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.”

classmates with Aaron,

girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably Aaron’s) holding hers from the side. The caption

Jaylene’s face, and

unusual. Even after she distanced herself from

and this time a woman’s voice

on her phone. “Who are you? Where’s

Tatiana. Who’s

“I didn’t know Aaron had a girlfriend. He’s been keeping it

replied, “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 mention

was speechless for a moment, then finally said, “Ask Aaron

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

but agreed, thinking she couldn’t let this new girl think she’d won so easily. “Fine, add

delighted. “Thank you,

called “sister,” and

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

boiled over in Jaylene. When Julia brought the coffee

cried out, “Ms.

everything on her desk and

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