Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession

"Even if I owe you nothing, I am merely being your friend. I doubt you'd stand aside and watch quietly while I am embroiled in troubles. Or would you?" Ella added in a teasing voice, silently wiping the drop of tear that rolled down her cheek.

It took her a long time before Ruby's emotions seemed stable again.

After hanging up, Ella leaned back on the headboard of the bed, feeling rather disoriented.

The memories of the past life crept back in her mind again.

'Ella, why wouldn't you trust me? He really is seeing Esther… I overheard their conversation! Max and Esther are using you…'

'Hah~ Says the one who is pregnant with his child now. Ruby, don't you feel any shame, hmm? Still scheming against my sister after you stole my man from me…'

Tears rolled down Ruby's eyes as she opened her mouth to say something but in the end, she did not utter a word.

She just looked at Ella with a gaze full of sorrow. A kind of expression that Ella had never seen on Ruby's face before. It had shocked her for a moment but on the surface, she did not let it show.

She coldly turned around and walked inside the mansion.

Back to present, Ella frowned when she recollected that particular memory.

What did Ruby want to say back then?

Coming to think of it, how did Ruby get pregnant with Max's child at that time?

Because of that small detail, Ella had been thinking for a long time that maybe Ruby loved Max.

But by now, Ella was certain that this was not the case. Ruby loved Max just as much as mosquitoes like mosquito coils.

Given Ruby's character, she would never let such a person touch her. Because Ruby was also not in the dark regarding Max's numerous affairs.

Then, as things stood like this, there were two possibilities.

First, she was tricked into it by the Hill Family in order for them to get a legitimate heir. And second, the child was not… Max's.

Ella stiffened and immediately shook her head, "Am I overthinking it now?"

No matter how much her conjecture made sense, Ella did not dare to think in that direction now.

Thinking of that, Ella calmed herself. Ruby had already taken the first step towards changing her destiny in this life.

From now, none of those terrible things would happen to her again.

After Ella came out of the shower, her phone buzzed before she could even dress properly.

It was a call from the 'Lilac' headquarters, asking her to be a bit more active on her social media as people were crowding over.

Ella realized that she had barely been there in the recent days. And true enough, the moment she opened her account, her phone glitched completely, overflowing with notifications.

Her followers had increased significantly and people were praising her, thanking her for posting about the 'Lilac' products beforehand, some were urging for a restock.

Some people were inquiring if she was collaborating with them or if she worked for them. Various netizens expressed various feelings.

After thinking about it, Ella quickly got dressed into her fluffy duck printed nightsuit and posted a selfie with a caption: I know you m,ust miss me a lot so here I am~

The moment her narcissistic post went up, quite a few netizens nearly spewed blood in anger.

[This woman… ugh… so shameless.]

[A few weeks of not seeing her and I start thinking she is a better person now…]

[Kinda cute tho haha]

[This brother above, how twisted is your definition of cute?]

[999+]

Ella put her phone down and looked up at the time. It was already past noon.

After giving it a long thought, she headed to the kitchen.

"Miss Yu, shall I set the brunch or would you prefer lunch?" Bertha bowed.

Ella stroked her chin, "How about a lunch date, Bertha?"

Bertha looked on blankly.

Ella grinned, "Help me pack the food. I will have lunch with my dear husband."

Bertha's eyes widened immediately, "Yes, yes… I am on it!" Inwardly, she was over the moon.

Bertha nearly cried tears of happiness. Their Second Master's rotten peach blossoms have finally turned into fresh ones, ah! Blissful days, oh, blissful days!

Riri and Lala dashed towards Ella and circled around her at this moment.

Ella picked them up, each in her arms, "Pack their food too. They are coming along with me to greet their daddy!''

'Woof'

'Meow'

"Oh wait..." Ella took them to kitchen with her and together, they spent about half an hour in there.

Soon after, the golden trio of one human, a kitten and a puppy set out of the Eve Mansion.

When they arrived at King Empires, the receptionist immediately stopped them, "Wait Miss, you…"

The receptionist stopped when Ella turned to look at her with a smile. For a moment, she was blinded by the bright smile. But then… Ah, isn't it the same person from the last time?

While looking at Ella who had lost nearly half her weight since the last time she visited the company, the receptionist fell speechless.

"Yes?"

"Miss, you can go but they…"

The receptionist glanced at the kitten that was nestled against the girl's shoulder, but she trailed off when she saw Riri. Isn't it the same puppy that had accompanied their Boss to the company before?

"They will go with me too," Ella said, holding the food bag in one hand while she held Riri with the other.

"Yes…. Yes… Yes… Please…"

The moment Ella left their sights, the employees erupted. Some immediately came to surround the receptionist.

"It's a good thing that you let her in…"

"Why so?"

"My uncle was invited to the annual ball. There have been rumors going around that our president went there with a special woman."

"A special woman?"

"Yes!" Somebody squealed, "Others might not know but in our company, how many women do strut in so confidently as if it is their backyard?"

Everybody looked in the direction where Ella had disappeared.