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.

this, quickly pushed him away. "Hey, what do you think you're doing? Can't you speak properly? Do you want to get punched for getting so close?" Herman's cold eyes also fixed on Sidney as

focused on Maria, waiting for her response. Maria's smile widened,

past him and headed toward

little at a time, as if something inside him shattered along

liked him,

the beginning, she'd just been playing

his gaze slightly,

off, aren't

she grabbed Herman's arm and hurried

are you alright?" Tiana asked as she

Maria replied. "I'm just

okay. But what did that guy

wanted

like him. "Let's just keep our distance from people like that in the

out ahead and have fun. I'll later. I'll message you they ready," Maria turned to

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