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.”

were classmates with Aaron, right?

showed a girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably

across Jaylene’s face,

went unanswered, which was unusual. Even after she distanced herself from Aaron, he’d always

called again, and this time a woman’s

phone. “Who

in the bathroom. I’m his girlfriend, Tatiana. Who’s calling? I’ll let him know

polite response only fueled Jaylene’s anger. She snapped, “I didn’t know

“We only just started dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much about personal things. You must be close to him, though—I haven’t heard him

then finally

birthday is

but agreed, thinking she couldn’t let this new

delighted. “Thank you,

called “sister,” and she

accepted and immediately checked Tatiana’s profile. The latest post was

the coffee

cried out,

everything on her

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