Chapter 678 - Six Hundred And Seventy-eight: The Deal
The third point of view:
"I'm sorry,"
"Excuse me?" Mackenzie was taken aback by her comment.
"I'm sorry but madam Reina made it explicitly clear to me that she wouldn't want any distraction for her son, Neon" She emphasized the word 'distraction'.
"So," Ailee went on, "If you are determined to make Neon yours, you'd have to get permission from madam Reina. So tell me, are you up for the challenge?"
Mackenzie's face distorted, this was not what she expected. It seems she had underestimated her.
"We'd see then," The model forced a smile on her face and left elegantly.
The moment Mackenzie got to her seat, she eyed Ailee who was now going through a magazine, and called over her assistant, "Get everything you can on her,"
"Why?" Her assistant was surprised. She had thought Mackenzie would resolve everything with Jade since she was used to having her own way.
"Why?" Mackenzie scowled at her assistant who dared to question her intention, "Just shut up and do what I asked you to,"
"Sure, I would do so," The girl nodded and left right away to continue her duties.
Mackenzie couldn't explain it but she felt that Jade was not an ordinary person to have threatened her with Reina. As daring as employees are, they wouldn't use their boss's name for fear of getting reported. But not Jade, and she had even called Reina's name with ease. That meant she had some sort of special relationship with Reina or Reina treated her too well to the point she got comfortable with her son, Neon.
She was restless, Mackenzie knew she had to react before other models snatched this opportunity from her. She was not a fool to think she was the only one with such plans.
At the same time, Ailee dropped the magazine she had been reading and went to a corner of the studio to make a call.
It was funny that at the end of the day she was calling her twin brother that she swore not to speak to for the rest of this week because of his attitude. But then, if there's anybody who can help her with this, it was no other than the great Allen.
"Come on, pick up!" She had to hurry up before that nuisance of a model picked up something on her. From the way they had parted, Ailee knew she would definitely look into her.
Although she was hopeful, it still came as a surprise to her when her brother finally picked her call.
"Thirty unanswered calls, do I have to write it in that neanderthal brain of yours that I don't want to speak to you," Allen retorted with a bored tone from the other side of the line.
Ailee rolled her eyes, "Well, congratulations if that's the case because I wouldn't have called at all if I didn't need your help right now,"
He snorted, "You need my help?"
"Yes, asshole, I need your help," Ailee said through gritted teeth. God, if it wasn't the fact that this was urgent, she wouldn't have gone to him for help.
"Fine, let's see if it's something that I can be able to help out with and of course, consideration of my remuneration," his tone held a trace of mischief.
Of course, her brother was going to rip her off since he had not gotten such an opportunity in a long time.
"So tell me, sister, what do you want?"
"Fine," Ailee sighed, "I'm kind of going undercover right now and I need a false identity. In one word, the people here can't find my info," she went ahead to explain everything to him.
"So you want me to hide your original info and plant a fake one?" He asked.
"Sort of. Can you do that?"
"Do you underestimate me that much, O ye of little faith?" This was becoming entertaining to Allen.
"I'm just trying to be sure, after all, they say pride comes before a fall," she told him and heard him growl into the phone.
"I can do it,"
"Fine, what do you want? Have you thought of what you want," she added, "And be reasonable here,"
Allen chuckled, "You'd be surprised to know that I'm more compassionate than you think,"
"What do you want, Allen?" She was tired of him beating around the bush.
"A favor for my girlfriend?"
"W-what?!" Ailee choked, "What favor?" Of course, it was for his girlfriend.
"Alisha wants to join cheerleading, make it possible for her," was his terms and conditions.
"What? No way?!" Reina refused right away, "That girl has zero body flexibility and talent. Moreover, it would seem like an abuse of power on my side as the captain!"
"Blah blah blah!" Allen didn't care, "Take it or leave it, it's up to you. Also, remember that the time is ticking. Who knows they might be searching up your information as we speak,"
"Fine! Deal!" Ailee agreed through gritted teeth. When it comes to bargaining with Allen, it was almost impossible.
"I pray you don't fail me," Ailee ended the call and went back inside the studio only to see that Neon was done - and he was speaking with Mackenzie.
That little witch!
Ailee couldn't explain it but she felt this wave of jealousy plus anger at Neon. Was he a fool or something, couldn't he see that the girl was trying to manipulate him. What a big idiot!
Why was she even concerned about him? She should let him do anything he wanted, after all, he was old enough to take responsibility for his actions. He wasn't a baby for Christ's sake.
"Ai-Jade!" Neon waved her over, almost exposing her real name in the process. That had been close.
Even though she was angry, Ailee still put a smile on her face and went over to the duo.
"Jade, this is Mackenzie, the model I would be working closely with, and Mackenzie, this my manager, Jade,"
"We've seen each other already," Ailee said bluntly before the model could stage an introduction speech.
"You did already?" He asked, surprised.
"Yes," Mackenzie replied this time, "I was telling her how much I would love to be friends with the both of you," The actress smiled kindly but Ailee would not be deceived by that.
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