Book 1: She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement Annulment

Chapter 42

Chapter 124: The Carefree Pill's Ownership Rights

Afraid that Dr. Lincoln would realize something, Tina became terribly nervous. After looking at it left and right for a long while, Dr. Lincoln finally smiled and said, “This pill that Jon made sure is amazing. I actually can’t tell how it’s made.”

Tina, “??”

She clearly remembered that it was Dr. Lincoln who had recognized the Carefree Pill at the medical conference back then.

How come he didn’t recognize it anymore?

She didn’t have the leisure of paying that much attention to it, though. She smiled and replied, “Yes, this pill that my teacher made has a very troublesome manufacturing process, so it’s understandable that you can’t tell how it’s made.”

Dr.Lincoln nodded and said no more. He returned the pill to her.

Tina heaved a huge sigh of relief. She took the pill from him and had Ian consume it, thereby extending his lifespan again.

When she left after the routine checkup, Joel personally saw her out the door. This made her ecstatic. The head of the Smith's had actually given her such an honor!

The Smith's lived in a large manor. Joel saw her to the door in the living room and said, “Feel free to approach me if you run into any trouble in the future, Dr. York.”

This was a weighty promise from him.

Tina hesitated for a moment and said, “Mr. Smith, there is indeed something… To tell you the truth, I’ve graduated with a doctorate from the New York University School of Medicine and am currently applying to be a professor in the school…”

She wasn’t even thirty years old yet. If she became a professor at a medical university and was allowed to train graduate students, she would become a legend in the field of medicine on par with Anti!

Sure enough, Joel said dispassionately, “I see.”

‘I see’…

Tina got into the car. While she was still thinking about what he had meant by that, she received a call from the medical university’s HR department.

“Dr. York, your application has been approved. Starting today, you’re our school’s youngest professor~”

Tina, “!!!”

She looked in front of her in astonishment.

The Smith's had sent a Rolls-Royce to pick her up when she was coming over for the checkup. Then, she looked to the side—the people at the guardhouse had opened the gates respectfully and were even bowing to her.

This feeling of having people show her great respect made her feel as if her ego was about to inflate.

So, this was what it felt like to be in power.

The Smith's were already this powerful even though they were second to the Hunt's. Should she really succeed in getting Justin to fall in love with her…

Suddenly, she thought of Nora again and a contemplative look appeared in her eyes.

After leaving the Smith's, Tina suddenly looked at the chauffeur and said with a smile, “Can I trouble you to take me to Mr. Myer's place? I have something to talk to my teacher about.”

The chauffeur replied respectfully, “Okay, Dr. York.”

Jon Myer's was shouting angrily in the living room when Tina arrived at the small villa where he lived.

“How did I give birth to an animal like you?! How can you go gambling again?! You’ll spend all our savings sooner or later!”

His son, Winston Myer's, was sitting on the sofa with a cheeky smile on his face. He said, “Hurry up and make Tina marry me, then. This way, you can get her to manage the family.”

The footsteps of Tina, who was about to enter, paused slightly.

She lowered her head, a look of annoyance flashing across her eyes.

That’s right, she and Winston were classmates in college. He had courted her the whole time when they were undergraduates. When she discovered that Winston was a letdown and Jon didn’t have a reliable successor, she had feigned affection toward Winston. That was why Jon regarded her as his direct successor.

Otherwise, why would Jon treat her so well?

Tina entered the living room.

Sure enough, Jon looked at her and said, “Try and talk to him when you have the time, Tina! He’s just loafing around all day!”

Upon being reprimanded in front of Tina, Winston couldn’t take it lying down anymore. He said, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. He’s just venting his anger on me because he couldn’t figure out the Carefree Pills! Will you only stop thinking that I’m ‘loafing around all day’ if I steal the Carefree Pill formula for you?”

Jon was so angry that he took a step back and pointed at him incredulously!

Tina hurriedly stepped forward and held him. She said, “Winston, how can you talk to him like that? What’s the big deal about the Carefree Pills? It’s not like the Carefree Pills are necessarily the Anderson's anyway!”

Jon frowned and looked at her. “What do you mean?”

Tina smiled and replied, “Even though Yvette Anderson was the one who developed the Carefree Pill, it’s her daughter who brought the formula back here with her. In other words, the formula belongs to her daughter, Nora Smith. Well, Nora eventually has to get married, right?”

Married?

Something suddenly clicked in Jon’s mind and he looked straight at Winston, but right after that, he looked back at Tina again. He looked hesitant and didn’t know what to say.

Tina lowered her gaze and sighed. “Mr. Myer's, there’s actually something that I’ve never mentioned before. I’ve always regarded Winston as my brother all these years…”

Jon immediately understood what she meant. He said with a smile, “I’ve also only regarded you as my goddaughter all these years, Tina!”

Tina broke into a smile. She said, “In that case, what are you still waiting for, Mr. Myer's? If you don’t hurry, other people may approach them once they think of the same idea.”

Jon said, “I’ll get someone to talk to them about marriage right away!”

When Jon took out his cell phone and went off to deal with the matter, Tina looked at Winston and sighed. She said, “Winston, it’s Mr. Myer's wish to let the Myerses flourish. If bowing out of the picture can make you guys happy, I’ll definitely be happy to do s—”

However, Winston suddenly stood up excitedly and said, “Nora Smith… Is it the same Nora Smith who impressed everyone with her dancing at the dance

party? I remember her! She’s super pretty!”

Tina, “?!”

At the sight of the adoration in Winston’s eyes, she suddenly felt rather offended!

When Jon returned after the phone call, Tina suddenly asked, “How is your relationship with Dr. Lincoln, Mr. Myer's?”

Jon sneered, “Lincoln uses his seniority to put himself on an equal footing with me. Hah, he thinks too highly of himself!”

Did he mean that they weren’t on good terms?

In that case, this meant that Dr. Lincoln covering up the matter about the Carefree Pill for her wasn’t because Jon had asked him to.

If so, who had asked him to?

_

At the Anderson's.

Neither Melissa nor Simon expected that they would receive a guest at nine o’clock in the evening. It was Mrs. Levin, the wife of Dr. Levin, a famous surgeon in New York who was also well-known in the medical field.

The Levin's were on good terms with the Myerses. However, the Anderson's were competitors with the Myerses, so the Levins rarely visited them during all these years.

Melissa and Simon were rather surprised to see her.

Mrs. Levin, however, wasn’t a shy woman. She held Melissa’s hand and said, “Mrs. Anderson, where’s your niece Nora? I heard she beat up your sister-in-law and even stopped you from joining the Lowe's real estate investment?”

Melissa: “?”

Mrs. Levin went on. “I also heard that she insisted that you invest in stocks? Isn’t that too insensible and frivolous of her?”

Simon’s expression darkened. He found her too noisy, so he turned on the TV and switched to the financial news channel.

Chapter 125: The Lowe's Go Bankrupt!

Melissa frowned. “Are you here so late at night just to say things like that, Mrs. Levin? If so, I’m afraid you’re not welcome here!”

Mrs. Levin hastily shook her head and said, “Of course not. I’m here because I have great news for you!”

Melissa was taken aback. She was a guest after all, so she resisted the urge to kick her out and asked, “What is it?”

Mrs. Levin let herself into the living room and sat on the sofa. However, she changed the subject and said, “I gave your sister-in-law a call when I was on my way here. I actually wanted to persuade her to go home. Isn’t it awful that she’s still at her parent's home?”

Melissa had also heard that Miranda refused to go back to the Wood's after she moved back to the Sonnet's.

Farrell was determined to teach her a lesson, so he simply refused to bring her back home.

However, he didn’t expect their two children to also go to the Sonnet's after Miranda incited them to.

Miranda even threatened him by saying that unless he brought Melissa to the Sonnet's and made her apologize, he could forget about ever bringing her and the children back home!

Miranda had also, unintentionally or otherwise, revealed to outsiders that the Sonnet's had invested 30 million dollars in real estate, causing everyone in the circle to be full of envy toward the Sonnets for landing such a great opportunity.

Mrs. Levin said, “The Sonnet's are about to strike gold and make a fortune with the Lowe's. Itwon’t look good on your elder brother if he waits until then to go over! I’d advise you to go over to the Sonnet's with him and bring them back home first. After all, the children are also there!”

Melissa heaved a sigh.

What made her think that she hadn’t already tried talking to Farrell about it?

Unfortunately, he refused to listen to her. On top of that, he even said that if the children couldn’t evendistinguish between right and wrong, then they might as well not come back for life!

As Farrell was still angry, her only option left was to call Miranda.

No matter how unpleasant Miranda was, Farrell’s family would only be complete if she was there!

However, not only did Miranda give her a huge scolding again, she even said that she would make Farrell regret what he had done.

It seemed like everyone was confident that the Sonnet's were about to make it big.

In the midst of her thoughts, Mrs. Levin pursed her lips again and said, “Mrs. Anderson, you’re a knowledgeable, intelligent, sensible, and considerate person. Your sister-in-law is also a good person. Everyone in the circle knows this, so how did you guys even get to this point? It seems like Nora was the cause of it all, right?”

“Sigh, looking at it that way, Nora is totally a jinx!”

The word ‘jinx’ caused Melissa’s expression to change dramatically. She was about to retort when Mrs. Levin added, “Nevertheless, she isn’t entirely without any merits—she’s good-looking after all. And would you look at that, because someone has asked me to come over and propose marriage!”

Marriage?!

Political marriages between wealthy families were linked to the rise and fall of the families, so children of wealthy families were generally not allowed freedom in their romantic relationships. Therefore, having matchmakers visit families to propose marriage was still a popular practice.

After all, if the two families were keen, they could just reach an agreement straight away.

Melissa frowned and asked, “Who did?”

“The Myerses, of course!” Mrs. Levin laughed and said, “It’s Jon Myer's son, Winston Myer's! He said that he fell in love at first sight with Ms. Smith after seeing her at the dance party!He kicked up a huge fuss and insisted on taking Ms. Smith as his wife after he got home. Jon didn’t agree to it initially because he felt that not only did she come with baggage, but she also had a bad reputation and was even a very tough woman. But Winston Myers was very insistent. Jon simply couldn’t make him change his mind, so he could only ask me to come over and propose a marriage between the two!”

Melissa stood up angrily. “Winston Myer's? No way!”

Simon also said angrily, “How can an ignoramus like him be worthy of Nora?!”

At the sight of their reactions, Mrs. Levin pursed her lips derisively and said, “Winston Myers is certainly a little more playful than most, but Nora doesn’t have a good reputation, either! Not only did she cause the Anderson's to miss out on the Lowe's investment, but she also did the same to the Wood's. On top of that, it’s even said that she does stock trading. She must have lost a lot of money, right? Looking at it that way, Ms. Smith sure is lucky. Winston Myers is actually interested in her despite how ridiculous the things she does are. This must be a blessing for her, right?”

“To hell with your so-called ‘blessing’!”

Even Melissa, who had always been cultured and held herself with propriety, couldn’t help but swear.

She pointed at the door and shouted, “Get lost!”

How could Mrs. Levin possibly leave?

After all, Jon had said that he would give her a huge present as thanks if she could make them agree to the marriage!

She stayed right where she was and said with a smile, “Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Anderson. What’s the meaning of this? I came here to propose marriage. Even if you’re not interested, that’s no reason to drive me out, right? Or is it because Ms. Smith’s expectations are too high?”

It indeed wasn’t right to drive the matchmaker out of the house when they came over to propose marriage.

Even so, the things that Mrs. Levin said were simply too aggravating!

A surly Melissa said, “I’ve never seen anyone belittling the woman as the first thing they do when they go to someone’s place to propose marriage, either! Mrs. Levin, we’re all distinguished individuals here. If you refuse to leave, then it’s not our fault if we don’t show you any courtesy!”

Simon also said, “Don’t blame me for throwing you out if you still don’t leave!”

Mrs. Levin had come alone, so it was needless to say that she was afraid of the two of them. She walked toward the door in embarrassment, cursing as she did so.

“Hah, what right does an uneducated and unlearned woman have to look down on Winston Myers? At the very least, he didn’t produce any kids, right? Nor is he trading stocks! By the way, Mrs. Anderson, how much did she lose when she was trading in stocks?”

‘Trading stocks’, ‘losing money’…

These phrases caused Melissa to stop in her tracks. She suddenly said, “Wait a minute.”

Mrs. Levin stood still, looked back, and sneered, “What? Have you thought it through? That’s more like it! The Myerses are

still respectable people in the medical field, no matter what. It looks good on you if you form a union with them, right? As for the child…”

She let out an icy chuckle and said, “The Anderson's will have to take care of her, I suppose! Winston Myer's will never take her in. You shouldn’t have kept a little bastard like her around. Why didn’t you just send her to the orphanage?”

The things she said were simply getting more and more ridiculous!

Melissa said coldly, “Nora didn’t lose any money in stocks!”

“She didn’t?” Mrs. Levin was taken aback. “The stock market has been in turmoil lately and most stocks have fallen sharply. There’s no way nothing would have happened.”

Melissa went upstairs straightaway and got Nora to come down. She said, “Nora, show Mrs. Levin over there the stock that you bought!”

Nora, who was about to go to bed but was instead summoned downstairs for some reason: ?

She yawned and lazily took out her cell phone. She opened the stock trading app and went to the section listing the stocks in her possession.

Mrs. Levin mocked, “What? Is she really in luck and didn’t lose any money?”

Practically right after she said that, she saw the profits section on the cell phone.

The stocks that she had invested $300,000 into had already risen to $1,500,000.

Profit: $1,200,000

And this was just after a few days!

Mrs. Levin’s eyes widened big and round as she stared at the screen in disbelief.

When she confirmed that she really wasn’t seeing things, she clenched her fists.

Nevertheless, she still sneered, “So what even if you’ve made a million dollars? You were just lucky. Can you beat the Sonnet's investment in real estate?! How shortsighted of you!”

Practically right after she said that, a report suddenly appeared in the financial news!

Chapter 126: Making Mrs. Levin Eat Her Words!

Simon had never been someone good at arguing. He had found Mrs. Levin very noisy when she came in, so he had turned up the TV’s volume and made it very loud.

The financial news channel was currently reporting the latest news: “… new regulations have been announced… to control housing prices… inelastic housing prices…”

These phrases made their way faintly into the few people’s ears.

Everyone’s heads turned as one toward the TV and they watched the news report seriously. However, all they caught was just the last few words: “…brought to you by this channel.”

Mrs. Levin was dumbfounded. “What did they say just now?”

Although Melissa had already known about it a long time ago, she was nevertheless still a little surprised when she actually heard the announcement.

Why had the policy been announced so quickly?

By right, word would always vaguely get out prior to any announcements. However, they hadn’t heard anything at all this time.

As expected of the man at the top of the world, indeed. To think Justin had actually received the news so early!

However, this was no time for her to be shocked. Melissa looked at Mrs. Levin and smiled. “Didn’t you hear just now? They are going to control housing prices now! The real estate industry is not going to be lucrative anymore…”

Mrs. Levin’s eyes widened in horror.

Melissa’s lip corners curled upward.

“Sigh, Nora is such a lucky star. If she hadn’t kicked up a fuss and stopped us from investing, I might have just invested $3,000,000 into it! Speaking of which, it’s also thanks to the fuss that Nora kicked up, that my elder brother didn’t invest in real estate!”

She put on a show of gratitude and held Nora’s hand. She said, “Nora, come to think of it, it’s rather strange but the Anderson's have really received a new lease of life and been revitalized ever since you came! No matter what we encounter, everything always turned out fine in the end. You’re really a lucky star! It’s your future husband’s honor to be able to marry you!”

Mrs. Levin felt like she had been given a tight slap across the cheek when she thought of how she had called Nora a jinx just now.

Although wealthy families weren’t superstitious, they did believe in destiny. For example, some people brought luck to their husbands, some people brought luck to their wives; some people were lucky, and some people were unlucky…

Because of Miranda, everyone in the circle now knew about the incident. Originally, everyone had been calling Nora a jinx who brought chaos to the family the moment she came, but Melissa’s statement had completely reversed the situation now.

After deliberately saying that, Melissa raised her chin and looked at Mrs. Levin. She feigned surprise and exclaimed, “Eh? Why are you still here, Mrs. Levin?”

Mrs. Levin, “!”

Her visit to propose marriage today was actually a deliberate move by Jon and herself.

Otherwise, with the way she had gone about it, what was the difference between that and asking for a fight?

Jon’s intention was to have her utterly demean Nora so that the Anderson's would take the initiative to offer the Carefree Pill as a wedding gift when they got married later.

Although he had envisioned a lot of different scenarios, he hadn’t seen this coming at all!

Mrs. Levin left with her tail in between her legs, following which she called Jon and explained the situation. After thinking about it carefully, Jon actually felt that Melissa was right.

Wasn’t it exactly after she had returned that the Anderson's produced the Carefree Pill?

The Anderson's had originally already been completely suppressed in the pharmaceutical industry, but thanks to the Carefree Pill, they were gradually expanding now!

If they could get Ms. Smith to marry into the Myerses, they might just prosper, too!

With that in mind, he looked at Winston and said to Mrs. Levin over the phone, “How about this? Pay them another visit and…”

At the Anderson's.

Melissa had deliberately painted Nora as a lucky star, thereby adding another bargaining chip for her in her marital prospects.

Although Nora saw through it, she didn’t say anything.

She didn’t have any intentions of finding a husband anyway. After all, how could finding a stinky man compare to sleeping?

She stretched and went upstairs nonchalantly.

By the time she went up, Mrs. Levin had returned.

However, Melissa didn’t let her in this time. She had on an elegant dress and her delicate visage was full of pride as she said, “Mrs. Levin, I’m sure you must be very clear on how we feel about this by now. Please leave!”

Melissa cast her eyes down and said, “I have nothing to blame them for. It’s Nora’s honor to have so many suitors. It’s just a shame that she and Mr. Myers are not meant to be.”

Mrs. Levin’s lip corners spasmed.

Cultured people sure have a way of speaking. She had turned the way she came over to provoke them into her paying them a visit to ask for Nora’s hand in marriage instead. With that, once news of the incident today spread, they would be adding a lovely story to Nora’s name instead.

She gave her an embarrassed smile and said, “Mrs. Anderson, I’m just here to relay a message for the Myerses.

Mr. Myers fell in love at first sight with Ms. Smith. I was in the wrong just now. The Myerses would like a chance to talk face-to-face with Ms. Smith. After all, what if the two youngsters hit it off, right?”

Melissa raised her eyebrows and replied, “I’m afraid Nora doesn’t have time for that.”

“Why wouldn’t she? It doesn’t hurt to make a bit of time to meet, after all. How about this?

We’ll set the meet at Club Prism tomorrow. Mr. Myers has already said to be there or be square!”

Fearing that Melissa would refuse, Mrs. Levin left immediately after saying that.

After she left, Simon looked at Melissa. “Is Nora going to meet him?”

“What for?” Melissa said, “Is a wastrel who only knows how to have fun worthy of Nora? No, she’s not going!”

After speaking, she entered the house and instructed Simon, “Let’s not tell Nora about this.”

Simon also nodded. “Yeah, okay.”

Winston’s reputation in the circle was simply too horrible. Who would want to meet him?

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The next day, Nora got out of bed lazily at 7:40 sharp in the morning. After brushing her teeth, she put on a baseball cap and drove her kid to school.

Pete was sitting in the back seat. The little fellow was wearing the school uniform dress. He was pulling a long face and looked very displeased. “Mommy, why do I have to go to school?”

Nora yawned. As she looked ahead, she replied casually, “Because Cherry will be exposed if you don’t. Be good and wait a couple of days, Pete. We’ll switch you guys back when Cherry goes to the Quinn School of Martial Arts.”

Pete sighed helplessly. “Fine.”

After sending Pete to school, she went home and slept until the afternoon. After lunch, she drove to Club Prism.

It wouldn’t do to keep hiding the twins like this either.

Cherry was such an active child. It was just a matter of time before Justin would discover it. Therefore, while Justin hadn’t realized anything, she’d best she’d best just talk to him more, have him clarify what had happened back then, and resolve the misunderstanding!

When she arrived at Club Prism, she stretched and handed the car to the parking valet. Then, she walked into the club lazily.

Five minutes after she entered, another car stopped at the entrance.

Justin got out of the car with Cherry in his arms and entered Club Prism.

As soon as he entered, he noticed the romantic decorations in the hallway… Was someone proposing?

How tacky.