“It’s fine, Liv. Listen to me. You’ve been busy because of work for far too long. You shouldtake a break since you’ll get busy again in a few days. By then, you won’t be able to rest even if you wanted to,” Lily said half-jokingly. Since Lily insisted, Olivia stopped persuading her. “Okay then. Oh right, you know I have two phones. I turned off the one for work. If you need me, call my personal phone number. “Yeah. Have fun!” After hanging up, Lily noticed Alexander gave her a deep look. She looked down at her appearance, but nothing seemed to be out of place. “What’s wrong?” + “Are you asking her to leave because you don’t want her to get involved?” Alexander hit thenail on the head, stunning Lily before she let out a smile. “Not entirely. Liv was my assistant while I worked in MN Inc. , so she’s familiar with all my products and research outcomes. This time, Nathaniel is determined to make me take the blame for everything, so Liv would be the first person he woulwanted to bring up the past. If so, she will have no choice but to tell them everything, regardless of whether or notshe wants to, because she is still MN Inc. ’s employee. It would be better for her not to be around. ” While talking, Lily did not neglect her food. Some things were indeed expensive for a reason

Her meal possessed an exquisite and delicious appearance with a first-class taste. It had been a long since she had time to sit down and enjoy her meal. her. Hence, she paid no attention to her image or that Alexander was sitting right before. She simply ate as she usually would when she was alone. With a faint smile on hi s lips, Alexander just s tared at Lily as she ate. It was as if he could be full by just watching her eat. was a littl e apprehensive about Lily’s plans. “You seem pretty confident. ” Ini tially, Alexander . Still, after listening to wh at she said, he realized she was not acting impulsively. Instead, she had thought over her en tire plan carefully and thoroughly. he r food as she looked up at Alexander. Lily stoppe d digging he r spoon into . “There’s one more thing I hope yo u can agree to. ” “What is it?” Al exander seemed to be full already. He placed his utensils down, gently wiping the corners of his lips with a napkin ashe waited for Lily to continue. “I-I want to bring Liv with me to Rebirth. ” After a shor t pause, Lily continued, “I’m doing it for myself, but Liv is also a competent person. Plus, I’m u sed to worki ng with her. I can promise you we will bring great re sults to the company. If not, I will…” Lily e ven raised a hand as if she was making an oath. “What will you do?” Alexander asked, int errupting her words

“Give u s half a year. Within that time, I can create a hot- selling perfume that will benefit the company significantly. ” Lily promised. Alexan der ch uckled. “I remember you only took three months to develop the formula for First Love, so why do you need half a year at my compan y?”. down slowly, hesitating for a moment before she said, “Actually…” “Yeah?” “First Love is flawed. ” “Oh?” “I’m sure you know a great perfume takes time to create, from its inspiration and planning process to repeated experiments and try-outs. Lily put he r hand . We had to rush every thing to create a per fume in three months. However, we had no choice back then. ” Lily shrugged and continued, “Nathaniel wanted us to rush our work because he n eeded a new productto participate in the competition, so…” The creation of First Love was a rushed process. “That was why its base note changed completely with just a slight modification to its ingredients,” Lily said in a playful tone. Her thumb and index finger were placed closely together to indicate how little of the new ingredient she used. Lil y’s liveliness and each of her expressions into his mind. Alexan der en graved . His eyes darkened, and he suddenly m oved closer to her. Before she could react, h e had wiped the corners o f her lips with a napkin. “There was a tiny bit of oil stain on y our lips. ” Alexander looked indifferent, as if his actions were a regular thing. However, his words made Lily blush instant ly. Alexander was so serious and focused w hile gently wiping the corners of her lips