Chapter 300

Shermaine usually avoided touching Joshua there; her hands got tired. But with his birthday approaching, she indulged him.

Once started, though, stopping was impossible. She didn’t get her midnight snack until dawn, collapsing into sleep immediately after.

Joshua’s birthday dinner would be held at York residence. He hadn’t planned anything big, just a casual dinner with family and close friends.

Before everyone presented their gifts, Roy created a group chat to avoid duplicates. Around ten people were in the group, including Shermaine and Ross.

Ross, however, was still in Lightspring City chasing after Danielle and wouldn’t make it back in time. Still, he had already prepared a gift, and his assistant would deliver it on Joshua’s birthday.

Roy asked in the group chat: [What did you all get for Joshua?]

Replies came in quickly. Most of them were extremely expensive items.

Roy: [No originality.]

Henry: [What are you giving then?]

Roy: [Secret.]

Then Roy turned to Shermaine: [Shermaine, ready with your gift?]

Shermaine: [Still deciding.]

Roy: [Need ideas?]

Shermaine: [No. I’ll manage.]

Roy: [Alright.]

He wanted to help Joshua get even more great gifts and make this 31st birthday extra special and memorable.

The day of the birthday arrived. Around five in the afternoon, Shermaine walked out of the chemistry lab on campus. She placed a document she had just finished into her bag and headed toward York residence.

Just then, she received a message from Roy. [Shermaine, when are you heading to York residence? I’m near Basterel University. Can you give me a ride?]

His car was in for maintenance, and he didn’t feel like driving any of his other cars. These days, he always had a driver take him around.

Shermaine replied: [Now.]

Roy sent her an address.

Shermaine: [Wait.]

About seven or eight minutes later, Shermaine pulled up to the address Roy had given her, right in front of an internet café. She rolled down the window.

Roy had been waiting outside. As soon as he saw her, he grinned and opened the passenger door to hop in.

Shermaine asked casually, “What were you doing here?”

“Looking for someone,” Roy said. “He often comes here to play online games. Thought I’d come to talk to him.”

“And how did that go?”

“Pretty well.”

Little did they know, Kylie, watching this scene in the black Porsche behind them, snapped a photo and sent it to Sarah.

Sarah was already at York residence. After seeing the picture, she thought, ‘There you go. Shermaine really is a flirt. It’s Joshua’s birthday today, and she’s meeting other guys behind his back.’

After Kylie saw the car drive off, she continued tailing them.

Shermaine had planned to head straight to York residence, but halfway there, Lily suddenly called, her voice trembling with panic. “Sheary, help me!”

Her first instinct in times of crisis wasn’t to call the police but to reach out to Shermaine. In her eyes, Shermaine was the only one who could fix things. After all, Shermaine had saved her before, and Lily trusted her completely.

“Where are you?” Shermaine asked calmly.

“I’m at Creston Hotel on Transkurt Road,” Lily said. “Warren wanted the skincare formula you developed, and when I refused, we broke up.

“I didn’t think he’d be this sneaky. He set me up and tricked me into coming here. He even drugged me.” She was hiding in the bathroom, locked inside with the door secured.