She's My Sleeping Pill

Addie looked around to find something that she could write with and show it to Cayenne, but after almost ten minutes, she was only able to find a marker and sheets of bondpapers.

"I'll inform them to get a white board next time," she told herself while writing her question. Then, she signaled Cayenne to read what she wrote.

[Did any of you guys fight?]

Cayenne squinted her eyes and shook her head. "I'm not fighting with anyone."

"I don't see the reason to fight with anyone either when I'm freeloading," Sabrina commented and shrugged her shoulders.

They all looked towards Kyle and Luiz.

"Nope." They both answered at the same time.

[A viewer commented with: SO, THEY'RE REALLY FRIENDE,HUH. What does this mean?]

Based on Cayenne and Sabrina's statement along with Luiz and Kyle's responses, the viewers knew that someone from Cayenne's team had pointed the issue that was brewing in the live room.

They were all waiting for an answer, including the person who was bent on destroying Cayenne's image. He was like a hawk, waiting for his prey to take the bait.

Cayenne frowned and pondered over this statement. "I'm not entirely sure what you guys are talking about. If it's about me and Sabrina, well, we've been friends for a long time."

"I think I know what they meant!" Sabrina exclaimed and smirked. "Remember, some people knew that I was arranged to marry Stefan even tho it wasn't agreed by your parents."

"Oh." Cayenne muttered in response which puzzled the viewers.

Oh? That's it? Aren't they going to watch any conflict? Others would have gotten mad when talking about their past failed relationship.

Stefan's employees who watched the live stream were also itching to know more. Of course, they didn't have any plans of spreading the gossip themselves but that doesn't they weren't interested in their boss' gossips.

"Stefan wasn't close to his parents and the marriage was arranged by his auntie and my parents. Like duh,  they thought it was the right choice for him," Sabrina stated with a disgusted look on her face and she even rolled her eyes. "... but we don't like each other. He's like a brother to me. Marrying him would be incest.
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Yuck!"

"Right. If your comment was meant for Sab and me, then, that's the answer," Cayenne added before taking out her baked dish. "Let's get back to the food."

[Your gossip isn't juicy at all.]

[Trying to create a wedge between Cayenne and Sabrina was a wrong move.]

[Bringing up that past wouldn't affect Cayenne at all. Or did you really think she'd be so petty about it and get mad at Stefan?]

[I just noticed something. Reporters these days, they're unable to get anything from Cayenne. I understand that she's getting accused for Steve going MIA, but based on what she has been doing these days, I would choose to believe that she's innocent.]

[If it was someone else, they'd be hiding in fear that they'd be drowning in people's bashing and insults.]

[I believe in Cayenne.]

[LuvMarie (v) sent you Carousel x 5]

[HissASnake sent you Bouquet x 10]

[Goddess_YNA (v) sent you Audi x 1]

[The bigshots already expressed their support. They'd be blind if they support a criminal. So, I'm putting all my eggs to Cayenne.]

[Who wants your eggs?! I'm always with Cayenne.]

Seeing the turn of events, the man picked up his phone and called someone. "Your plan isn't working. We're only increasing her popularity."

The other side of the line was silent for a moment before soft chuckles could be heard. "I've got hundreds of ways to use against them. I'm only trying each to see which one would drag them down."

"Are you an idiot? Why take such roundabout ways to deal with them?"

"Because it's fun!"

"I don't care about it being fun or not! I want them down! I want them ruined!"

"Do it yourself, then."

The man angrily turned off his phone and loosened his tie. It's been several months since he had a fall out with Stefan and Cayenne. He still remembered the humiliation he felt and he would never rest easy if he could still see them living happily.

Then he caught sight of the Chiffon product that Cayenne was introducing on her live stream. A smile formed on his lips while he began typing on his computer.

***

Now that she was all alone in her room, Athalie took out the paper bag she received at the pastry shop. Inside the bag, aside from two small boxes of cookies and a slice of cake, there was another box that contains a phone.

It was something she asked the waitress in exchange for cash.

Of course, she knew that the phone wouldn't be the latest model knowing that she only spoke to a waitress. Still, it was better than nothing.

She slowly flipped the huge portrait of herself and marked the blueprint with several X's. They were markings of camera positions within the Darian's property.

Then she took a picture of it, saved it in her online drive and contacted one of her trusted friends in the modeling circle.

An hour later, her friend sent her an email address to reach out.

"Athalie's reaching out to me," Shein told Travis and Travis contacted Stefan immediately. "She's asking me to take down a huge mansion and to end Mhalik's life."

"Share the details with Tristan. I'll decide on it," Stefan answered over the phone with the loud speaker on. "Introduce her to Tristan and delete your records."

"You don't have to remind me that," Shein answered with a pout. Reminding him with the basics was like someone reminding a three years old to hold his spoon and fork properly. "I sent over the details. You discuss it with your team."

Athalie's request sounded plain and simple - destroy the huge mansion and take Mhalik's life. She's willing to pay $3M if this request is completed.

Initially, she planned to post this request on the dark web but she was worried that Mhalik has also accessed to the site and sees her post. She could only contact some people privately.

"She even sent us a blueprint of the Darian's property," Tristan said while taking a look at the photo that Athalie sent. "She's bold."

"She was deeply hurt. She thought she had gained her freedom when her family ignored her modeling career. Then, all of a sudden, her boyfriend was abducted when they thought of making things official between them. If this happens to me, I would've destroyed them already. The difference between me and her was that, she has no other resources and no power."

"Then, shall we accept the offer? $3M isn't bad."

"We'll implicate Cleopatra," Stefan said and sighed. "Tell her to give you a month since we need to make some preparation."

"Gotcha!"

Athalie was pacing back and forth inside her room while waiting for the hacker's response. She knew that she should have reached out to mercenaries but she was adamant and thought they might be like Mhalik - got brawns over brains. What she needed was someone with a brilliant mind who wouldn't mess things up and implicate her. So, hacker was the answer.

Ding.

Her phone's notification sounded and she instantly opened the message.

"A month? That's kinda long!" she complained but still typed in her response without getting her emotions exposed. "Two weeks. I can only wait for two weeks."

"Two weeks then."

Athalie frowned at the quick response this time but since the other party agreed, she no longer minded it.

On the other hand, Cleopatra received another message from Stefan and she almost choked to death.

"Is it so easy to resign after all the things that I sacrificed for this company?! Why don't you resign then?!"

She smashed her keyboard with her fist and glared fiercely at the message. She really wanted to retaliate. But between her and Stefan, she was at a disadvantage. She didn't have a wide range of resources compared to him.

[I'm offering you the amusement park in J country. You can start anew with him.]

Cleo had never been so troubled in her life until this issue with Cayenne came. Of all the people that her brother could get involved with, she couldn't understand why it had to be the Dumrique wolf.

She wasn't afraid of going against him but she didn't see the benefits of doing so. At the same time, going with the flow wouldn't change anything.

[Think about it. You can either choose to leave D country and start anew with my offer, or you can stay and take the brunt of my next move.]

Cleo pressed her temples and massaged it as hard as she could. She knew that there will come a day when she needed to jumped off the boat she was boarding. She just didn't expect it would come sooner.

Sighing to her fate, she typed her one-word response. "Agree." She no longer cared. No one cared for her in the first place, except for that one person.

"D country will change," she said and sighed while looking daze.