Stella paused, looked at Wren, and asked, “Is there anything else?”

Wren shook her head and left with the documents.

Stella stared at the grapefruit on her desk for a while, then called Sonia.

Julia entered Jaylene’s office, carefully avoiding the scattered papers on the floor. She handed Jaylene a cup of coffee. “Ms. Saun, here’s your coffee.”

Jaylene didn’t respond, focused on her phone with a cold expression.

Her friends were buzzing about one thing—Aaron had a girlfriend. He had always kept a low profile, but now he’d posted a picture of them together.

In the group chat, they were discussing the news:

“Who is she? She doesn’t look familiar. Is she from our circle?”

“I don’t think so. But she’s pretty.”

“She must be from a lower-status family. I heard the Kellers are avoiding a powerful marriage to keep control.”

Jaylene, you were classmates with Aaron, right? Do you

Aaron’s social media and found the picture. It showed a girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably Aaron’s) holding hers from the side. The caption was

face, and she called Aaron

which was unusual. Even after

this time a woman’s voice answered,

on her phone. “Who are you?

his girlfriend, Tatiana. Who’s calling? I’ll let him

She snapped, “I didn’t know Aaron had a

didn’t seem to catch the sarcasm and cheerfully replied, “We only just started dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much about personal things. You

moment, then finally said, “Ask Aaron yourself what our relationship

WhatsApp? Aaron’s birthday is coming up, and I want to surprise

let this new girl think she’d won so easily.

was delighted. “Thank

being called “sister,” and she ended the call

the same picture Jaylene had seen earlier. Jaylene accepted and immediately checked Tatiana’s profile. The latest post was a

Jaylene. When Julia brought the coffee again, Jaylene

cried out, “Ms.

everything on her desk and

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