Chapter 639


    Ste and rence had a passionate night. When Ste woke up the next morning, she found she it


    waste and she didn’t hear the ringing of her rm.


    Ste picked up her phone and took a nce at the time. It was already 11 a.m.


    Ste took a deep breath, walked towards the bathroom while rubbing her waist and making a call to


    Sherry.


    Sherry said, “Ste, oh you finally wake up.”


    Ste felt a bit embarrassed to answer it, “I...”


    ”Mr. Conrad told me this morning that you drew designs until 4 a.m.st night and he asked not to


    bother you. Rest assured. I’ve taken ine to our studio and you don’t have to be in a hurry.”


    Ste heaved a sigh of relief, “Okay.”


    Luckily, that wretched man was not that shameless that he found a usible excuse.


    After ending the call, Ste put down her hone, cupped some water with her hands and sshed it on


    her face. Only them did she feel sober.


    After washing herself, Ste walked to the kitchen, poured a ss of water and was then lost in her


    thoughts. Several minutester, she went back to her room and changed her clothes.


    When she arrived at the studio, it was already noon.


    The take-out food Sherry ordered was delivered to the office and the whole office was prevailed by the


    fragrance of the meal.


    Ste sat down on the sofa, closed her eyes and stretched out.


    Sherry’s voice sounded, “Ste, I know you’re under great pressure because of the fashion week.


    Although there’s little time left, you still have enough time to prepare for it. Don’t stay up sote as it will


    harm your health.”


    Sherry had been under Daniel’s supervision ever since her pregnancy and she would always go to bed


    at 11 p.m. and 0 o’clock at thetest.


    When she got ustomed to this timetable, she felt it reallyfortable.


    Now she had formed the habit of going to bed early.


    Ste was lost for words.


    She then replied with a smile, “Yesterday I... I have a light bulb moment. I won’t do this again.”


    It was true that once you told a lie, you had to tell more lies to make it usible.


    “Well. Have lunch first. I will go out to call ine.”


    Ste replied, “Okay.”


    ...


    After drawing designs for the whole afternoon, Ste felt an ache in her waist and back. She stood up,


    walked out of the office and went to the store to see whether if they needed her help.


    But she didn’t see ine.


    Ste thought that ine had gone to the photo studio next door and prepared to go there too. But at


    this moment, Sherry came back from the next door, “I don’t know what’s wrong with the light today. We


    couldn’t fix it no matter what means we tried.”


    ”I guess it’s broken. Change one.”


    ”I will try it tomorrow. If it still can’t work, I will change it.”


    Ste asked after a while of silence, “Is ine still at the next door?”


    Sherry was a bit confused as she replied, “She’s not there. Isn’t she in the store?”


    “Nope. I didn’t saw her when I walked out of the office, so I thought she went to the next door with you.”


    ”She was still in the studio when I went to the next door.”


    Ste hurriedly walked into the studio and asked the girls where ine had been.


    A girl who walked out of the warehouse heard Ste’s question and replied, “Ste, we had many


    customers just now, and one of the customers said she was in a hurry and asked us to send the


    products she bought to her home. As we couldn’t leave the store, ine stood out and said she


    could...”


    ”How long has it been?”


    “More than half an hour. Almost two hours. Normally, she should havee back.”


    Right at this moment, Sherry walked to Ste and took out her phone, “Ste, I guess she may get lost


    as she’s not familiar with this ce. I will give her a call.”


    But what she got was the busy tone indicating that ine’s phone had been turned off.


    Ste slightly knitted her brows and prepared to ask rence and his men.


    They must have arranged some men to protect ine.


    When Ste walked to the door of the studio, she saw ine hobbling towards her and her working suit


    dirty. It seemed as if she had juste back from a garbage heap.


    ine curled her lips into a bright smile when she saw Ste, but there was obvious grievance on her


    face.


    Ste asked in a gentle voice, “ine, what happened?”


    ine sniffed, “When I came back after delivering the products to that customer, I encountered several


    men at the entrance of an alley. They insisted on asking me for my number, but I didn’t want to give it to


    them. Then they...”


    Ste asked in a cold voice, “Did they hit you?”


    Before ine could reply to it, a man’s voice sounded, “They didn’t. ine was scared and fell from the


    stairs.”


    Only then did Ste realize that there was a man behind ine.


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    He looked like in his thirties or forties. Although his appearance was not that striking, he was much


    more handsome than ordinary men. He was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed sses and there was a


    polite and gentle smile on his face when he looked towards Ste.


    Ste asked, “You are?”


    ine finally came to her sense and introduced, “By the way, Ste, this is my second uncle. It was


    him who saved me just now.”


    The man reached out to Ste, “Hello, nice to meet you. I’m Caesar James.”


    Ste looked towards him with vignce and calmly protected ine behind herself.


    Caesar withdrew his hand with a chuckle, “I guess you must be Ms. Ste Radomil, right? ine told


    me everything on the way here. Don’t be nervous. I’m not here to take her away.”


    “Then what do you want to do?”


    “I heard that the idents that happened in Riverside several days ago have something to do with City


    N, so Ie here to have a look. It was so coincidental that I encountered ine here.”


    Ste repeated his word, “Heard?”


    ine’s voice sounded from behind, “My uncle doesn’t live in Riverside. He doesn’t like those old


    fogies either.”


    Caesar said with a smile, “Yes. ine was true. I left Riverside a long time ago. Ie to Riverside as


    some rumours have triggered my curiosity. Ms. Radomil, please rest assured. I’m not your enemy and I


    don’t have any evil intentions towards you.”


    ine called him, “Uncle.”


    She felt sad when learning that he was about to leave.


    Caesar said, “ine, you’re now leaving in other people’s house, so you should be obedient. You can’t


    be willful again. I wille here to see you if there’s any chance.”


    ine waved at him, “Goodbye, uncle.”


    Caesar nodded his head. He then slightly nodded at Ste and then turned around and left.


    When he appeared in her vision, Ste withdrew her gaze and then looked towards ine.


    ine had prepared herself to share her feelings with Ste, “Ste, oh, I’ve been believing that my


    second uncle has passed away, as my dad and my grand-grandpa told me so! But I never expect that


    he’s still alive. On the way back here, he told me that he left Riverside because he wasn’t satisfied with


    the rules of the James family. My uncle treated me well when I was young. I really didn’t expect to see


    him again!”


    Ste could empathy with her for her happiness from the excitement in her tone of voice. She then


    asked, “How long has it been since your uncle left Riverside?”


    “It has been a long time. I almost forget it. Maybe he left when I was less than ten years old.”


    ”Then it has been ten years. You haven’t heard of his news over the past years?”


    “I didn’t. I remember I asked about him when I was young, but my father told me he died. They never


    mentioned uncle at home and I thought it was because they felt sad whenever thinking of


    him.”