Unexpectedly, Hunter dumped some money on the table before declaring, "I can help save anyone you ask me to, just not Finnick. So forget it."
Then he walked off, leaving Evelyn stupefied in a daze.
That's right! I asked him to rescue Finnick! Finnick -His romantic rival! Why on earth would he agree to help me? God, I made a mistake...
Evelyn snorted, laughing bitterly at her foolish self.
Am I just asking for trouble at this point? She single-handedly brought Finnick's company to the ground, driving it to bankruptcy and sending Finnick, its president, to jail.
Just as Evelyn sank into the pits of despair, someone approached her and asked, "Miss, are
you alright?"
Evelyn's every movement skidded to a halt.
She's...
She was the woman that greatly resembled Rachel. Now, the woman stood before Evelyn and was asking her if she was alright.
Evelyn blinked at the woman's glamorously classy appearance; she eyed the LV bag that was looped in on the woman's hand and recognized the signature smell of Chanel's cosmetic line that the woman wore on her face.
"Mom," Evelyn deliberately slurred her words in a drunken-like manner. Evelyn had hoped that maybe she could discover more something about the woman.
"Silly child, I'm not your mother." The woman clarified softly as she frowned at Evelyn, pitying her. "Just call me Ms. Ferguson.”
To Ms. Ferguson, Evelyn looked like a frightened child who had lost her mother. This sight was enough to evoke a sense of motherly love from Ms. Ferguson. So she allowed Evelyn to call her 'Ms. Ferguson'.
"Ms. Ferguson? Can I ask if you have a twin sister?" Evelyn asked curiously, shaking her head to act that she had sobered up.
This bewildered Ms. Ferguson, who stilled whilst her mind thought long and hard about the question.
"Why do you ask...?” Ms. Ferguson finally spoke. Feeling unsettled by Evelyn's question, Ms.
Ferguson stared at her with narrowed, examining eyes.
"Actually, my mom looks a lot like you, so I was curious if the two of you are sisters." Evelyn didn't lie; she locked eyes with Ms. Ferguson and answered sincerely.
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