"It's the one we offered exactly 500 million for the 45 percent shares, right?"

"Yes. This cosmetic company is the one partnering up with our Dazzle for more than 5 years so when we heard of a major shareholder selling her shares, we immediately approached her for a negotiation. The acquisition is supposed to be signed today. Our lawyers responsible for the Mergers and Acquisition are even ready to depart for the signing."

Amelia didn't reply for some time, busily scanning her eyes over a doc.u.ment from her modeling agency which needed urgent attention from her. After all, the fas.h.i.+on show just right around the corner. These days, this had been taking up most of her time.

A couple more seconds after, when she finished half of the important doc.u.ments related to the fas.h.i.+on show, she faced again the secretary. She put her hands together, her elbows resting against the smooth wooden surface of her table.

"Tell our Legal team to simply halt the negotiation. It's not like this cosmetic company is the only one we can acquire. Have Vice President Klein do a report of others that we can take over. As for Jelly Cosmetics, forward the matter to Vice President Mil, he knows what to do with them."

The secretary pretended to not have seen the cold glint that flashed Amelia's eyes when the lady CEO mouthed the last phrase. After bowing slightly, the other woman promptly left the cozy office.

Seated on the CEO's swivel chair, Amelia's indifferent eyes rested on the article showing on her computer screen, a report about her sister who was sighted unharmed in a seaside park within Western Alina.

Not a minute pa.s.sed and the queenly woman stood up from her comfy seat. She made sure to contact the secretaries outside through the intercom to not let anyone come inside, even themselves, within the next hour.

After that, she picked up her phone to dial a string of numbers. She looked through the transparent gla.s.s walls of her office as she waited for the other side to pick it up. Beyond the sparkling gla.s.ses, the majestic sight of tall skysc.r.a.pers, billboards, rooftop gardens, and an unending sea of blue and clouds laid bare to her eyes. Yet none of it could take away the coldness from her delicate countenance.

"... h.e.l.lo?"

Amelia immediately replied to the person who responded from the other line, "It's me. I'm currently not in a good mood, so I'll be going directly to the point. Did you already track down who is always helping that irritating half-sister of mine?"

The voice subjected to a voice changer was silent for a while. The lady heard some tapping noises from the background before the robotic voice rang again. Despite the not human-like sound quality of it, she recognized some of the helplessness mixed in it.

"It's someone fiercer than me. To be honest, even now I'm still dealing with the virus planted in my computer yesterday without my knowledge. You're not my only client. Do you know how much damage I have accrued because of you?"

"... I never missed out sending the payment to you. I'm the one who should be doing the blaming here. You're tracking him since last year... yet there's still no other clue aside from he's fiercer than you?"

A sigh sounded out from the receiver.

"I can't help it. There's always another taller mountain and I just happened to meet mine. Aren't you also confronting yours? Even though I'm busy countering the virus here, I still know that your G.o.ddess-like rival is apparently going all out against you. Tch. I can perfectly guess why you're kind of desperate for that hacker. Not only are you hoping to clip your half-sister's wings, but you also wish to gain someone who can go against 'her' group of computer elites."

Amelia did not comment about his words since they were the truth. She was arrogant and vicious, but not stupid. For her, those to be categorized as fools were people who don't know how to recognize the truth. If it was the truth, no matter how hard it was to swallow, it could only be accepted, and then turned into strength or weapon manipulated or twisted to one's convenience.

But of course, despite her silence about the other's words, it could not be interpreted as the sole truth, since apart from wis.h.i.+ng to contract that superb hacker under her wings, she had other aces up her sleeves. It had to be remembered that she had been at odds with Sofony Mendez for years. Her ending up in a draw with her was not a mere series of coincidences. Take note that from time to time, she was subjected to Alessa's minor schemes too.

The person speaking with her from who knows where broke the minute-long silence that followed. He coughed and said, "... Okay, Miss Morgan, don't be so heartbroken. Yesterday and the day before that, there has been at least a gap in your half-sister's virtual defense. I'm not sure what happened but those two other helpers always irritating me were suddenly gone."

Amelia's grip on the white cell phone tightened as faint excitement and hope entered her heart. "Right. If you can't trace the super hacker, then switch targets and spy on that woman. Did you discover anything then?"

"... I can't say for sure if it's a clue. But know first that I didn't manage to tail her tracks inside Starlight, only outside of that."

"I don't mind. So again, what did you discover?"

"... I have just sent a picture of a map to you. It's an itinerary route your sister took yesterday around 5:40 pm. If my guess is correct she stayed at that place until 8:30 pm, a few couples of hours away from that incident."

She temporarily removed the phone from her ear, swiping her fingers across the screen to check the file sent to her.

Amelia's voice subconsciously escaped from her lips when she saw the other end of the dotted marks. It was a high-rise high-end residential building in Central Alina. "Purple Shadow Residences?"

"Yup. If it's a piece of information that proved helpful to you, I hope to receive at least 100 million credits."

Amelia ended the call with one of her eyebrows raised high up. If she remembered correctly, that place was quite well-known due to being home to some elitists and known entertainment figures.

However, based on the various reports she collected on Alessa Morgan, there was only one person acquainted with that woman living there.

The 21 years old Film and Drama Emperor, Chris Meyer!

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