Chapter 647

Ethan Roscente tactfully excused himself, leaving the three women to their conversation.

Vivian Laurent felt an unsettling gaze on her back, but saw nothing when she glanced around.

In a shadowed corner of the mall, Annika Heilbronn glared at Bianca Semona through clenched teeth.

"With your intelligence, you think you can compete against Vivian?" Annika spat in frustration.

Bianca retorted defiantly, "If you were here, why didn't you help me?"

...

During the return trip, Emily Garnache excitedly planned tomorrow's hot spring visit.

That evening, she had a box of swimwear delivered.

"Vivian, this one would look amazing on you!" Emily held up a barely-there bikini.

Vivian touched her slightly rounded abdomen. "I'd prefer something more modest."

She ultimately chose a one-piece, while Emily picked a pink cartoon-print design. Fiona Grandelle selected a conventional two-piece.

"What a waste!" Emily sighed at the box of unused sexy swimsuits. "Vivian, do you have any breast enhancement pills?"

Vivian chuckled. "I'm afraid not."

Emily gazed longingly at Vivian's curves. "When will I grow like that?"

"It's genetics." Vivian pinched her cheek affectionately.

Fiona reassured, "You're still young, Emily."

"I just hope we don't run into that Bianca tomorrow." Emily's tone shifted, her eyes clouding with concern.

Vivian gazed pensively out the window, where phantom eyes seemed to glimmer in the darkness.