Chapter 24

Three days later, it was the Jones Group business banquet. Nolan took Lily's hand into the banquet. Lily smiled bitterly as she watched the great commercial tycoons in the auditorium. When she first returned home, she was so popular in Europe that they all wanted to make permanent contracts with her. It was less than a month before she saw disdain and contempt in the eyes of these people. From the international photographer into a mistress, as if from the altar fell to the abyss, and the people who caused all this, whether five years ago or now, was Nolan who was standing on her side. It was a chance that she became the champion of the French photography competition, but she later gained global fame, not by luck, but by her step-by-step efforts. Her five years of effort, however, was no match for a small move by Nolan. Her proud career was easily destroyed by him and then she became a loser. But the relaxed man who to blame, with a lightsome pace, was full of joy. He took Lily to the p