Chapter 37: Kicked Out of the Game

The next morning, at the headquarters of Secret Magazine, Monica Baldwin was led by the receptionist to wait in Secret's conference room at seven-thirty, a full half an hour earlier than Natalia Hanson and the others.

However, Arianne Chadwick guessed that Monica must still be sound asleep in her bed.

But to their surprise, Monica had already been waiting in the conference room for some time when they too arrived.

Natalia showed a surprised expression. She originally thought Monica wouldn't even be able to enter the conference room if she arrived at nine, and wouldn't get a chance to know that it was Natalia who had purposely lied about the meeting's time. But now, Natalia realized that Monica must have figured out her intention to knock her out of the competition, since Monica had arrived early. Yet, what did that matter? Natalia was the planner of this event; she could do whatever she wanted, and nobody else had any say in it.