As usual, whenever she is unhappy, she would splurge by going shopping.

    Who knew that she would stumble on the same woman whom had caused the strain in her relationship with Killan.

    If eyes could kill, she would have killed the person 10 times over.

    Layla glared at her, wanting to spit fire through her eyes to burn the bitch to ashes.

    Layla walked up to Zosia who was walking beside Kamal with the sales manager dutifully following behind her.

    "Auriel!" Layla called out, making Zosia turn to look at her.

    A hint of confusion passed through Zosia''s eyes for a moment before regaining clarity and she finally remembered who the person was. Recognizing the person who called her, she gave a small smile, wondering what she wanted.

    Layla smiled back in return despite her eyes being filled with jealousy.

    Staring at the face that was still looking so young with no blemish and even the wrinkles were non existent, while she on the other hand, was already having crow feet beside her eyes.

    Walking up to Auriel, she took her arms naturally, like as if they were close.

    Zosia frowned at the closeness and attempted to remove her hand gently, when Layla started her theatrics.

    "Ria are you married?" Layla asked, a small smile playing on her face as she schemed in her mind on how to make Auriel embarrassed.

    Zosia looked at the hidden glint in Layla''s eyes and could tell what she was planning. She thought Layla would be different from other ladies, but it seems like she was wrong.

    When investigating RQ company, she had only investigated about the company and to know who the owner was, she had never investigated into Killan''s life or thought about him since their parting many years ago, else, she probably wouldn''t have been surprised by Layla''s attitude.

    "No. But this is my son." Zosia held Kamal''s hand and introduced him to Layla.

    Kamal had noticed the thick jealousy and venomous glint in Layla''s eyes, so he didn''t have a good opinion about such a person.

    "It''s nice to meet you Mrs. Layla." Kamal said with a smile and Layla smiled back in return, but who knows if the smile was from her heart.

    "Then Ria, could it be you are here for Killan?" Layla asked, her gaze on Auriel''s face, watching her expressions and emotions, not letting one of them to slip past her.

    Layla noticed that Zosia was confused for a moment, then her eyes rolled trying to remember the person attributed to such name.

    Looking at Auriel and realizing that she wasn''t acting, her face fell.

    What did this mean?

    "Oh! You mean your boyfriend, then?" Zosia said like as if she was saying a statement while asking tentatively, like she wasn''t sure of her answer.

    Layla hands clenched, but she forgot that her hands were wrapped around Auriel''s own, therefore causing pain to Zosia, who frowned slightly in response.

    "Am I right? It seems like I am." Zosia said with a smile and continued, "It''s been so long, I never thought I''d still remember any of you. How are you all doing? I am sure you and Killan must have gotten married. How are your kids?" Zosia asked enthusiastically.

    Layla laughed nervously. She realized that she had thrown a stone on her own feet. Just from this few interaction, she could tell that just like her investigation, Zosia and Killian had not come in contact since they separated so many years ago, so everything had been her own delusion.

    Layla lowered her head to her hands which had been used to destroy her own marriage.

    Her eyes suddenly flashed. No, she wasn''t the one that destroyed her marriage. Her marriage was destroyed because Killan still had this bitch in mind.

    Why is she still even alive?

    Layla glanced at Kamal who stood beside Auriel, his back straight and his steps confident. She then thought of the son she had before she lost her memory who couldn''t even compare to Kamal''s aura and jealousy surged in her heart.

    ''This bitch is living well and even her son is better than mine.''

    Layla realized that she has lost to Auriel without even knowing.

    Auriel was still better looking than her, her son was even more handsome than hers.

    Feeling uncomfortable, she released her hold on Auriel, her mind filled with thoughts on how to embarrass Auriel without embarrassing herself.

    "It seems like no one came to accompany you." Zosia said, her gaze looking around the place before landing back on Layla.

    "How could none of your children come to accompany you? Sigh! It seems like they are so busy. Unlike mine here." Zosia said, patting Kamal on his hand, her smile filled with doting.

    Layla smile froze at the Mention of her children.

    The child she had with Killan had long since stopped talking to her and the other one prefers staying with his father to work.

    "Indeed my children are busy. Unlike you, I don''t dare use filial pity to disrupt their work." Layla said. She had noticed that some people were slowly crowding at the scene while some who looked like they were shopping, still had their ears here.

    "Unfortunately, it seems like Mrs. Layla can''t tell the difference between filial pity and love. He loves me— his mother and decides to take some time off to accompany me, besides, when he gets married all this would go to his wife. So are you saying I shouldn''t enjoy this bit of company between mother and son?" Zosia retorted but she didn''t stop at that.

    "I understand that Mrs. Layla must feel heartbroken that your sons can''t accompany you, after all, they are busy making money for you to go shopping." Zosia said, a cold smile playing on her lips.

    "Indeed. I don''t have a fortune like Ms. Auriel, even dragging the person making the money to join you to squander it." Layla said coldly.

    Zosia smiled and said, "Mrs. Layla has misunderstood. This is my mall and my building. My son and I are just doing routine checking. Don''t tell me you don''t go to check your business to see if they are doing well or not.

    Just like I suspected, everything is going fine and every customer is well satisfied."

    Hearing Auriel''s words, Layla pinched her handkerchief which didn''t feel good as pinching on someone''s skin.

    Layla could hear the implicit meaning behind each words and was furious, but knowing that she may not get Auriel embarrassed today, she could only twist her handkerchief in hatred.

    Even her desire to shop wanned, especially with the shop owner being Auriel.

    "Since, Ria isn''t here to shop, I won''t delay you any longer."

    Zosia smiled on response, "Indeed you shouldn''t. Have a nice shopping."

    Looking at the smile on Auriel''s face, Layla felt like slapping her and scratching those beautiful face that could still mesmerize men despite already being in her fifties. Even her body remained fit and still had the right curves and proportions, unlike hers which had gotten flat with time.

    Layla snorted and left. If she kept staying here, she wasn''t sure if things would end peacefully.

    It''s very likely that she would carryout what she had in mind.

    Zosia watched Layla leave, her almost bony yet soft hips, swaying left and right as she walked away. A sharp glint surfaced in Zosia''s eyes.

    She realized that she still needed to investigate Killan else something might happen and her investment may end up going down the drain.

    "Should she investigate it or have him tell her." She thought inwardly, her hand caressing the jade bangle that she had carved.

    In this life, the skill she had learnt was carving and some mystic arts.

    When she had first arrived in this country with Kamal, she had almost had her fortune stolen by a family who was in the same business as her.

    Luckily due to her spiritual power, she had broken the curse and made the person suffer the backlash. S~ea??h the N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    This further prompted her to learn them. She sought different masters and made sure to learn with due diligence.

    She even took up painting, though due to her last life of being an Imperial Princess, painting was easy for her. She also learnt about other types of painting, further improving her skills.

    She never forgot about practicing her skills and had many things she had done in store.

    One of her paintings in this world could go from 50 million to a hundred million or more depending, with her carvings not imbued with spiritual power going from 200 million and above.

    Imagine the one with spiritual power, how much it could go for if she sold it. But, she never sold them,only giving them to people whom she has date with.

    Her carvings were something that could even save a life.

    Using the carvings and some basic array knowledge that she had learnt from the mystic arts of this world, she could imbued a protection array in the carvings and make it protect its owner.

    In her life as an Imperial Princess, she had learnt military arrays, but she still haven''t found a way to carve them on the materials she used due to its complexity.

    "Mom, should I deal with her?" Kamal lowered his head and whispered in her ear.

    Since, she had introduced him as her son, Kamal took up the role of her son.

    Infact, Kamal found nothing wrong with it, since Auriel had acted as both his sister and mother in various areas of his life.

    Zosia glanced at Kamal, realizing that she still had to find a way to tell him that she wouldn''t be taking any of them again.

    "Sigh! What problem have I caused." Zosia lamented inwardly.

    "No need. Wait until she strikes first." Zosia said and continued walking, her gaze landing on different things in the shop.

    The crowd which had gathered had long since dispersed after Layla left.

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    Than night, Zosia finally explained to Kamal that she would be unable to take him away again as assured.

    It took hours to convince him and some back and forth arguments, but it was worth it.

    But, seeing how down he was the next day, she could only pray that he adapts easily.

    Luckily, this had happened before she finally left.

    It took a while but things fell back in order, though there was one thing that seemed strange.

    And that strange thing was Killan.

    He keeps coming to see her, finding various reasons just to be with her.

    There were some things Zosia hated handling the most and one of them was emotional entanglements.

    Emotional entanglements to Zosia were just complicated, very complicated if she was to give her own opinion.

    Thso was why she preferred leaving such things to the host to deal with as she knew her place very well. Also, if she were to handle it the way she wants to, it may become an irreparably relationship.

    Looking at the city night sky, a small smile played on her lips as she twirled the wine glass that held wine in it.

    "It''s time."

    Time for what you may ask. Time to leave.

    Downing the last cup of the wine, she dropped the wine glass cup and laid on her bed, ready to leave this world.

    By tomorrow, the body will be returned to its original owner, as for how she would handle the things she had left behind for her. Zosia was kind enough to leave her a manual and detailed accounts of everything.

    As for what would happen next, she didn''t care.

    After this world, she planned to run through the remaining five to quickly reach the 10th Task.

    "Goodbye Everyone. It was nice meeting Y''all."

    After that, Zosia closed her eyes. The next day when the eyes opened, the souls had changed.

    Auriel looked at her surroundings, the memories for the past years she had been absent in this body came gushing into her mind.

    Tears poured out from her eyes.

    She was grateful to the person who had loved her life. The person had been careful not to damage her life, reputation or anything.

    She was happy and at the same time grateful.

    If it were before she had experienced her end, she would have said that since she paid the person, the person was supposed to do a good job.

    But after suffering the harsh reality that befell her, she realized that even if someone took the job as far as the outcome was what she wanted, the process wouldn''t matter and the person wouldn''t care about interpersonal relationship, only feeling that they should fulfill their tasks.

    Auriel sighed. Wiping her tears, she kowtowed. She didn''t know where that person had gone but she felt that she should do this.

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    The next day, Kamal and Killan arrived at the house at the same time.

    Auriel upon seeing Kamal, she felt more grateful to that person, even though her memories of the person were begining to fade as she could no longer grasp anything.

    As for how she would live her life from now on. She would be carefree and live as a salted fish.

    As for Killan, she no longer felt anything for him and would just watch how everything turns out.

    Later, in that same year, she heard that due to the Swiss family struggle, Layla had died and her husband had become a cripple with her son clinging onto the eaves of what was left for him.

    Zane had a better life following his father and also supported his father in chasing back his beloved.

    As for if his father could get back together with Miss Auriel, it would depend on his father capability.

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