Chapter 71
She had to thank Marvin for this. When she was young, she didn’t Like dancing, but Marvin had forced her to learn. He said that if she didn’t take up dance classes, he wouldn’t let her go to school, so she had no choice but to learn how to dance.
Little did she know that it would cin handy one day.
After spending a few days in the dance studio, she found that she still wasn’t fond of dancing, but she wasn’t as averse to it as she was when she was a child.
The students at the sturanged from four to twelve years old. She was in charge of a smaller class, which had more than a dozen six-year-old girls.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHaving gotten along with the kids these days, Camila’s mood improved and she temporarily forgot the troubles in her life. After concluding her last class, Elva knocked on the door and asked, “Miss Haynes, are you free tonight?”
“Yes,” Camila said with a grin. “What's up?”
She thought Elva wanted to talk to her about work, but to her surprise, Elva suddenly asked, “Do you have a boyfriend?”
Camila hesitated for a moment. “No,” she said after a while. She wasn’t lying. After all, she and Isaac were only married on paper. Elva grinned even more happily. She approached Camila and Linked arms with her intimately, saying, “I wanted to ask you a favor.”
Camila had always considered Elva a nice person. She had taken good care of Camila ever since she started working here. But at this moment, Elva was so close to her, which made Camila feel a little uncomfortable. She withdrew her arm gently and said, “If | can help you, IIL definitely do it. But if | can’t... Then I can only say sorry..
Elva bechesitant. “My husband is the CEO of Relcon Pharmaceutical. He has a team who has been working on an anticancer drug, and we've invested a Lot of money into this project over the past few years. Now he has made substantial progress, but he’s short of money, so he’s looking for investors. But not everyone is interested. Now, someone’s willing to invest, but he didn’t show up to their last appointment. My husband is worried he’s going to back out. That gentleman is single, and he’s quite wealthy...”
Camila interrupted her somewhat impatiently. “I don’t understand what you needfor.”
What did this have to do with her?
She had no money to invest!
Of course, from her perspective as a doctor, she certainly hoped that
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmRelcon Pharmaceutical would be successful.
If she had a lot of money to spare, she would've invested in such a project without hesitation. But the reality was that she was just another ordinary person who was also struggling to survive.
She could do nothing to help. Or so, that was what she thought.
Elva finally cut to the chase. “My husband’s looking for a beautiful girl who can cand meet that potential investor with him...” “Wait a second.
“It finally dawned on Camila.
Elva was asking her to help them get the investment by drinking with that potential investor. Perhaps she was even asking for a little more than that...
“Elva, I’m thankful you gavethis job, but I’m not a barmaid. | don’t know how to please people. I’m sorry, but | can’t help you.” Camila refused Elva’s request without hesitation.