Chapter 39 - an odd smile

7 days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Seraphina's constant nagging and probing at Marga became a normal pass-time for her. No one knows how Marga felt these past days —Seraphina was like a pest that always sticks to her. As the day passes by she always level up her annoyance level. In contrast, her two bodyguards were at ease for not causing trouble for them.

Riggs was back to being a bodyguard after being a millionaire for a couple of minutes. He was prepared to send his resignation letter due to his misconduct but to his surprise, Seraphina covered up for him. He may have a lot of things he was curious about, but Riggs always shrugged everything off as it wasn't his concern —as long as he can keep this decent job, he was all good.

At Yue's Family garden:

"Hey, Marga! You're back to work tomorrow, yes?" Seraphina hopped to Marga who is leisurely sipping her tea. Startled by her sudden appearance, Marga spill some of her tea.

"My bad." Seraphina mumbles as she tried to help Marga wipe her spilled tea.

"It's fine, cousin. Yes, I am back to work, tomorrow."

"Great!" Seraphina rejoiced. There was a momentary silence between them —neither of them spoke. Glancing at Seraphina's direction who's staring at nothingness, Marga had chills on her back seeing her odd smile.

She blinked a couple of times trying to have a clearer view of that 'smile' making sure she was not hallucinating but Seraphina was already looking at her with an innocent puzzled look.

"Cousin, is there something on my face?" Seraphina asked.

"... uh? Nothing." Marga awkwardly replied.

"Okay… I'll rest first, I still have work tomorrow." Marga continued. She stood and left without giving Seraphina a second glance.

Reaching her room, Marga heaves a sigh of relief as she leans her back behind the closed door. She also does not understand but an inexplicable fear resurfaced from her heart.

She remembered that the last time she met Seraphina before her accident, she was acting strange. She was usually weird but that encounter was something she could not forget.

Their meeting was brief since she was at county A originally for work but that time she visited Seraphina, for some reason, she seemed to be in a foul mood that leads her to an absurd threatening.

"Don't push it. You don't want your head to be found somewhere else, right?" With that odd smile on her face, Seraphina spoke.

Marga couldn't forget those threatening words up until now. She wasn't sure if Seraphina was serious but still, it gave her the creeps, thus, when she found out that she had amnesia, she thoroughly observed her behavior but found nothing amiss.

"Yes, that's impossible, she has amnesia." Marga convinced herself that she was overthinking things and shrugged the matter off.

Since the incident happened a week ago, Marga was recovering well from the shock and trauma she went through. Readying herself for tomorrow's work, Marga did went to rest and threw the matters about Seraphina at the back of her head.

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The next day...

Seraphina was booming with good vibes as they were on their way to Marga's work. It was understandable as it was her first day of 'work'.

Arriving at their destinations, Marga gave her a few mindful notes. The two of them entered the huge agency while her two bodyguards were left in the parking space —beautiful faces were everywhere.

"Wow… I wonder why I hadn't tried being a celebrity before." Seraphina audibly spoke in awe.

"You said you're not cut for it." Marga answered her in her usual gentle tone but it was obvious that she was a bit annoyed at Seraphina's sudden comment.

Entering a certain office, Seraphina tag along with Marga inside.

"how do you feel?" a woman in her mid 30's welcomed them in a concerned tone.

"I'm good, thank you." Marga reassured her as they sat on the office sofa. Noticing the girl with her, the woman had an inquiring look on her face.

"by the way, this is my cousin, Seraphina. She will be with me for the meantime…" Marga continued to explain the details why Seraphina was with her.

"... Sera, this is my manager, Lucy Tang." She introduced the two after filling up Lucy with the details.

"I won't be a nuisance." Seraphina greeted her politely by giving a 90° bow with a big grin on her face.

"Nice meeting you, Ms. Yue." Lucy Tang greeted her with a slight bow. As long as she won't cause trouble to Marga, she wouldn't actually mind.

She hands out a stack of different scripts to Marga as Lucy sat in front of them.

"go through these scripts and tell me if anything interest you and also you'll be joining a reality show." Lucy informed her with her upcoming schedule.

"reality show?" Marga repeated —confirming she heard right.

"yes, a reality show." Lucy confirmed.

"why?"

"It is said that Alexander Han will have a few projects here, so we need to boost your popularity even more to catch his management's attention."

"Alexander Han? He's back?" Marga asked, surprised. He was everyone's dream guy. A man with fame, looks and wealth. He was a successful artist locally and internationally.

"Yes, the one and only." with an eager look on her eyes, Lucy spoke.

"Okay," Maria replied acknowledging her manager's decision. She knew Lucy well —she wouldn't sign her up without her consent unless it was important for her career.

Reading through the story's plot, Seraphina thought that the story was interesting and compelling.

'not bad.' she thought as she turns the next page. Reading through its content, she couldn't help but speak her thoughts about the story.

"eh? I think this title is confusing." Marga and Lucy turned their attention to her sudden remarks.

"hehe, my bad. Please go on." Seraphina spoke awkwardly as she saw their confused look. She then continues to read to the end while the two continued their discussion.