Coolest Girl in Town

Lucas didn’t have time to think as he turned his head to look at the window that was wide open. In the

end, he ran away with his clothes in his arms.

Outside the door, Jamie was looking at a live video on his phone of Lucas escaping when he sighed to

the police officers. “Oh no, he still hasn’t opened the door after so long. Could he have run away?”

The moment the leading police officer heard this, he immediately ordered the door knocked down.

Fortunately, the door was not locked, and it only took the burly police officers two to three tries to knock

it open. As everyone rushed in, they were greeted by the sight of Lucas, who was naked from his waist

up and straddling the window with his shirt in his hands.

“Freeze!” The officer took out his weapon and warned, “I will use my weapon if you keep running!”

Lucas thought of jumping off the second floor, but he couldn’t muster the courage to do so when his

limbs all felt limp. He might actually get hit if he moved one second too slow. After quiet consideration,

he finally raised his hands and obediently surrendered.

One of the policemen rushed up immediately and handcuffed him.

The other two police officers searched the room and easily found a bag of powder on the sink in the

bathroom.

The leading police officer held the bag of powder in front of Lucas and barked, “You work alone? Do

you have any accomplices?!”

“Yeah, Lucas, you better fess up if you do. It is not a small crime you are committing. Don’t bear it

alone!” Jamie pushed the officer aside and stepped forward, smiling brightly.

Seeing him, Lucas immediately understood what was going on. He gritted his teeth and roared, “I want

a lawyer!”

“You were caught red-handed. It doesn’t matter if you get a lawyer or not! Take him with us!”

With the solid evidence at hand, the police didn’t care much about anything else and they dragged

Lucas away.

As Lucas passed them by, Narissa waved and provoked him. “Adios!” she singsonged.

“Now that hit the spot!” Jamie sighed in relief. He then stretched out his hand in front of Narissa, raised

his chin, and waited for her to play her part.

She instantly knew what he meant before she slapped her palm on his. “That was pretty good

cooperation!”

“We are like Bonnie and Clyde. We are the best partner each other could have!” Jamie had no intention

of being modest at all.

Right then, the manager came in and greeted the two respectfully. “Mr. Keller, Miss Cuber.”

“Hey.” Jamie nodded. “You are discerning, and you have done a good job handling this. Pack up and

report to a hotel under the Keller Group. I have given them a heads-up. You will still be doing the same

job there, but your salary will be increased by half.”

“Thank you, Mr. Keller!” The manager was utterly grateful.

I chose the right boss, he thought.

It was almost nighttime when Adelpha returned to the White Residence with the apricot almond cake in

her hands.

After shoving the box of pastries into Elise’s arms, she collapsed onto the sofa, not even bothering to

take off her shoes.

Elise happened to want to chew on something, so she brought the box to the table and sat down while

she got ready to eat.

As soon as the box was opened, Adelpha suddenly jolted up as though she had been electrocuted, and

began to look at Elise with a mysterious gaze. However, she quickly looked away and acted nonchalant

when her eyes met Elise’s.

Elise was keen enough to notice how strangely Adelpha was behaving. After checking the cake

carefully, she noticed some white powder within the crumbs in the box.

She then brought one of the pastries near her mouth and gave it a sniff, only to notice an odd smell

coming from it. It was a subtle scent, but her sharp sense of smell had picked it up.

Upon realization, she kept holding the cake and looking at it without taking a bite.

Adelpha, on the other hand, was holding her breath as she sparingly threw glances at Elise. She would

leave her eyes there on the table if she could.

To her surprise, Elise suddenly let out a faint smile as she turned to look at the kitchen. “Aunt Lyra, can

you come here for a second?”

Lyra only shuffled her way out of the kitchen after 30 seconds.

The older woman was sore all over after her relentless pounding of the rice to make mochi for Elise.

With her messy hair and makeup, she looked even worse than a middle-aged woman who cooked in

the kitchen day in and day out.

“What?!” she cursed.

Don’t be mad.” Elise smilingly gazed at her. “I was thinking that you must be tired after so much hard

work the whole day. Since you are my elder, please go ahead and try the apricot almond cake Adelpha

bought from North South Cafe.”

“Since when were you so kind?” Lyra suspiciously asked.

Still, her tummy began to growl when her eyes fell on the exquisite-looking pastries on the table.

“Good things are for sharing.” Elise pushed the box toward Lyra. “Don’t hold back. Have as much as

you like.”

It will be a waste to not eat it when my own daughter brought it home, Lyra thought before she took two

pieces and stuffed them in her mouth.

“No!” Adelpha shot up from the sofa. “You can’t eat that!”

Lyra’s movement stopped for a while, but she resumed chewing and swallowing the food in his mouth

before she grumbled impatiently, “You punk, did you forget about your mother just after a trip outside?

You can’t even let me have some?”

After saying that, she gobbled up the remaining apricot almond cake, a look of satisfaction gradually

appearing on her face.

The food from South West Cafe really does melt in one’s mouth! What a unique flavor!