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    “Will you wear that tonight?” Annie asked out of curiosity.


    “| will,” Mnie said with a sigh. “Jeffrey will be going to the dinner, too. If | don’t wear it, it''ll be obvious that | agreed to go just to


    anger him. He''ll never sign the divorce papers that way.”


    Jeffrey was going to the dinner too?


    Annie nodded. She felt more assured with Jeffrey apanying Mnie to the dinner.


    Mnie put the box containing the gown and jewelry aside, and got changed into a casual set of shirt and long pants that was


    comfortable to move in. Very soon, she received a message from the Snow family’s private investigator.


    “Gabriel has entered the fragrance blending room.”


    “I''m going there too,” Mnie said to Annie.


    “Have you thought this through?” Annie asked, still concerned.


    “It''s fine. | have to actively enter the lion’s den instead of being a sitting duck,” Mnie said as she patted Annie’s shoulders.


    “Jeffrey''s men are also stationed nearby the fragrance blending room. Don’t worry.”


    Annie nodded. Since when did Jeffrey be such a greatfort to her when it came to Mnie?


    Mnie walked leisurely out of the hotel, crossed the road, and entered the fragrance blending room after


    swiping her fingerprint on the lock.


    She knew that many pairs of eyes were glued on her as she made her way there. Yet, she remained calm


    despite the panic growing inside her.


    William soon received a phone call and reported the situation to Jeffrey, who was monitoring the live feed of


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    “President, our men said that aside from Harlow York’s men, a bunch of people have their eyes on Mrs.


    Morgan too. They''re the Snow family’s private investigators...”


    “Get your men to step back to the periphery. Let the Snows’ private investigators lead this,” Jeffrey instructed, feeling helpless


    about the situation.


    Since Mnie made ns, his job then was to cover any loopholes without disrupting them.


    Mnie walked into the fragrance blending room, which was segregated into many small rooms. One of the rooms was her


    personal fragrance blending room, and she had to walk past Gabriel''s fragrance blending room on the way to her own.


    As expected, she saw Gabriel''s room lit up. She rang on his doorbell.


    Gabriel looked back; upon seeing that Mnie was at the door, he put down the test tube in his hand, removed


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    “What brings you here?” Gabriel asked. “Were you struck by new inspiration too?”


    “Yeah,” Mnie said as she walked in.


    After the door shut behind them, she suddenly leaned into Gabriel''s ear and said, “Come with me.”


    “To where?”


    Gabriel looked confused, but before he could ask further, the lights along the corridor outside went out.


    “How did that happen?” Gabriel eximed, his face tense.


    This fragrance blending room was specially designed by thepetitionmittee for the participants of the


    competition. It waspletely sealed and allowed no sunlight in, which was why the lights along the corridor


    were always lit.


    The door sensors of the fragrance blending room were also powered by electricity. If there was a power


    outage, no one could enter or leave the fragrance blending room!


    “Who''s trying to lock us up here?” Gabriel asked as he began to figure out what was going on.


    “Don''t bother asking who it is first. Whatever it is, | have a way to bring you out.”


    With that, Mnie grabbed Gabriel’s hand and moved quickly, shining their way ahead with a torchlight she


    prepared beforehand. She swiftly arrived at the meeting ce she agreed with the Snows’ private investigator.


    “Mr. Lindsey, follow them and they will send you back to the hotel,” Mnie said.


    Gabriel was worried about her. “What about you?”


    “Don''t worry. | still have something else to settle,” Mnie said with a smile as she hopped into the car of


    another private investigator and left.


    In the evening, a driver from the Yorks arrived at Mnie''s hotel to pick her up. However, he couldn''t find her.


    He ended up returning and reporting to Joseph and the butler, “Ms. Jones’spanion and the hotel staff


    members all have no idea where she went.”


    Someone from behind Joseph harbored a guess. “Did she go shopping?”


    Joseph had specially invited members of his extended family as well as prestigious families in Medonia. He even dered he


    had organized this dinner to specially thank Mnie, who had performed outstandingly well


    as a representative of the country. He didn’t hide his appreciation of her and her talent.


    Everyone was expecting her arrival, yet she had disappeared into thin air.


    “Since she agreed to turn up, she wouldn’t go back on her word so recklessly,” the old butler said.


    Just then, Harlow stepped forward and said to Joseph, “That’s right, she’s here to participate in thepetition. Her mind is


    upied with fragrance blending. Why would she bother going shopping? For all you know, she’s in the fragrance blending


    room.”


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    “Check the surveince cameras and see if she’s there.”


    Joseph was the chairman of thepetitionmittee, and had exclusive rights and privileges. With hismand, his


    subordinates connected the big screen in the room to the surveince cameras in the fragrance


    blending room.


    The surveince camera at the entrance of the fragrance blending room showed that Mnie had indeed entered the room right


    after Gabriel did.


    Everyone looked at the footage of each individual fragrance blending room, and saw that Mnie’s room was empty. Meanwhile,


    someone was in Gabriel''s room. To be exact, there were two people inside who looked like they were hugging each other...


    Shock was etched on everyone''s faces.