Grand Ambitions Turn to Dust

Las Vegas.

Early morning.

After the admonition and criticism meeting, Adam returned to his suite.

He was still full of energy at this moment.

You could even say they have explosive energy.

So he sneaked back to his room, hoping to steal a kiss in the dead of night.

However, there was no one in the bedroom.

Adam was dumbfounded.

What's going on?

It's past midnight now, where could Heather be if she's not in the bedroom?

Adam immediately guessed, left his bedroom, went to Juno's room, and listened closely.

Sure enough, a burst of playful noise came from inside, including from Heather.

Adam's lips twitched, and he reached out and knocked on the door.

Who is it?

Juno's 'panicked' voice rang out, as if she had been caught cheating, but it was too exaggerated and not sincere at all.

"Who else could it be but me?"

Adam scoffed, "This isn't a New York apartment; how can you come in and out without a key?"

In New York, Monica's apartment and Chandler's apartment were almost never locked; you could just walk in.

Many things happen because of this reason.

For example, Joey would come over every day to get food.

The most outrageous incident occurred during the time when Monica and Chandler were trying to have a child in the original timeline. Once, while helping to take care of Rachel and Ross's daughter Emma, they left Emma in the living room and went straight into the bedroom to make babies.

Joey pushed open the door and, hearing the noise in the bedroom, decided it wasn't suitable for children, so he simply picked Emma up and took her away.

When Monica and Chandler came out, they were completely dumbfounded.

In the end, it was a close call, but no real danger.

But imagine if it wasn't Joey, but any outsider, like a delivery person, who walked in and took Emma away—what would happen then?

Adam was determined not to make that mistake.

"What's up?"

The door was half-open, Juno, wearing a thin nightgown, leaned against the doorway, blocking Adam's view, her face slightly flushed.

What do you think?

Adam, however, saw right through Juno and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"What do you mean?"

Juno chuckled and said, "I said it's too late, we need to go to sleep, we can talk about it tomorrow."

As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Adam reached out to stop them, speechless, and said, "You can sleep, but call Heather out, we need to sleep too."

"She was tired and fell asleep."

Juno said with a half-smile, "Besides, you must be tired too, right? It's already this late, why don't you go back to sleep? Or do you want to come in and sleep with me?"

"..."

Adam paused, realizing immediately that Juno was targeting him.

But thinking about it, the three of them spent the whole night with their parents and a few troublemakers, while they themselves were having so much fun that they forgot all about themselves. Even if it was all for Chandler and Monica's sake, it really doesn't make sense.

"Alright, Juno, let's talk again tomorrow."

Heather appeared behind Juno and opened the door.

"Useless traitor."

Seeing this, Juno rolled her eyes at Heather, closed the door, and ignored Adam and the others.

Their "plastic" sisterhood truly lives up to its name.

Thank you.

Adam sincerely thanked Heather for spending time with her family and for supporting her.

"Ah!"

Before Heather could answer, Adam reached out and hugged her, spinning her around as they carried Heather back to their room.

"Tell me! What were you all doing just now?"

Back in the bedroom, Adam threw Heather onto the bed, bounced her a few times, and the resonance made his eyes light up. He wanted to do it again, staring at her fiercely and demanding an answer.

"Ha ha."

Heather just smiled blankly.

Just as Adam was about to strike, Heather suddenly pushed Adam away and ran into the inner room.

Adam realized that Heather had ulterior motives, so he naturally did not stop her. Otherwise, Heather would not have been able to push him away with her strength. Therefore, he only made a show of chasing after her.

"Hiss."

When he finally caught up to the inner room, he found that Heather was already gone, and standing inside was a majestic Madam!

What made him even more shocked was the spacious walk-in closet, with a row of uniforms of all colors. Not to mention traditional maid, office lady, and sailor uniforms, there were even costumes of classic female superheroes and villains from comics such as DC Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and Marvel Black Widow.

I love America!

Adam couldn't help but say it, using the unique tone Rajesh used when speaking to United States. Air Force colonel.

The suite next door.

William Haver lay there, embracing the tall, middle-aged woman, lost in thought, enjoying the rare tranquility, but the image of Alice kept appearing in his mind.

He felt he had met his true love again.

Moreover, the depth of this love far surpasses any previous instance.

He even had the illusion that she would be the biggest trouble of his life if he couldn't have her...

At that moment, he had a strong urge to find her, drop everything, propose to her, and then live a happy and wonderful life with her.

But when he tried to move slightly, he found that he couldn't move at all.

The middle-aged woman, petite and delicate, lay on his chest, pressing down on him so he could not move. A bitter smile appeared on her pale face.

What's worse, a familiar melody suddenly began to play faintly from next door.

Then, the middle-aged woman, who had been smiling with her eyes closed, sat up abruptly, the light in her eyes making his heart flutter.

"William ~~~"

"Hehe."

With the US dollar beckoning, William could only force himself to smile and agree.

Half an hour later.

The music from next door continues.

William was coaxed by the middle-aged woman to go to the bathroom. He took a blue bottle from the cupboard, poured out a small blue pill, looked at his pale, bloodless face in the mirror, gritted his teeth, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it with tap water.

An hour later.

When the two of them fell asleep from exhaustion, the performance resumed after a short break in the next room.

"William ~~~"

The middle-aged woman dozed off for a while, but was woken up again. She was about to get angry, but then she remembered something, her eyes lit up, and she was no longer sleepy. She woke up the sleeping William and started summoning him again in the same tone.

William shuddered, then pretended to be dead without moving, his heart filled with hatred for the despicable couple next door.

He was really scared.

He felt like he was really going to die.

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, even the blue-bottled ones.

He really did his best.

Indeed, no money is easy to earn.

Or maybe we should just forget about it?

What ideal?

What ambitions?

Compared to life, it's all nothing!

Why do you have to climb up the social ladder and become a millionaire or multi-millionaire?

Isn't it great to be a popular bartender, living a carefree and romantic life?

Or so what if you're burdened with huge student loans? What's the big deal?

Why can others pay it off over a lifetime, but he can't?

At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through William's mind. He really wanted to kick the middle-aged woman who was pushing him away and then leave gracefully.

But he didn't have the courage.

Moreover, he had no strength left.

So he could only pretend to be dead, lying there motionless.

The hand away from the middle-aged woman gripped the bedding tightly, as if grasping at the last straw, and a cold tear slid from the corner of his eye.

PS: Thanks to book friend 140730002734275, book friend 20181109191916658, and Hypocritical Sunshine for their rewards! There is a high probability that it will be impossible today, so the author will try his best.