Chapter 49 CHAPTER 49

Chapter 49 CHAPTER 49
Then, Jim looked at Eva with a playful yet threatening expression in his eyes and thought, ‘I will be sure to remember this girl!’
At the same moment, the director entered the room.
"Sonia, are you here? You’re going to sing ‘Reversed Attack’ with Jim for the opening."
Sonia couldn’t believe what she heard. ‘What?!’ She couldn’t utter a word but she was already screaming in her mind.
The color on her face quickly faded. ‘Why the hell didn’t they inform me in advance?!’ Luckily, she was good at singing. Otherwise, she was already thinking about what a disaster it would be.
To her consolation, Jim was informed about it but he never rehearsed. After all, he was also good at singing and doing it in front of so many people was a trivial thing for him.
"Don’t worry too much. I’ve got your back," Jim said as he winked at her. He tried to assure her that everything would be fine because it was evident in her facial expression that she was about to have a panic attack. "You just have to trust me. All right?" His eyes flashed with gentleness.
As everyone heard this, they glanced meaningful looks at each other. Their minds were running with every speculation that they could think of.
‘Why on earth is he being head over heels with this girl?’ ‘Don’t tell me that he really has a crush on Sonia?’
As everyone was guessing in their heads, Nicole also couldn’t help but come up with one. She remembered that her agent told her before that Sonia had a pretty powerful backer. Now, she was wondering if her agent was actually talking about Jim.
Hidden at one of the corners of the room, Fabian also witnessed everything. She was fuming with jealousy and resentment.
‘What on earth is so good about that good-for-nothing cockroach?! James always misses her and couldn’t forget her. The handsome ice man is treating her like a precious treasure. Now, even Jim, the greatest superstar, has his eyes on her?’ Her face was so red, extremely furious at everything good that was happening on Sonia’s end.
Everyone was already getting prepared as the program would start in a few minutes.
Inside the City's stadium, all seats were fully occupied. Even the aisles in between the seats were full of people. Most of them came here just to witness and see Jim in person.
Sonia was very nervous as she waited for their turn to perform at the opening. Committing a mistake in front of this crowd and on national television was the last thing she wanted to happen. Fortunately, Jim was such a professional when it came to performing on-stage. His charisma and showmanship were not for naught. As soon as they got on the stage, Jim pulled her towards him and mesmerized everyone.

Leila had verbally abused Sonia shortly after Sonia had successfully performed well with Jim on stage. She had even accused her of being a slut in the presence of everyone, including Finney.
She was drunk at the moment but still slightly sober, heading towards Daniel's apartment.
She got there and knocked on the door. Finney approached and opened the door.
When Finney saw her, her face darkened. She clearly remembered all the negative things she said to Sonia and how unfair she had treated her in the show. "So, are you here to apologize?" she blatantly asked.
"Why would I apologize? For your information, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m here for Daniel, okay? Do you mind letting me in already?" Once again, Leila set aside all the nobleness and elegance as the alcohol clouded her mind. She pushed Finney aside and forced her way in. In her mind, this woman was just also a guest so she had no right to prevent the owner’s guest from entering his house.
"Hey! You’re trespassing. If you don’t leave right now, I’ll call the police." Finney had no choice but to threaten Leila. She stared at the drunken girl angrily and held her phone in one hand, preparing to make the call anytime. However, Leila just ignored her and sat down on the sofa without asking for permission. "Oh, I just remembered you saying you have a cousin-in-law. Are you talking about James?" "Who are you talking about?
My cousin-in-law’s surname is Raymond," Finney replied reluctantly as she didn’t know why this girl would be asking her cousin-in-law’s name if he was the one she was looking for. Leila’s eyes quickly widened and her dizziness somehow subsided.
"Did you just say that his surname is ‘Raymond’? Ha-ha! You’re a weird woman!" Leila was laughing but trembling at the same time. Her mind couldn’t think straight after hearing the revelation of Sonia’s cousin.
"You’re the weird one! Don’t you think I’ll know my own cousin-in-law better than you?" Finney had to get a bottle of ice-cold fruit juice from the fridge and drank it in one go to calm her nerves. She was itching to kick this crazy girl out of the balcony.
"Shut up! My Daniel is not your cousin-in-law. He will never like your cousin, that low-class bug." Leila had almost gone crazy. The alcohol had made her mad and jealous. She was no longer a noble and elegant lady. At that moment, she was just a crazy woman who was going mad because of love.
Finney realized something from her words. The Daniel she had mentioned was her cousin-in-law, and Leila was a girl who had come to stir up some trouble.
"You have a crush on my cousin-in-law and you want to be his mistress to break them up, right? I'm telling you, there's no way you can come between them. My cousin-in-law treats my cousin very well. You can't break them up."
"Mistress?" Leila sneered and said, "Daniel and I grew up together. He is my first love, and I was his, too. How could Sonia steal my first love? Why would she do that?"
"So what? Why does that matter? He's now married to my cousin. She is his legal wife. If you get involved, you will be nothing more than his mistress," Finney said as she glared at Leila with a contemptuous look. She had seen wild mistresses before, but Leila was the first one she had seen who had the audacity to be this fierce and bold!
"Gotten married? Did you say that they are married?" Leila's eyes almost popped out of her head. She thought she was hallucinating because she was very drunk.
Finney stepped forward and decided to raise her voice at her. "Yes. They're married. They're married now. Do you understand?" she shouted in a loud and powerful voice.
"No! It's impossible! You are lying! You are lying!" Leila was now overwhelmed by hysteria. She covered her ears, shook her head, and screamed hysterically before she rushed out of the apartment.
"You mad woman!" Finney cursed and slammed the door.
Meanwhile, it was already late when Sonia and Daniel arrived home. The moment they entered the house, Finney told them that Leila had come.

It was late at night.
Everyone had gone to sleep, but Leila was still drinking in front of the bar counter.
Married? Daniel and Sonia are married?
She didn't believe, absolutely not.
They were nothing more but roommates two days ago. How could they suddenly become a couple today?
But she did have the ring on. If they were not married, why would Daniel give it to her?
The secret was so well-kept that she would not have found out about it if it weren't for Finney.
Leila poured herself a glass of whisky and gulped it down. Her eyes were filled with nothing but tears and deep hatred.
She couldn't let them go on like this. She couldn't let Sonia take her place.
She must find a way to drive her away from Daniel.
Mandy's fighting capacity was too weak, so it didn't take long for her to get intimidated by Sonia. Leila couldn't use Mandy to her advantage this time, so she had to find a stronger fighter.
Her malicious and bloodthirsty eyes sparkled in the darkness as a ghost-like smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
There was one person that could definitely make Sonia die a horrible death.
Leila picked up her phone and sent an anonymous e-mail to that person. It was Valery. She wrote, "Valery, do you want to know where Daniel is? I can tell you."