As Quiet Misery went on, Olivia only became even more surprised. From what Olivia had known, Rosemary was the most well-known low-key player in the Madness Is Good. However, no one had ever neglected the existence of Rosemary, though she had never been to the top ten no matter before the merge of the servers or after. She was silent most of the time, and never participated in any activities though she was part of the power. Rosemary always took actions alone, even if she was to do the task or to repeat the BOSS actions with those characteristics. Someone in the BBS had once compared her to Quiet Misery. They even presumed that the same person played these two accounts.
"Now leave me alone," said Quiet Misery with a slight smile on her face, trying to be as polite as she could. "You have all your answers now. You know everything, so if you'll excuse me, I'd like to be alone." She said it politely but directly, making it clear that she didn't want any company nor to make a new friend.
Even though Olivia had learned a lot from this woman, she didn't feel any better with her explanation. Instead, she felt even more depressed, and she had more questions than she had answers for. Olivia was very curious about the man that broke this cold woman's heart. 'Who is the real player of the account Quiet Misery? What are his true characters?'
wondered Olivia with her mind racing as she walked slowly away.
In the open-air cafe on the top floor of A-magic, Rita was sitting opposite Allen facing each other at one of the tables. Neither of them was in a good mood.
"The engagement party will go ahead as scheduled tomorrow if you sign this now!" snarled Rita as she glanced at the paper that lay in front of her.
It was a legally binding contract, which stated that after their engagement, Rita and Allen would get married after graduation. According to the terms, if Allen Shen didn't abide by the clauses outlined, then the Shen family would have to compensate the Gu family twenty times their investment. The amount of exchange between business groups was always huge. Under such circumstance, especially when it came to the money that was to save the company, the amount of money involved was no doubt huge. Twenty times the money involved, that meant, if Allen broke his covenant, all his family property would directly transfer to the Gu's corporation.
"What's the meaning of this?" yelled Allen out of fury.
At the sight of Allen's angry reaction, Rita smiled slightly. "I think the meaning is quite apparent. Don't you agree?
Of course, I'm doing this to stop you from having any other fantasies about getting back with El..." Rita suddenly stopped mid-sentence and turned pale. "Allen, you can't still be having feelings for Elsa after you know who Charlie really is, can you? After a little snort of laughter, she continued, "You should be wise enough to understand that no matter whom Elsa Ji has feelings for right now. it isn't a good idea for you to battle for Mr. Charlie Long's woman. The outcome wouldn't be good for you. Can't you see that?"
Deep in his mind, of course, Allen knew that Rita was right. When it came to the Dragon Empire Group, no family at all could make a comparison with them. Let alone the Shen family, not even the Gu family was worth mentioning. Dragon Empire Group wasn't only a group, but it also represented the country Dragon Island!
'What do I have to fight Charlie with?' wondered Allen helplessly.
As he thought of this, he suddenly slumped back weakly into the chair like a deflated ball. He stared powerlessly at the contract in front of him. "Rita Gu, why are you pushing me like this?"
"Well, you know what, I have to do this… But If you really can't stand it…" While Rita spoke, she pointed to the edge of the rooftop gesturing that he could end his problems by jumping to his death from the building.
Rita Gu, was cruel just as she always was. She was the apple of the Gu family's eye, as everyone around her had indulged her since birth, she had become very strong-willed. Therefore, even if she was fond of Allen, she still wanted to dominate everything in their relationship, not willing to swallow her pride. However, she had ignored the fact that love is all equal. One can never expect others to treat you right if you are not willing to change yourself and pay equal attention to the other.
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