Next One Is a Babe
Chapter 2040

Wow, she just won't give up. Cindy took the coll without osking lon, ond she turned the speoker on.

lon osked. "Whot do you wont?"

Yulio poused for o while, then she soid, "I heord you're on leove."

lon grunted.

Yulio orgonized her thoughts, then she osked, "Did you bring your girlfriend bock to your hometown?"

How did she know obout this? Honnoh couldn't hove told her. With how bod our relotionship is, Honnoh couldn't hove told her obout it. Ion grunted ogoin.

Yulio smiled. "So, ore you getting engoged or morried this time?" she suddenly osked.

lon ond Cindy froze up ond looked ot eoch other in shock. Nobody expected her to even know obout thot.

lon hesitoted for o moment, then decided he couldn't trust her ond told her o lie. "I'm here to toke the inheritonce Bryce left me."

Yulio still sounded hoppy. "You don't hove to be so defensive. I just wont to soy congrotulotions on your engogement or possible morrioge. I won't trip you up, so don't worry. If onything hoppens to you, I'm olso going to get drogged down."

Cindy stored ot the phone.

lon didn't know if she wos lying or not, but he still soid, "I'll onnounce it if it reolly hoppens."

Wow, she just won't give up. Cindy took the call without asking lan, and she turned the speaker on.

lan asked. "What do you want?"

Yulia paused for a while, then she said, "I heard you're on leave."

lan grunted.

Yulia organized her thoughts, then she asked, "Did you bring your girlfriend back to your hometown?"

How did she know about this? Hannah couldn't have told her. With how bad our relationship is, Hannah couldn't have told her about it. Ian grunted again.

Yulia smiled. "So, are you getting engaged or married this time?" she suddenly asked.

lan and Cindy froze up and looked at each other in shock. Nobody expected her to even know about that.

lan hesitated for a moment, then decided he couldn't trust her and told her a lie. "I'm here to take the inheritance Bryce left me."

Yulia still sounded happy. "You don't have to be so defensive. I just want to say congratulations on your engagement or possible marriage. I won't trip you up, so don't worry. If anything happens to you, I'm also going to get dragged down."

Cindy stared at the phone.

lan didn't know if she was lying or not, but he still said, "I'll announce it if it really happens."

"Sure." She lamented, "I'm not doing anything. I just want to say congratulations."

lan paused for a moment. "Thank you, then. Even if you're not sincere about it, thanks for calling anyway."

Yulia hung up without saying a word.

After the phone call ended, Cindy turned around. "How did she know?"

lan looked at her innocently. "I have no idea. Her source is too accurate for comfort. And you said Hannah doesn't know what we're doing here, so she couldn't have found out through her. Did she guess it herself? But that's even freakier."

Cindy couldn't figure it out either. If Hannah knew what they were doing, she would have called them, so Hannah couldn't have known. Yulia couldn't have found the answer through Hannah, which meant she had other sources. But who? lan and I don't have any mutual acquaintances left. Maybe she did guess it herself, but if that's true, then her instincts are crazy good.

lan said, "It's fine. As long as we deny, she can't do anything even if her guess is correct."

Cindy nodded, but she still felt worried. "I feel sorry for you, lan."

I feel sorry for myself too. Goddammit. I shouldn't have been polite to her back at the magazine photoshoot. I should have just been haughty like other celebrities. If she hadn't thought I was leading her on, none of this sh*t would have happened.

There were a few bodyguards outside the hotel, but they weren't there to keep anyone safe. Instead, they were there to keep Leah from causing a scene.

Leah's sources were accurate as well, and she was an even more annoying woman than Yulia was. If she knew lan was back, she would probably come and harass them at their hotel even if she didn't know they were going to have an engagement banquet.

God. Why can't I do one thing without anyone or anything trying to ruin it?

The stylist arrived on time and styled Cindy up, then she put some light makeup on for lan, and finally, she styled Aurora's hair as well as putting on some makeup for her.

When the stylist was done, the three of them looked great, and their makeup looks matched their outfits.

Logan came over right after they were done. He said the venue was ready, and they could start with the banquet if the couple went over now.