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<23> Mr. Lo

Luna, let Mr. Shaw vent; once
you're out of the Royal Club, you can
still work elsewhere. Otherwise, if you
leave the Royal Club now, someone
will grab you the second you leave and
pull you to who knows where and
force you to do who knows-what. Do
you understand?" Gloria said lightly.
Understood! ... Luna trembled all
over, and she lay down on the ground
in fear and picked up money in the
same manner as she made Grace.
On the side, Queena's heart was
pounding, and she looked at Caden in
fear.
Caden threw a handful of cash on
the crystal table, "Do you know how to
sing? One thousand yuan per song,
fifty songs, and you get to keep the
money. If your singing sucks, or you
faint during performance... Well, we
happen to be short on stock over in
Southeast Asia."
"Stock" obviously did not refer to
goods in the traditional sense.
Queena felt as if a bomb dropped in
her heart. The two of them knew by
now why they're going through this
trial, or else they would really be fools.
They knew the reason, but they
couldn't understand why that Grace, a
mere cleaner, received help from the
big boss, who was usually behind the
scenes, to punish them."Mr. Shaw, I can sing," Queena said,
"But I don't understand; Grace, she's
just a cleaner! No talent, no looks,
nothing; we were just playing a joke
with her. We can understand why you
want to punish us, but President Shaw,
isn't your punishment a bit too harsh?"
Joke?
Caden glanced at Queena with an
eerie smile. Her face was charming,
but he had no interest in admiring it
right now. Such a person, in his eyes,
was like chewing wax.
However, at this time, Queena, who
tried to appeal with reasoning, made
Caden feel a sense of Deja vu, just like
that woman three years ago, who
stood in front of him, with the same
determination, the same reasoning,
and the same unwillingness to admit
defeat
For a split moment, Caden retracted
the gaze that fell on Queena's face...
No, this woman here was nothing like
the one from three years ago. This
Queena did not have the pride Grace
had three years ago, and she lacked
the same charm.
Grace James...
Whenever Caden thought of her
wretched state now, which was far
from her sunny disposition from back
in S City. An irritable temper formed in
his heart, and every last bit of patience
with the two women in front of him
was gone.
"Gloria, teach her some rules." His
cold lips moved.
"Yes."
Gloria stood in front of Queena, with
an elegant but icy smile rising from the
corner of her mouth, "Queena, Royal
Club's rules have always been strict.
Competing with one another is fine,
and management will overlook minor
issues, but only if it doesn't cross the
line."
At this point, the conversation took
a sudden turn, "And this time, you've
crossed the line."
Nothing else: Gloria just wore an
elegant, cold smile, and stared at
Queena in front of her, "You're a smart
girl. You know what you have to do."
Queena felt despair; she gritted her
teeth, glanced at Gloria, and took a
deep breath, "Gloria, I'll sing!"
One by one, just like when she
forced Grace, every song was at a
high pitch. At this moment, Queena
realized the pain Grace had to go
through as she sang.
She lost count of how many songs
she had sung, and couldn't stand it
anymore, "Gloria, can I have a glass of
water?
"You think?" Gloria smiled without
saying a word.
Caden was frigid cold. Fifty songs
seemed too little. Caden watched as
Queena sang one after another, and
personally witnessed her throat slowly
lose its voice... That woman, was it like
this for her too?
Queena sang off-key a long time
ago: she wheezed and swallowed
desperately. Anyone could notice
that her throat was dry and
uncomfortable at the moment. Caden
looked at her without sympathy, "If you
can't finish, you can go to Southeast
Asia to 'play' for a few days."
Queena's body trembled suddenly,
her eyes widened, and she looked at
the man on the sofa in fear, and said
eagerly and heartily, "Mr. Shaw, I will
sing now."
As time passed bit by bit, Luna felt a
sense of relief at this moment.
Fortunately, she did not have time to
punk Grace, otherwise... she couldn't
imagine how miserable she would be
now!
The longer one worked at the Royal
Club, the better they understood what
"Royal Club' was entitled in S City!
Fifty songs, finished,
"President Shaw, she passed out."
Gloria said.
Caden stood up, his slender legs
stepped out, and without looking back,
he indifferently dropped three words,
"Throw her out."
What kind of place was the Royal
Club?
Here, there were rules for survival.
Those who could stay here and
thrive had a natural instinct in their
personality.
In the Royal Club, an invisible
danger swept across the place, and
everyone remained on alert. No one
said anything about what happened to
Luna and Queena. It was as if these
two people never worked at the Royal
Club, and no one had ever seen them
before.
"Hey, Sheila, I haven't seen Luna
and Queena for several days." Ruby
asked suddenly in the staff's lounge
during a break period In the lounge, over a dozen people
instantly fell silent, as if they lost their
voices. Before, they gossiped about
various big-name celebrities; then
they stopped all at once and the room
dropped dead silent.
"What's wrong? Why isn't anyone
talking?" Ruby looked around with a
look of doubt.
The people she saw immediately
turned away and pretended to be busy
with their own affairs, and no one
bothered to reply her.
"Sheila? What happened?" With
such a weird atmosphere, Ruby
couldn't figure it out.
The latter hesitated a little; after all,
Ruby was in the same group as her,
and she was very hesitant, "Ruby, you
see, Queena..."
"Sheila, let's go, next gig." Suddenly,
someone interrupted Sheila, and the
person stood up and called Sheila:
everyone in the room rustled to their
feet. "Sheila, get to work."
Ruby's felt disrespected, and she
stood up, "Annie, what's your
problem? You won't let Sheila talk to
me? Who do you think you are?"
The one who interrupted Sheila was
Annie. She was beautiful, even more
beautiful than those from the PR
department. She had been a hostess
at the Royal Club for two years. After
hearing this, she stopped and turned
around, "Idiot, you better worry about
yourself first." Annie's eyes were full of
despise.
This Ruby thought that she was so
pure and unstained, with
"untouchable" seemingly written all
over her face. If she was so pure, she
should go work at the small
restaurants or part-time jobs on
weekends; why was she here in the
Royal Club?
"Who are you calling idiot?" Ruby
became angry with embarrassment
Annie raised her brows, "Whoever
answers.
Sheila pulled Annie aside and
signaled Annie to drop it.
Ruby misinterpreted and looked at
Sheila angrily, her eyes filled with grief
and anger of being betrayed, "Sheila!
didn't expect you to be like this!"
"Ruby..."
"Sheila, ignore her." Annie
interrupted Sheila, and raised her
eyebrows to look at Ruby, "Ruby, you
better watch yourself."
This Ruby... she was most likely the
next person to get punished. It was
unbelievable how she could be so
stupid yet have such high self-esteem.
In the toilet today, she was still telling
others that she was deceived by that
Grace, and how degrading that Grace was.
There was no saving anyone from
the brink of death caused by their own
stupidity.
Grace recuperated in the hospital,
but she was not at ease.
"Why are you come back?" Gloria
didn't expect that she would see Grace
in Royal Club tonight, "You are not well
yet."
"Gloria, it's OK. I've had enough rest
"Grace had been thinking about her
debt, "Gloria, I'm really well. Can I...
Please, Gloria, can you get me an
assignment? I can do anything."
"You..." Gloria looked at Grace who was humble and stubborn, and couldn't open her mouth to refuse her. She sighed, "OK, I'll go and have a
look.
"Gloria." Grace said to Gloria as she
was about to leave the room, "Gloria,
thank you so much." And then, she lowered her head quickly. Gloria was confused. Did she
mistake it that Grace blushed?
Grace blushed?
But why did she blush? What Gloria had done was no trouble at all.
She was such a humble and frightened person that she blushed and thanked nervously for this little thing.
What did Mr. Shaw do to this silly woman!
Gloria answered vaguely. She didn't
dare to look at this stupid woman anymore. This woman's inferiority seemed to be brought from the bottom of her heart. The more humble Grace was, the more afraid Gloria was to look at her.
She should be a great person, not
like this.
After a while, Gloria came back,
"Follow me."
"OK."
As usual, Grace never asked more.
Gloria felt even more uncomfortable.
But Grace's words haunted her again,
"Gloria, my life is cheap. It isn't worth a dime." Gloria Sighed silently, took
Grace into the elevator and explained
the situation to Grace.
"You don't have to be afraid later. Mr. Lo has always been secretive. You know the Lo Group, right? Today, our guest is the president of the company. Mr. Lo returned to China two years ago, and then, in just two years, he
became the leader of the Lo Group.
But you don't have to worry. Although
he is mysterious, there are rumors that
he actually likes men. So, you don't
have to be afraid. Later, not only you
but also other members of the Public
Relations Department will go to the
room. So, you can stand in the middle
of the other people and pour the wine.
The Lo Group? Grace was stunned.
Three years ago, she was still the daughter of the James family. As a rich and noble person of the Pearl City, she certainly knew the company. She was a little afraid to face the
rich people who she used to play with
Now when facing that group of people,
she has nothing left.
Fortunately, Gloria said Mr. Lo returned home two years ago Grace was relieved. Gloria said that Mr. Lo is homosexual. Why did he
come to the Royal Club and ask the
hostess to serve? Grace was puzzled,
but she didn't ask. Grace stood outside the private room and then pushed the door in.
Seeing the scene in the room, Grace
suddenly understood that Mr. Lo was
entertaining customers at the Royal
Club.
In the room, there were several members of the Public Relations Department and only two male members.
Gloria watched Grace enter the
room in a complex mood. She wanted
to help the silly woman, but she could only help the silly woman in this way. She wished this silly woman would be free and out of trouble one day.
God shouldn't be so cruel to her. When Grace came in, the
atmosphere there was good.
She came in quietly, lowered her head, and then stood quietly aside.
She was so low-key that she didn't
seem to have any sense of presence.
As Gloria said, she just poured the wine.
In the dim light, she was shaking.
Although no one could see her, she was shivering
She just lowered her head. In the
corner, she suddenly became
panicked. Why were those people
here?
She tried to reduce her sense of
presence, and she tried to turn herself
into air. Now, she would rather be the
air.
Why were they here?
Grace subconsciously moved slowly towards a place where she thought she would be safe. Here, the safest place was next to Mr. Lo.
"You are shaking."
She suddenly heard a very gentle
voice. It was not very loud, but it was a
real shock to Grace.
There was already a layer of sweat
on her forehead. Grace didn't dare to
speak aloud, "Mr. Lo, maybe the air
conditioner is too cold. I'll pour wine
for you."
She slowly approached Mr. Lo, then
squatted down, lowered her head, and
poured him a drink without saying a
word. The glass was full, but Mr. Lo didn't
raise his glass.
Mr. Lo just looked at the woman beside him with a meaningful look,
"There are so many people in this
room, so how do you know that I am
Mr. Lo?"
Grace's face suddenly turned pale.
Yes, she shouldn't have known that
this person was 'Mr. Lo', unless."
"Do you know the others in this
room?" Mr. Lo asked her gently. Although he wore gold-rimmed glasses, it reflected his sharp eyes.
"I just guessed." Grace had
disordered breathing. She couldn't
imagine what her result would be if she didn't muddle through this time and if she was recognized by those people.
"Mr. Lo, I just guessed."
As time went by, Mr. Lo still looked
at her, which made her feel terrible.
"Mr. Lo, what happens to you? Why
don't you drink?" Even after three
years, Grace was still familiar with the
voice.
What should she do?
What should she do?
Once Mr. Lo mentioned her, she
couldn't escape
Three years later, when facing her
former playmates and pursuers, her
situation was too terrible now! What should she do?
Grace was in a panic. She was
squatting at the feet of the strange
man. She grabbed Mr. Lo's trousers
unconsciously. She grabbed his trousers like it was her only hope.
Mr. Lo lowered his eyes and caught
a glimpse of the woman who was squatting at the feet of him. He was stunned for a moment, and the impatience in his eyes disappeared.
He leaned forward slightly, reached for
the glass on the crystal table, drank it,
and looked up at the others with a
chuckle.
"It's OK." Then he suddenly stood
up and reached for the woman who
was squatting down. Grace didn't have time to react. She just felt she was being pulled up.
When she opened her eyes again, she
found that she had been pulled up by
Mr. Lo, with her face on his chest.
Then she heard the gentle voice of Mr. Lo.
"Everybody, have a good time. It's
my treat tonight." After that, he walked
out of the room with Grace in his arms.
Several people in the room showed
meaningful expressions.
Then, someone said, "People say that Mr. Lo is homosexual. That's not true. That's a rumor. Ha! Ha!"
"Mr. Lo, a beautiful night is short. Have a good time." In the confusion and uproar, Grace was held out of the room by Mr. Lo. The door behind her was gently closed.

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