Chapter 500

Alivia signaled the maid to pour more coffee for one of the guests, her lips curling into a subtl smile. “Brielle, about last night, I’ll explain everything to Max personally. I sincerely invited your over, and if you’re feeling uneasy, you can always check in with Max first.”

“Alivia, what are you scheming now?” Brielle’s tone was indifferent, while Max, overhearing Alivia’s name, frowned almost imperceptibly.

Alivia didn’t genuinely want to invite Brielle; it was merely a pretext to broach her next topic. “If you don’t join us for afternoon tea, perhaps you’ll attend the welcome–back dinner tomorrow night. Jaired is a mutual friend of Max and me. My brother is organizing this dinner, and I was worried he might have overlooked to call you personally, so I thought I’d extend the invite.”

Brielle narrowed her eyes, about to respond, when Max snatched her phone away the call.

and endo

A flicker of annoyance crossed Alivia’s eyes as she pretended the call was still ongoing. “Well then, that’s settled. Jaired is really looking forward to seeing you.”

lifted her cup and took

table couldn’t contain their curiosity. “Alivia, what exactly happened last night?”

picking up a fork, Alivia speared a piece of cheesecake and took a bite. After her conversation with her grandfather that morning, she had summoned several estheticians to address the swelling on her face. Now, with her makeup

had already planned her

to prevent the spread of last night’s debacle, ensuring she made a poised appearance before the others, and personally calling Brielle in their presence. Regardless of Brielle’s reaction, it would make the socialites question whether they had the full story of the previous evening, thereby leaving Alivia with

also a declaration of war.

acted, the

curved into a cold smile as she considered her second objective: to redeem herself in Max’s eyes.

hit, but not beyond recovery, and she had already

was the key. If she could leverage Jaired

döcomo

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