The person wore a face mask and a baseball cap, effectively hiding their features. A bit of cropped, gray hair peeked from under the cap, though, so Lucinda presumed it was just a lost old woman.
When she drew closer, however, she caught sight of the woman’s hand.
Instead of wrinkled, saggy skin, this woman’s hand was smooth and tight, and Lucinda had no doubt that it would be soft to touch, too.
Lucinda was about to walk up to the stranger and take a closer look, but this seemingly old woman quickly slipped into the side entrance of the building when the attending staff weren’t paying attention.
On the 22nd floor of the Barnard Building.
Noelle was busy posing for photographs.
The pictures that were supposed to be on the cover of the weekly Magazine were already done, but seeing how great she did, the company president had decided to dedicate a few more pages to Noelle.
She was riveting in front of the camera, and everyone was focused on the shoot.
As it was, no one noticed the old lady who was slinking behind the crew with half a bucket of dirty water she had taken from the bathroom.
Her hatred-filled eyes had never left Noelle since she came into the room.
She quietly approached the corner closest to Noelle, making sure not to catch anyone’s eyes.
“Perfect! All right, that wraps up this batch. We still have two more themes after this, so let’s take a break for 3@ minutes. Noelle, you did a great job! Thank you for your hard work. You were absolutely stunning!”
This came from the president of Barnard himself, who was now staring at Noelle with unveiled admiration.
A round of applause followed as the rest of the staff exclaimed their own praises.
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Noelle offered them a humble bow.
“Thank you, everyone. My agent has prepared some fruit tea for you to enjoy. Please help yourselves.”
Cheers erupted as the staff made a beeline for her agent.
The old woman watched it all from a few feet away, her eyes glinting with malicious intent.
“Noelle! I’ll destroy you, once and for all!”
With that, she flung the bucket’s contents on Noelle, who was caught off-guard by the sudden attack.
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It was too late for her to dodge. The next thing she knew, she was drenched in the disgusting and muddy water, and the dress that Barnard had provided for the shoot was now stained to the point of ruin.
Worse still, the dirt in the water entered Noelle’s eyes. She tried to rub and blink them off a few times, but it caused her a great deal of pain to just keep her eyes open.
At the time, everyone else’s attention was on the queue for the fruit tea. No one could have stopped the attack in time. But it wasn’t over yet.
The old woman tossed the empty bucket aside and whipped a dagger out of her pocket. She then rushed at Noelle, who was still struggling with her stinging eyes.