At the same time, his complicated gaze fell on Mason Nightshade.

Bro Mason had been acting really strange lately, but he believed in him. It was just that there were some things he didn't know yet.

"Mm." Mason's face was dark, no one knew what he was thinking.

...

These past few days, Mason sent a video call every night and left it on till morning. The originally boring filming life now tasted a little sweet to Aurelia Shaw.

But.

The flies seemed to be getting restless again.

...

"Sister." Jovana Shaw's voice sounded from behind. Aurelia didn't stop walking. She pulled out her room card and said in a cold, distant voice, "There's no one else here. No need to keep pretending to be the good little sister, right?"

Jovana bit down hard. This was exactly what she hated most about her. "Rich wastrel" was clearly a derogatory word, yet Aurelia managed to be such an arrogant little wastrel!

She lifted her chin coldly, dropping the act, her eyes turning frosty. "Aurelia, doesn't it feel awful to lose things? Watching the people who used to be good to you start to ignore you—isn't it depressing? Doesn't it make you unwilling?"

Jovana tapped her fingernail, curling her lips in contempt.

These past few days in the crew, Jovana had been like a fish in water, very popular. Everyone liked her and treated her with great care. Compared to that, Aurelia, who'd never liked socializing on set, now looked much more neglected.

Aurelia frowned slightly and instead asked, "Have I ever stolen anything from you?"

Jovana froze. "No."

"Oh." It had been too long. She'd thought maybe she had stolen something from her back then, which was why Jovana was so obsessed with snatching her things now, as some sort of revenge.

"Everything you have was supposed to be mine!" Jovana said sharply.

They were both not biological daughters. So why did she have less than Aurelia? She was going to snatch it all away—everything would belong to her alone!

"Oh." Aurelia turned, swiped the room card, clearly not planning to keep talking. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Jovana's anger surged. "Dad, I'm going to take him back. The Shaw Family, I'll take it too. Everything you own, I'll snatch it all… even—even Mason, sooner or later, I'll take him from you too!"

Aurelia's eyes suddenly darkened.

Jovana shuddered violently, then, realizing she'd finally jabbed at her sore spot, sneered, "You think Mason loves you now? Once you're nothing, let's see if he still loves you. Back then you only got into the Nightshade Family by shamelessly taking the shares the Shaw Family gave you and marrying in. Mason was just using you. You really think he loves you? Ridiculous… mmph!"

Aurelia's hand clamped around Jovana's neck, slamming her against the wall. Her stunning little face leaned in, red lips hooked in a wickedly cold yet seductive smile, tempting and dangerous. "If you can steal it, go ahead and try. You think I actually need any of that?"

Jovana's face flushed red as she couldn't draw a breath, her heart pounding wildly with fear.

Suddenly, that period of time when she'd been locked under the graveyard flashed through her mind…!

"Au… Aurelia, I'm telling you, th-this is a hotel. If you dare do anything to me here, someone will definitely find out!"

Jovana had thought about using a "self-inflicted injury" act to frame Aurelia.

But she didn't dare. She had this instinct that Aurelia really would do it—really could kill her right here.

This woman was capable of anything!

Aurelia raised her hand, and with a crisp "smack," the slap landed!