The Beauty and the Brain by Natalie Jones novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184 

Puzzled, Marie asked, “Since Shirley has the Tuttle family backing her up, she should be doing well in the 

entertainment industry. How did she end up like this?” 

Iliana just smiled and said, “Our family is pedantic. In the eyes of our parents, being an actress is not a noble profession. In addition, Shirley has been involved in scandals ever since she entered the industry, so she has never revealed her identity in order not to let her affect family politics.” 

Marie knew that, after Shirley left the entertainment industry, not only would she not be made fun of like Carly, but she would also have a better life than before. She was now the precious daughter of the Tuttle family. 

“Why did she drugged you today?” Marie asked. 

Hearing that, Iliana smiled sarcastically. “Because I suddenly became the designer of Maris Entertainment. She didn’t like me being better than her and planned to drug me and send me to the bed of some boss. Anyway, it’s either she kills me, or I will forever be her blood bank.” 

Marie then clenched her fists. “She’s gone too far!” 

On the contrary, Iliana was very calm and comforted Marie instead. “It’s okay. I’m used to it. Fortunately, you 

saved me.” 

Hearing that, Marie pulled Iliana and said, “From now on, you will live in the condominium. Take Luca back with you as well if you’re going back to the Tuttle family. Otherwise, you will be harmed by Shirley one day. and you might not know she harmed you” 

Iliana nodded. “Okay. I got it.” 

After confirming that Iliana was fine, Marie waited until she fell asleep before going to Dennis’ side. 

As soon as she saw Dennis, Marie suddenly remembered that Cullen once told her that the Tuttle family’s situation was complicated. She didn’t understand it at that time, but now she understood that Iliana was also 

bullied as much as she was. 

Therefore, when she first met Iliana, Iliana would often say things like “kind of from New York” or “not a member of the Tuttle family.” She also often wore heavy makeup. She always had no appetite when she went out to eat too. Her body was not in good condition, to begin with, and after being a blood bank over the years, her health naturally deteriorated compared to normal people. 

Dennis was not too surprised to see Marie. He just asked, “You know about the situation with the Tuttle family? 

She nodded. “Yeah.” 

“You have to think it through if you want to promote Iliana as a designer. She can no longer be a transparent person like she was before, but will be targeted by more and more people, Dennis said. 

Still, Marie nodded. “I know. That’s Iliana’s career, and it’s also me and Sasha’s career. I won’t let anything happen to her.” 

Get Boros 

Dennis continued to look at the computer while working and didn’t say anything. After Marie looked at him several times, only Dennis looked up at her and asked, “What’s wrong?” 

With a smile, Marie shook her head and said, “It’s nothing.” Then she lowered her head to look at the 

document in her hand. 

She didn’t know what was wrong. Although Dennis was still patient, gentle, and responsive to her needs, she 

just felt that something was different. 

It was as if there was a wall between the two of them, and Dennis had something else in his heart that he 

was not willing to tell her. 

Initially, Marie didn’t care about these kinds of things, but she was always worried that Dennis would help King Organization again and would be in danger. She was always worried. 

Unable to hold back, Marie called Luca and asked him to check Dennis’ recent whereabouts, but Dennis was 

considered the most distinguished person in New York. The security around him was airtight, and it was impossible for her to find anything. 

She didn’t ask, and Dennis didn’t plan on saying anything as well. They often stayed in the same room, but they were silent. 

Sometimes, Marie would wonder if Dennis was angry. They had agreed that after a year, she would tell him 

the truth. But now, it had almost been a year, and she still hadn’t figured out what to say. 

This time, at Whitney Group’s annual corporate party, Dennis did ask her about it, but Marie didn’t agree. 

At the last annual corporate party, she was instigated by Sasha and Iliana to go there, but Dennis recognized 

her at a glance, so it was very awkward and humiliating. 

Moreover, she was not very willing to appear with Dennis in public, mainly because she always felt that one day she would have to face Seth and Wren, both the Rodger Group and the Terry Group. She always thought about not getting Dennis involved and not letting him be in danger. 

However, since she refused to attend Whitney Group’s annual corporate party, Dennis had even less communication with her now. 

Marie didn’t know what was wrong with him. Dennis had never been like this before. It was as if he was indifferently leading her on. He didn’t abandon her, but he didn’t treat her great, either. 

The troubled and depressed times did not slow down, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost the end of the year. This year, Maris Entertainment had a late vacation because of a special plan by Marie. 

Before the end of the year, Iliana designed a red dress. The design of the speaker cuffs was playful and young-looking, and the hem was made in a wavy style, which matched the height and slender legs of the person who would be wearing it. 

The dress that was worn by Sasha to an event was, once again, trending on Twitter. Maris Entertainment also specially tagged Iliana, and fans were all talking about the red dress. 

This time, Marls Entertainment officially announced that Sasha’s red dress, designed by Iliana, would be 

-produced in batches and sold online on New Year’s Eve for a price of 3,000 dollars. 

This price was a piece of cake for many white-collared workers, not to mention that it was profitable to buy such a design at this price, so the news immediately aroused a heated discussion. 

On New Year’s Eve, 199 pieces of limited edition red dresses were sold out ten seconds after they were 

launched, and the news attracted the attention of the entertainment news again.. 

Many of them who managed to get the dress designed by Iliana, which was the same dress that Sasha wore, were anxiously waiting for the clothes to be delivered. However, most of them, who didn’t manage to get the 

dress, were tagging Iliana and Maris Entertainment on Twitter, asking for extra production. 

With this move, Marie intended to use the data to see how strong the influence of Iliana’s design was on 

fashion and aesthetics in today’s time, and such a response was undoubtedly very good.