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.”

with Aaron, right? Do you know

tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably Aaron’s)

face, and she

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

time a

tightened on her phone. “Who

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

“I didn’t know Aaron had a girlfriend.

only just started dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much

speechless for a moment, then finally

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

agreed, thinking she couldn’t let this new girl think she’d won

was delighted. “Thank

being called “sister,”

appeared, using the same picture Jaylene had seen earlier. Jaylene accepted and immediately checked Tatiana’s profile. The latest post was a close-up of the couple, captioned, “Finally, my turn for a

brought the coffee again, Jaylene knocked it

out,

her desk

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