Diana froze mid-sob.

"You're friends with her, of course, you're siding with her," she said, voice filled with grievance.

Herman finally spoke up, "I heard what you said too. This restaurant has good surveillance, and the audio quality is pretty clear. Want to check the footage?"

At his words, Diana's face turned pale.

"You... you're all bullying me!" she cried, tears streaming down her face as she let out a shout and ran off, wiping her face as she went, like she'd been wronged in the worst possible way. Tiana watched her go in disgust. "She's the one who bumped into someone and spilled champagne all over them, and now she's the one crying?"

Maria's cold eyes followed Diana's retreating figure before shifting to Sidney. "It seems you two are quite close. Are you going to cover her compensation too?"

Sidney's dark gaze locked onto Maria's, and after a moment, he nodded. "Fine."

Maria's lips curved into a smile, but the coldness in her eyes only deepened.

Suddenly, Sidney leaned in close, whispering something in her ear.

pushed him away. "Hey, what do you think you're doing? Can't you speak properly? Do you want to get punched for getting

on Maria, waiting for her response. Maria's smile widened, her tone laced with contempt, "You think you're

him and headed toward the

time, as if something

she never liked him, not even

the beginning, she'd just been playing

lowered his gaze

scoffed. "Your girlfriend ran off, aren't you going

she grabbed Herman's arm

Maria, are you alright?" Tiana asked as she caught up with

fine," Maria replied. "I'm just going

as you're okay. But what

replied, "He wanted my

clearly disgusted by Sidney's behavior. She couldn't stand men like him. "Let's just keep our distance from people like that in the future. Such a turn-off," Tiana said with disdain. "Mm." Maria nodded,

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