Chapter 612
The only thing captivating about Crocus City in the night apart from beautiful sights and scenes
were the many pubs and bars in the area.
The streets drifted with music from the guitars of roadside buskers once the local hawkers have
packed up for the night. Emily held her camera tightly to herself and snuck inside a bar that looked
less sleazy. Maybe she could find some inspiration for a new scoop and make some money.
Since her boyfriend Boyd was awarded a schrship abroad, Emily had been saving up money to
help with his tuition and she had work hard to make sure that her boyfriend could enjoy a
comfortable life being so far away from home.
The upper levels of this bar were VIP rooms and at the center of the ground floor, a guitarist was
strumming as he sang.
Emily never could drink. Two bottles of beer were her usual limit and for this reason, her superiors
never asked her when it came to drinking parties in fear of the inconvenience of dealing with her.
She ordered one bottle and after a couple of swigs, she scanned the crowd to find couples
swarming every corner of the establishment. She dug out her cell phone, thinking that she might call
her boyfriend Boyd. But twice she tried, to no avail, just as before when she was on the ne, and
she grumbled, "What is keeping him away from his phone?!"
She knew the time. It should be morning in Newley City by now. Is he busy?
She gave a hup and Emily upended her bottle and emptied every drop of its contents. Then she
yelped at the bartender, "One more of thister! I''ll be back after the bathroom!"
The bathroom was at the end of the corridor and she strode with her camera held tightly to her
midriff.
The aisle was rather narrow and two personsing from opposite directions needed to shift
sideways to allow each other to pass. Emily hurriedly passed the men''s room with her head down
and she did not notice the door swinging open.
The door swung outwards, hitting her squarely.
Emily did not feel any pain, but she heard something cracking.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Damn it!
She peered down at once to pry off the cover of her camera lens. It really was broken! She could
still hear how her chief had been urging her to take care of the camera beforeing on this trip
and now, she would not know how would she exin to him.
"Are you blind? Can''t you see someone walking past!? How could you open a door without
looking!?"
Emily went so livid and vented every shred of her rage on the person. But when she looked up to
see those same beautiful eyes, she gasped with disbelief, "Why you again?!"
"It''s you again!"
The two of them yelped almost simultaneously.
Emily nearly broke into curses. Why this scumbag again?!
She had only just gave him a p across the face just a few hours ago and the encounter still
frightened her. Afraid that she might do something to her, she stepped back.
"Are you doing this on purpose?!" Emily red at him once she felt safer from a distance. "You
broke my camera! You''re paying me back for it and no buts!"
Simon stuck both hands in his pocket, his charming eyes peeringzily at her. "You walked and
bumped into me for not looking at the way and now you''re ming me? Go ask the door for money
if you wantpensation!"
With that, he nonchntly stepped away and bumped into her shoulder when he brushed past.
"..." Emily seethed so heavily when she was bumped into the wall that her chest gyrated up and
down as she panted. She red at his back, thrusting an angry finger at him< "ARGGHH! That''s
infuriating!"
Simon marched out of the aisle with swagger. A man came up to him and said, "I couldn''t thank you
enough, Dr. Chin! Youring here all the way from Ice City for my grandmother''s heart surgery
saved her and for that, we really thank you!"
"You''re wee," said Simon, waving a hand. His thin lips curled into a grin. "Your grandmother
and my grandma are friends since they were girls and my grandma made sure I was on the next
flight here once she heard about you!"
Coming to Yany State was not for leisure, but rather at his grandmother''s behest to help her former
schoolmate with a surgery. The old patient was too aged and her condition made her unfit for travel,
hence he had toe all the way here himself.
No amount of money would have been able to get a master cardiologist like him here, but his
grandmother''s words could make him move mountains.
"Even so, I''m grateful!" smiled the man, "The surgery''s a sess, and as host I should give you a
proper reception! The VIP room upstairs is ready and the owner of this club is a friend, so feel free
to have a good time tonight!"
He immediately introduced two beautifuldies to him, "These girls are friends of mine. They are
from Ice City too and they have heard all about you! It''s a rare chance and why don''t you enjoy
some time with them!"
The two girls threw themselves at Simon and squealed in their clingy voices, "Master Simon!"
Being no strangers to such asion, everyone knew what was going on.
Simon said nothing. His lips twisted wryly with amusement and he shed his eyes at the girls and
they immediately swooned for him, rushing to wrap their arms around him to lead upstairs.
Emily was justing out of the bathroom, flicking away droplets of water from her hand.
She saw the lean and tall man shuffling upstairs, apanied by two beautifuldies and she
smirked. Scum like that will never understand loneliness. What had possessed Selena to go near
him in the first ce?!
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She peered down at her broken camera and felt anger burning in her again to have her gnashing
her teeth with renewed bitterness.
She gazed upstairs and saw the VIP room, and a cunning grin spread across her face.
She did not go back to the bar. Instead, she followed Simon and the girls upstairs quietly and waited
outside quietly until the door to the room opened and one of the scantily-d women came out
where she sprang.
"Hi, girl!"
The woman looked unamused to be osted by a stranger, "What is this? Do I know you?" "Heh
heh!" Emily attempted to defuse the situation with a silly giggle, "You don''t. But I only want to give
you a warning out of kindness!"
"And what is that?" The woman asked impatiently.
"That man who entered the room with you," Emily pointed to the VIP room. "He''s from Ice city, isn''t
he?"
"How do you know?" The woman began to look more properly at her this time,
"Of course I know!" Emily furrowed her brows, feigning interest, and whispered furtively into her
ears, "We are all women so I''m telling you as a friend. Stay away from him. He might look nice and
beautiful, but he''s terrible in bed. And in fact, he has STD. One that is badly infectious! Take this
from a native of Ice City and a reporter too! Look, this is my reporter pass!"
Emily delivered her words with reason and she appeared honest by showing her reporter''s pass.
"Girl, there are lots of men who look handsome on the outside. But you need to be careful and you''d
have the most to lose if anything happens. Not all STDs can be easily cured!"
The girl''s face turned hideous and she abandoned all thoughts about using the bathroom and she
stormed back into the VIP room.
The corners of Emily''s mouth twitched uncontrobly with glee.
Hardly anxious to leave, she stood in a corner and waited while she counted the seconds. As
expected, in less than ten minutes, the first girl hurried out of the room with her handbag, followed
by the other girl who practically scrambled out as if she was running for dear life.
Ha, ha, ha...
Emily doubled over withughter deep inside, satisfied with her handiwork.
The more she thought about it the happier she felt and she went back downstairs, eager to enjoy
her beer with an added taste of achievement.
She was barely at the bottom of the stairs and the grin was still on her face when she saw a man
and a woman hugging each other when they walked past. Emily recognized who it was and her
blood ran cold.