"Sorry, please give me one more chance." Kylie tried so hard to convince him.

She badly wanted to take back all of her mistakes. Plus, she wanted to convince Aiden that giving up on her had been a terrible decision!

Lucas approached her and tried to taunt her: "They don't want to see you. Get out and stop embarrassing the company."

Kylie clenched her fist and looked at the director.

Even though the camera wasn't running, she still wanted to prove herself in front of the director. She had made up her mind to give it her best shot and was stepping forward when someone suddenly grabbed her by the arm.

"Are you Kylie Finch?"

Lucas and Kylie looked at each other with suspicion. Her agent had already stripped Kylie of her fanbase. How could anyone know her name?

"I am." Kylie stepped forward.

"Your previous roles have mostly been villains, so I don't think you're the perfect match for Blossom. But I have another role for you—Do you want to give it a try?"

The man was polite and smiled at Kylie. She had no clue who he was.

Lucas didn't look happy about the situation, but he couldn't say too much without knowing more about this stranger. "I'm her agent. The company will decide which role she'll take!"

The man didn't even glance at Lucas but said to Kylie: "You can say no. That's alright."

"Of course I'll try!" She nodded enthusiastically.

The gods were smiling down on her! How could she turn down any opportunity!

After glancing through the script for a few minutes, she decided to audition for the role. The vice director in front of her was still in charge. "Hurry up! Don't waste our time."

The director lazily sprawled on a chair after a long day. Then Kylie suddenly began her performance in front of the camera: "Nonsense! You snobbery mother-fucker!"

The director immediately woke up and stared at the woman on the screen. He was speechless after witnessing her performance.

When Kylie finished the audition, she returned to her lazy, indifferent self. "Thank you for the opportunity."

"Good, good, good." The director repeated the same word three times, then asked her: "Are you from Garcia Entertainment?"

Lucas stood next to her, and reluctantly said: "I'm her agent."

"Very well. Can you explain to me your understanding of the role?" He smiled at Kylie.

Tea House was a war drama. It centered on the female star named Annie, who made a living by making tea. Her father forced her to marry an old businessman, but right after the marriage, their home was robbed by criminals.

She was silent for a moment, then said: "Before she finally loses it, Annie can endure all sorts of injustice. Bottom line, she always surprises everyone."

Kylie was the same. As she spoke those words, her eyes gleamed with pride.

After she had left, the vice director couldn't stop complimenting her performance: "This girl is from Garcia Entertainment? I didn't even know they have such good actresses."

The scriptwriter was also very excited: "Did you see her eyes? When Annie was forced to marry that old man, her eyes were full of obedience. But when they went bankrupt, her eyes filled with pride and toughness. She did such a fantastic job!"

The vice director thought of something and asked the producer: "You don't know her, so how did you decide to recommend her after taking a call?"

The producer smiled mysteriously. "Because the role was made for her!"

"Did you say that Lord Ethan wants to invest in her? But she's from Garcia Entertainment!"

***

There were so many people at the private club. Kylie held onto his arm and walked through the other guests.

"Sir, did you bring me here to show off in front of your ex?" She had performed well at the audition, so she was happy. "Then you've come to the right person. I have a lot of experience dealing with those bitches."

There was a giant, heart-shaped cake at the party, so she reckoned someone would be proposing tonight.

"Ex, indeed." The man nodded.

He was so tall that when he spoke, his low, deep voice was way over her head. "I'm looking forward to your performance."

Kylie smiled with suspicion.

She looked at him: he stood straight. How could men like him ever be dumped? He must have been the one to take the initiative to leave.

Perhaps thinking the same thing, many of the guests who walked by, looked his way with admiration. But apparently, they had no interest in looking at Kylie the same way.

She smiled and didn't really care. She circled his waist with her arm, and whispered in a deep voice: "If I help you out today, does that mean I don't have to pay for your car?"

He lowered his head and looked at her large breasts and white skin.

On their way to the banquet, he had brought her out for a formal dress, and a haircut. Now, unlike when he had first seen her, she looked like a lady.

This woman was so flexible.

"Of course." His mouth moved into a slight smile, and he added in a low voice: "But don't forget about our deal."

Deal? Did he mean those absurd requirements?

Kylie jokingly responded: "Sir, you're too old to be a virgin. You can forget about our deal."

His eyebrows twitched, and he looked at her with dark eyes. He sounded cold. "How do you know that I'm not a virgin? We should try it once before you make that assessment."

Kylie instinctively wanted to refuse him, but she noticed a beautiful girl wearing a white princess dress.

When that girl had first arrived, many guests had greeted her, so Kylie assumed she must be the star of that evening.

So she tightened her hold of the man's waist and turned her back to the pretty girl. "She's coming. Get close to me," Kylie whispered to her companion.

He glanced at the girl, then lowered his eyes. He kissed Kylie on the forehead.

She knew that he was just pretending, but when she felt his warm breath, her heart began to quicken its pace.

She shifted her eyes in an attempt to distract herself. Then she suddenly noticed her father and stepmother in the crowd.

They were both dressed up and smilingly greeting guests.

After her mother had died, her father, Laurence Finch, had married Alice Davis. Kylie's relationship with them wasn't great. They would never have taken her to a banquet, so she didn't want to confront them there.

She wanted nothing more than to hide from them.

She snuggled against him, like a cat against his chest.

He was surprised by this, but his lip twitched into a smile.

Meanwhile, Kylie sensed the beautiful girl stop beside them. She stared at Kylie, and the man hugged her more tightly. The girl stormed away.

Was this a victory for Kylie?

When Laurence Finch and Alice Davis went off in another direction, Kylie emerged from his arms and started to breathe freely again.

But before she could feel too much relief, she heard a very familiar voice.

A man on the center stage was talking into a microphone. “I’m so delighted that you can all be here to join my engagement party. Then please witness this glorious moment with me!”

Kylie suddenly felt nervous. That sound...

She slowly turned her head towards the stage, and to no surprise, there was Aiden, holding the microphone.

His engagement party?

She hadn’t heard anything about this, so it was clear that she wasn’t the one being proposed to.

Kylie raised her head and angrily stared at her companion’s chin. “Are you trying to make fun of me?”

Hadn’t he said that they were here to see his ex? How had it turned into Aiden’s engagement party? He had momentarily saved her from Aiden, only to bring her back to him? What did he want? Was it his intention to embarrass her in front of all these people?

Then Kylie regretted her instinct to believe this strange, dangerous man. He looked so calm, but was he actually plotting some evil plan?

That man lowered his head to look at the angry woman by his side. He took out a cigar and lit it.

Surrounded by a cloud of smoke, she could no longer read his expression, but she managed to catch a glimpse of his twitching lip.

At that moment, she wanted to escape that place.

She could see a smiling Aiden, still on stage, bringing forth a pretty little box. Kylie’s feet were fixed to the floor. She couldn’t seem to move.

Aiden hadn’t yet noticed Kylie’s presence, but many of his guests already had. They mostly knew about their relationship, so they kept their distance and let her walk past them towards the stage.

At first, Aiden was surprised to see her; then, he was furious.

After a mere three seconds, he got off the stage and walked towards another person—a gorgeous woman among the crowd.

That woman acted as though she was surprised, and softly said: “Oh my God, what are you doing?”

Aiden kneeled and lifted his hands high, which held the ring.

“Khloe, would you marry me? I will love you forever with my whole heart.”

It was so beautiful, and all the guests looked so surprised. They looked back and forth from Khloe to Kylie.

At that moment, Khloe timidly replied: “Andre, I love you too. But...”

“That’s enough!” Aiden said with frustration. “No one can tear us apart.”

He looked at Kylie, who was not too far away and glared angrily. Then he softly gazed at Khloe.

“Khloe, I don’t love her. I love you. Please say yes.”

Khloe’s eyes turned red, and she looked beseechingly at him. “Don’t be like this. My sister would be heartbroken. She treats you so well. I can’t do anything that’ll disappoint her.”

Aiden suddenly looked at Kylie with a cold expression, and raised his voice at her: “Kylie Finch, we’re broken up now. Don’t even think about hurting her!”

Hurt that bitch? What a joke!?

A few hours ago, Khloe had been begging her for forgiveness!

Laurence Finch and Alice Davis had dressed up for the event.

So, was she the only one who hadn’t known about the engagement party?

Was she the black sheep in her family?!

When she looked around, she saw Laurence in the crowd. But he didn’t seem to want to do anything besides hiding amongst the other guests.

But she noticed that he looked her way with hate. It was like she was an embarrassment to him.

Her sister had stolen her boyfriend, and he blamed her?!

Then she began to hear to whispers around her:

“What’s happening? Two sisters have the same husband?”

“What can she do now?”

“I said it before. Aiden wouldn’t love a woman like her. He must like cuter girls, like everyone else.”

“Kylie Finch is doomed. She has so many enemies now because of Aiden.”

“She’s pathetic.”

Even though Kylie was heartbroken, she had to act as if she didn’t care what happened, or what people said.

She had to fight back.

“I’ve got to say, you play it well, Khloe. I was thinking about how to dump him, and now here you are. I must thank you.”

Kylie smiled happily, but Aiden felt guilty when he recognized the man standing next to her.

That man looked at them. Though he didn’t speak, everyone could feel his power. Then, he placed his hands on Kylie’s shoulders.

Kylie instinctively wanted to push his hands away, but she realized that Aiden wanted to embarrass her, and she couldn’t let that happen.

She grabbed his tie and pulled his ear close to her mouth. From a distance, they looked like a sweet couple, but Kylie angrily whispered: “Asshole, if you don’t want me to kill you, then do what I say.”

The man gently touched her head, which made Kylie’s heart beat faster. Then he whispered into her ear: “They call me Lord P.”

Lord, my ass! Kylie thought.

She was furious but continued to smile. “Actually, I’ve been with Lord P. for a while now. He’s so handsome, and we’ve unlocked some new positions together. It’s so unforgettable.”

Unlocked new positions?

That was maybe the best, strangely-put phrase Lord P. had ever heard. He was smiling.

Watching them being so close and comfortable around each other, Aiden was shaking with anger. Kylie had loved him for five years, but she’d never been so warm.

That Lord P. he barely knew, had stolen her away in front of the coffee shop.

He wasn’t happy to hear the news, so he pointed at Kylie and spoke: “Kylie Finch, you shameless bitch! You said you loved me, but you immediately went to find yourself another man!”

Kylie shrugged helplessly and said: “I didn’t want it to happen like this. But when my options are a needle mushroom and a king oyster mushroom, of course, I’d choose the king oyster!”

“You...who are you calling a needle mushroom?”

“Oh, why do you ask if you don’t think it’s you?”

Everyone was laughing.

At that time, Khloe was jealous of her sister. She had been lying on her face after the events of the coffee shop, so she had never seen the man’s face.

But in comparison with Aiden, who was wearing the same black Armani suit, that new man looked much more handsome. He looked cold but powerful.

And whoever was invited to the banquet came from a wealthy, notorious family. But Khloe couldn’t place which family this outstanding man belonged to.

Most importantly, she wonders, when did Kylie get to know him?

Khloe hadn’t expected Kylie to come to the party. But what was bothering her most, was that she came accompanied by such an amazing man!

Khloe stared at Lord P., and Aiden sensed how she felt for him. He sneered at Kylie.

“Kylie, this man must be some actor you hired. I know you want to ruin my engagement party, but don’t forget that everyone here knows who you really are!”

Aiden tried to convince himself that this man wasn’t from a rich family. There weren’t too many big wealthy families in Seattle that he didn’t know. Plus, he couldn’t believe that man could afford a Knight XV.

After hearing those words, Khloe finally stopped looking at Lord P. with great admiration. Instead, she felt sorry for Kylie. “Sister, you can hit me if you hate me. But please don’t ruin your reputation...It could damage your career...”

Then she really cried.

But Kylie smiled with great happiness. “He may be an actor to you, but he’s the one I love most. And you...”

She shook her head. “Since you just proposed to Khloe, why do you even care who I’m with? Do you want both of us?”

Her question made Aiden so embarrassed. He was furious about being humiliated. He raised his hands to call security: “Take these two away.”

Elliot, one of the guards, was about to step forward when someone loudly announced: “Mr. Parker is here.”

Matthew Parker was about fifty years old and looked amazing for his age. His wife, Taylor, and their daughter, Nicole, were standing next to him.

After seeing his father, Aiden became more confident and quickly walked towards Matthew Parker.

He stood up straight. “Dad, Kylie Finch brought a man to destroy my engagement party.”

When he heard Kylie Finch’s name, Matthew’s face darkened.

As a businessman, he only cared about profit. Khloe Finch was her father’s favorite and obvious inheritor, so Matthew had agreed to this engagement.

But Kylie Finch had loved Aiden for five years, and every rich family in Seattle knew about it.

So the Parker family really owed Kylie an apology, and Matthew knew this. His eyebrow twitched, and he turned his head around. But when he saw the man standing beside Kylie, he froze in place.

Aiden sneered and pointed at Lord P. “Dad, and it’s him. He’s the actor hired by Kylie.”

“Shut up!” Matthew Parker raised his voice, and it frightened Aiden. But Aiden continued to say: “It’s him...”

When Matthew Parker approached them, Kylie stood in front of Mr. P and stretched out her arms. No matter who he was or whether he was a friend or an enemy, she’s the one who had put him in that situation, and she wouldn’t allow anything bad to happen to him.

After seeing how protective she was, Lord P.’s eyes darkened. He wanted to push her aside, but she refused to move.

“You should blame me for this.” Kylie stretched her arms out further, like a protective mother.

“Move.” Matthew Parker sounded angry.

“No,” Kylie said with certainty. “He’s with me. Please don’t hurt him.”

Even though Lord P. looked like he might be a good fighter, he one alone against all the Parkers and Matthew wanted to push Kylie out of the way, but when he glimpsed Lord P’s eyes, he put his hands down.

“Aiden,” Matthew instructed.

On hearing his name, Aiden immediately went to his side. He stared at Kylie and said: “Dad, today is a big day for me. Let the guards kick them out.”

“Nonsense!” Matthew said angrily.

Aiden was shocked. He began to think that his father wouldn’t kick them out because he was worried about embarrassing himself in front of all the guests.

He wanted to punch Lord P., but Parker was an important name. Something of that sort couldn’t be done in a public place.

Kylie acted like she felt calm, but she was terrified the whole time. She knew that they didn’t like him, and their only reason for not saying anything bad about her was due to her relationship with Aiden.

She was at the banquet; they must have thought she was just there to destroy it.

Although she was very agitated, the hands on her shoulders were warm and provided assurance.

That’s when Kylie finally learned something about Lord P.

Even though he didn’t say anything the whole time, his power was so strong that everyone felt ill at ease. Kylie almost believed that those guards didn’t throw them out because they were afraid of him.

As she struggled about what to do next, Lord P. spoke:

“Brother.”

Matthew suddenly began to laugh, and Kylie thought the sound was disgusting. “I was thinking about sending people to pick you up, but here you are—good...”

Had she heard, right? Brother? Were they brothers? So he was Aiden’s uncle? That mysterious man?

She had heard stories about him. Some said he had joined special forces. Some said he had become a terrorist. Anyway, everyone in Seattle was terrified and in awe, every time they heard his name.

Why had he returned to such a high profile?

Kylie and Khloe were lost.

“Uncle?” Aiden kept saying it. He looked so guilty to have not recognized his own family. Ethan Parker was like a god in their family. What had he accused him of? That he was an actor hired by Kylie? What’s wrong with him? How could he have said such things about Ethan Parker?

Aiden felt so nervous and afraid. He grabbed Khloe’s hands with so much strength that she had to pull back in pain.

Khloe ground her teeth. She had thought Kylie would cry after losing Aiden has Kylie had cried when Khloe had become part of her family.

Khloe was Laurence Finch’s illegitimate child. Laurence had eventually married Khloe’s mother, Alice Davis, and he loved them both very much.

But Kylie’s existence simply reminded him of his embarrassing past. After his first wife, and Kylie’s mother had committed suicide, Kylie had been kicked out of the family due to disobedience.

Khloe had not expected the best moment of her life to be ruined by Kylie.

But Kylie was totally lost; she couldn’t hear anything that was being said between Matthew Parker and Ethan Parker.

She was totally lost. All of it had happened so quickly. She licked her lips and wanted to run away.

She had gotten herself caught in a messy situation. If Ethan Parker were to tell the others about her lies, her career would be over. And she didn’t have the means to mess with rich people like him.

But Ethan Parker gripped her arms and didn’t let her leave.

He lowered his upper body and softly said: “An ugly girlfriend must still meet the family. Why are you so nervous?”