Chapter 0198

The next morning at 10 a.m., Woolpackton’s Grand Garethy Hotel was bustling on its top-floor banquet

hall.

It was not Ol’ Mare’s fanciest spot-just a four-star hotel-but with the year-end holidays still in full swing.

snagging any room was a win. The holidays were the reason Amber’s classmates could finally squeeze

in a

reunion.

Amber’s college crew was about forty, mostly hitched by then.

Despite the festive break, some were tied up with work and could not make it. Thus, there they were.

less than

thirty alumni mingling with their spouses, kids left at home, gathered around four tables.

“Amber!”

As she and Alexander stepped into the room, the guys’ faces lit up.

The belle of Ol’ Mare, unrivaled even here in Woolpackton, was every guy’s dream girl back in the day.

Strolling

through campus, she was a sight to behold.

Seven years on, and she had not lost a bit of her charm. The youthful blush was replaced by a touch of

sophistication, but she was still the goddess from their dreams.

“Sorry I’m

late. Work at the company’s been crazy,” she apologized with a graceful smile.

Amber looped her arm through Alexander’s, greeting her old high school friends with a bright smile. “It’s

been years, but you all haven’t changed a bit!”

few of the guys

on the market! We came to this reunion hoping for

knot! Guess we’re

out of luck now!”

blush crept across Amber’s cheeks, and she was about to reply when a voice cut through

“What? Amber’s married?”

disbelief, echoed

Gael Fabin, an

was the picture of luxury, clad in a tailor-made Versace suit, a

Saint Bonio crocodile leather

with a dragon

was fastened with a diamond clip

net worth of

“Gaell”

“Gael!”

some respect. It’s

+15 BONUS

old friends lit up, each

hour.

there, Gael had made it big. Rumor had it he had married into corporate

skyrocketed.

to spare.

who footed the bill

drop me a line?” Gael walked up to

on hers with an intensity

“Amber, it’s

been too long.”

Gael with a warm smile instead of a handshake. “I tied

already five. Somehow, the news never made it to the

“Been hitched that long?”

Alexander a once-over, his

let out a knowing chuckle. “The Chesire family’s got a bit of

just say it’s unique.”

Style?

a snug casual ensemble and a pair of

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