan cut her off. "Zhei, even if we broke up, I've always treated you as my little sister, and I just want to help you. Just accept the money, cancel your role and leave the entertainment industry! I don't want you to be like the others! They used their body----"
"So, that's why?" she cut him off and looked at him coldly.
"Is that what you think of me?" Maezhei smiled sarcastically then she looked at him angrily, "You want to help me, right?" she asked.
"Of course!" Dylan answered quickly.
"Then help me tell to everyone that Silica is not the real daughter of the Dayone Group!"
"Maezhei, I..." Dylan paled. "I-If I do that, it'll be over for Silica... and you know how she loved being an actress. She also consider the Dayone as her own family."
Though it was the answer Maezhei had expected, her heart still throbbed painfully.
Maezhei sneered, "How about me? Am I not part of the family? I am the real daughter of the Dayone but why am I treated like an adopted daughter? Even my most trusted person left me! Do you know what that feels?! I feel betrayed! YOU betrayed me!! But did you even consider my feelings?!"
Dylan fell silent right after she said those words.
He then muttered, "Maezhei, that's not what I meant. Silica and I have already apologized to you for this matter, and we have been trying to make it up to you. Why can't you just let it go?"
Maezhei picked up her bag and stood up. This talk is nonsense but before she left she turned and looked at him in the eyes.
"Hah! You ask me to let it go? You betrayed me and destroyed my life! You won't know how much it hurts unless it happens to you! Expect me to forgive the two of you? I'm not that saintly!" Maezhei stalked away after saying her piece.
What a bad luck! I shouldn't have talked to him! Ugh.
"Maezhei!" he called but she didn't stop and glanced at him again.
Luckily she saw an empty cab right after she went out of the restaurant.
When she was seated already, she fish out her phone on her bag and was shocked when she saw two missed calls and three replies from Zake. She didn't expect him to reply because she expects him to be busy righyt now. He was a big boss after all.
Maezhei read his messages.
Zake: Why? Is there something wrong?
Zake: It's okay. Just stay safe.
Zake: What time are you going here? I can fetch you.
Maezhei did not replied to him anymore, she was on her way anyway.
***
In the Study Room.
The photo, which was taken half a year ago, was just a snapshot taken during one of Doctor Z's surgeries.
The subject wore a surgical cap, and their body was wrapped tightly all around. All one could tell was that it was a thin and slender woman. She was looking down, her cat-like eyes slightly downcast with a focused and serious look in them.
Those eyes look a little familiar…
Zake quickly dismissed the thoughts in his mind. She can't possibly that doctor, right? Besides isn't she an actress?
Doctor Z is the most amazing surgeon in the world, and they can perform even the most difficult operations. They are a legend in the industry! However, they're very mysterious.
There was no visible emotion on Zake's face, making people unable to tell what he was thinking.
"Big bro, what are you doing?" Zifan asked upon entering the room. He then sneaked behind Zake and saw that the computer's black screen was densely packed with various intertwined lines. Among them, a red dot was slowly moving.
It was Doctor Z, the person whom Zake had been keeping tabs on for half an hour.
With a solemn look, he was about to continue tracking her movements when the red dot suddenly flashed a few times and disappeared.
"…."
The temperature in the room dropped by a few degrees.
A silly Zifan said, "You've lost her, Kuya."
Zake slowly raised his head, his dark eyes has a discomfiting sight. He slowly said, "I can see that very well."
Zifan instantly shut up.
There was a silence in the whole room when they suddenly heard a 'beep' sound.
Zake reached for his phone to read the message.
"Big bro, who texted? Is it Mom? What did she says?" Zifan asked.
Since it was Zake's private phone then it's probably her Mom or Dad who texted him. Not many people have his private number after all.
Zake didn't respond to his younger brother and looked at the message. His lips suddenly curved up a little when he saw the name.
[Maezhei: Mr. Deguzs, I'll be late. Something came up.]
Zifan noticed his brother smile and instantly intrigued.
What did his Mom text to him that made my brother smile? Wait, why did he only texted him and not me?!
"Big bro, what did Mom say? Why are you smiling? Why didn't she texted me too? This is so unfair!"
Lawrence glanced at Zifan and sighed mentally. The situation in the Deguzs family was so complicated, and everyone there was an elite whose thoughts was people could hardly fathom. How did they produce such a simpleton?
But he was also shocked when he saw his Big boss smiled like that. He never saw his cold Big boss' smile! It was just a text, right?
What did Mrs. Deguzs message to make him smile like that?! Or it is not Mrs. Deguzs who texted him?
--hidayawu--