The three girls all breathed a sigh of relief. âSo it was Byran Howardâs sister who played a prank on us that almost scared us to death!
Byron stepped forward, afraid that Julius would hurt someone again in his rage. He shielded Ellinor Mendoza behind him. Julius, youâre the one who got scared and almost pissed your pants, and youâre saying that I would get scared?
Julius got up in anger, âByran, you dare to gang up and bully me!â
Byran stood his ground, âWho started bullying whom? You played your little tricks by paying double the ticket price to bribe the staff here to target us and let you guys have a smooth ride! Julius, if you cant play fair, donât play at all!
I did pay double the ticket price, but the staff didnât cooperate with me, so it doesnât count!â Juliusâs pride was a bit hurt, so he started making excuses, pointing at the staff led by Ellinor Julius, I just realized that not only are you despicable, but youâre also shameless!â Byran frowned in disgust.
âYou Julius was at a loss for words Before the game even started, Ellinor went to the restroom in the hall of this escape room club alone.
When she came out, she happened to overhear Julius instructing the front desk to bribe the staff, which felt very unfair to her.
So, after they all went in, she offered the front desk three times the price to let her in as a staff member People who can be bribed with money are usually the least reliable. Because as soon as someone offered a higher price, those people would immediately switch sides.
And it was while Byran was looking for clues to pass the game that he received a text message from Ellinor using Theeâs number, which read, âRemember to play dead later!â
He didnât understand what it meant at first, but when the nurse cut him and it didnât hurt, he figured it out and went along with it.
Coming out of the escape room club, Julius still wasnât willing to give up and quickly caught up with Byran, blocking him and saying, âByran, I admit you were good in the escape room! If you dare, compete with me in something else!â
Byran looked bored and snorted, âWho would want to compete with a cheater like you? Get out of my way!â
Julius didnât intend to give up. âThereâs a swimming pool nearby, and everything in the water is transparent. I canât cheat in a physical competition, how about it?â
âNot interested!â
âYou cant swim, can you?â
After his moment of triumph in the escape room, Byran was now on cloud nine and totally unaffected by Juliusâs provocation.
âIâm not competing! Whether I can swim or not is none of your business!â
Having said that, Byran pulled Ellinor around Julius and strode away Julius still didnât give up, âHey! Byran, stop right there!â
Ellinor frowned, looked back at Julius, who was following them, then at Byran, who was holding her hand, seeming to realize something, and asked curiously, âWhy is he always comparing himself with you? Does he like you and is trying to get your attention on purpose?â
Byran almost choked at her words, âAre you kidding me? That guy likes that girl, but the girl is always around me, so heâs always giving me a hard time!â
Ellinor looked back again, Julius was indeed shouting Byranâs name while paying attention to Candida Greenâs reaction, and the girl named Candida Green was also following them, but her eyes were fixed on Byran.
Oh my! That was a typical messy love triangle!
So that was what was going on. Julius was trying to show off in front of Candida Green and make Byran, his rival, look bad; but things didnât go as planned.
And now he was probably trying to save face in front of the girl he loved, thatâs why he was challenging Byran again!
âHey! Byran! Heyâ¦â Julius couldnât get Byranâs attention, so he changed his strategy and shouted at Ellinor, âPearl Howard! You stop right there!â
At this point, in the elevator of the mall, the mall manager was respectfully seeing off Balfour Howard, the president of the Howard Group.
âMr. Howard, rest assured, the branding event that the Howard Group is hosting in our mall will be successful and will definitely satisfy you!â
Balfour nodded, âI hope so.â
âPearl! I told you to stop, did you hear me? Pearlâ¦â
Pearl!
Balfourâs eyes suddenly sharpened, and he instinctively looked in the direction of the voice Quinton also heard the name and looked over in shock. Then he saw Byran being chased by Julius.
âLooks like itâs Byran and his classmates!â
Balfour frowned got off the elevator, and quickly walked over Byran got nervous to see Balfour suddenly appear, âHow come youâre here?â
Balfour didnât answer him. His cold and suppressed eyes swept over each of Byranâs classmates, especially lingering longer on + threeâirls.
âWho is Pearl?â