Chapter 3 How Disgusting
Seraphina looked down at her feet and then calmly looked up at Julian. “What’s wrong?”
“Where are the documents about First Love? I’ve searched the laboratory for them but couldn’t find them. Do you know what day it is today? You should have stayed in the laboratory. Why did you leave?”
Following Seraphina’s gaze, Julian also noticed the small cut on her foot. He felt guilt. But that sense of guilt only lasted for a while as he thought that the competition at night was more important.
“The show and competition will only start at night, won’t they? I thought there was still time, so I went to buy some clothes for myself.”
Before Julian could speak, Vivian, who was beside him, smiled and asked, “What? Are you going to attend the competition and the show?”
“Can’t I?” Seraphina turned to look at Vivian who used to be her friend and asked.
Vivian’s smile grew bigger as she said, “No, I’m just worried that you will feel upset when you recall the past at the competition venue. And you didn’t participate in such activities before, did you?”
“Yeah, you never liked these places for fame and money. Just stay home and wait for the good news! By the way, where are the documents?”
Julian walked to Seraphina and reached out his hand, wanting to pat her on the shoulder, but Seraphina cleverly turned sideways and just avoided Julian’s hand.
Julian’s hand froze, and then he saw Seraphina taking out a brown paper bag. Julian’s attention was instantly distracted by the bag.
“Do we have all the documents in this bag?”
Julian took it over. Probably because he was still worried about it, he opened it and checked the documents inside carefully before handing it to Vivian.
Vivian took it over and glanced at Seraphina casually, smiling with satisfaction.
Vivian also knew something about perfumery, but she lacked some talent compared with Seraphina.
In addition, after hooking up with Julian, Vivian slacked. Over the years, she had almost forgotten what she knew about perfume as she just needed to take the merit created by Seraphina.
Holding piles of documents in her hands, Vivian could almost see that the trophy was beckoning to her.
“Where are the samples?” Vivian continued.
“Come to the laboratory to get it before you leave for the competition,” Seraphina replied.
Seeing that Vivian and Julian exchanged a look of excitement in front of her, Seraphina only felt sick. She asked, “Julian, can’t I really attend tonight’s event?”
Julian was stunned for a moment. But he then knitted his brows. “Seraphina, what’s wrong with you? I told you that it’s for your own good. Don’t you remember the competition two years ago? You…
“Of course, I’m not saying that we will fail if you attend the competition this time, but think about what happened back then. What if something goes wrong this time…”
Julian stopped and wore a look of worry as if he was worried about Seraphina sincerely.
If Seraphina hadn’t heard what Vivian and Julian said that day, she would have been moved by Julian’s words again.
Vivian and Julian seemed to be nice and considerate towards Seraphina judging from every word they said just now. However, since Seraphina had known their ruse, she only felt that their behaviors were disgusting!
“Well, in that case, I can only wish you a wonderful evening!”
After that, Seraphina turned around and added, “I’ll go back to the lab first.”
Julian nodded hurriedly and said, “Okay. Go get the samples ready to make sure that everything goes right. Understand?”
Seraphina sneered and thought, ‘Of course, I will make sure that everything goes right.’
On the way, Seraphina called Emily. The latter’s tone was filled with concern for Seraphina. “Seraphina, are you all right? By the way, Mr. Brown has been looking for you for a long time.”
“I know,” Seraphina focused on driving and said. “Emily, have you prepared the things I asked you to prepare?”
“Yes, but… First Love has been tested many times. Are you sure you want to add another ingredient to it at this time?” Emily asked with worry.
Emily had been working as Seraphina’s assistant for so long. Therefore, she trusted Seraphina’s ability and taste.
However, First Love has been tested for several months. When it was completed, Seraphina was also very satisfied with the final product. Since the competition was about to begin tonight, Emily couldn’t understand why Seraphina asked her to add another ingredient to it at this time.
“Do you believe me?” asked Seraphina.
“Of course, I believe you! But are you really not going to attend the competition in person?”
Emily knew well what answer she would get, but she just couldn’t help asking.
As an assistant, Emily knew how much effort and energy it took for a perfumer to develop a new perfume. Seraphina had developed many best-selling perfumes, but no one knew that she was the one behind them.
The merit and honor had been taken away by Vivian, and for this reason, Emily always thought it was not fair for Seraphina.
Seraphina smiled. She knew that Emily was on her side.
“If it’s mine, it will always be mine,” Seraphina said meaningfully. “Emily, they’ll get the samples later. Just do what I told you. Thank you.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it!”
After hanging up the phone, Seraphina turned a corner and went directly into the underground parking lot of Apex Corporation.
As a major company, Apex Corporation covered a very large area. It owned a tall building, and even its underground parking lot was amazingly big.
Fortunately, Dashiell made arrangements in advance. When Seraphina drove to the place Dashiell asked her to go, she found Brayan Warren, Dashiell’s assistant, was already there waiting for her.
“Ms. Jones, please follow me.”
Brayan led Seraphina into an exclusive elevator and then gave her a brief description of the situation while the elevator was ascending.
“The information about your perfume and the samples have been sent to the project department. Your perfume, along with two other perfumes will serve as entries of Apex Corporation to attend tonight’s competition.”
“Thank you.” Seraphina nodded.
Seraphina thought, ‘It’s very kind of Dashiell. Take Prosperian Company as an example. The products to be used as entries to the competition had been determined three months ago, including the selection of topics about the perfumes and the planning.’
Adding a new perfume temporarily might bring unknown risks. Seraphina had no idea as to whether her perfume had replaced someone else’s product. She thought Apex Corporation must have assessed the risk of such a bold move.
But Brayan only mentioned it in a few words. Therefore, Seraphina guessed that the move must have received a lot of objections from people in Apex Corporation and it was Dashiell who used his power to suppress those objections.
Seraphina had to win this game tonight, and she had to win brilliantly!
When Seraphina entered the office, she saw Dashiell sitting at a large desk, and two piles of documents were placed on his left and right sides. He was reviewing one at the moment.
Dashiell heard the sound of the door. He calmly looked up at Seraphina who, on the contrary, felt a little nervous when she met Dashiell’s gaze.
“Come here.” Dashiell put down his pen.
Seraphina walked over obediently. Dashiell looked up and down and narrowed his eyes. “You are injured?”
Hearing this, Seraphina remembered that her feet had been scratched by a broken piece of the cup before. Just as she was about to say it didn’t matter, she saw Dashiell approaching. She was then picked up by Dashiell.
