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 know who she

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

across Jaylene’s face, and she called Aaron

Even after she distanced herself from Aaron,

called again, and this time a woman’s voice

on her phone. “Who

in the bathroom. I’m his girlfriend, Tatiana. Who’s

polite response only fueled Jaylene’s anger. She snapped, “I didn’t know Aaron had a girlfriend. He’s been keeping it

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

finally said,

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

this new girl think she’d won so

delighted. “Thank

twitched at being called “sister,” and she ended

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

the coffee again, Jaylene knocked it over,

cried out, “Ms.

on her desk

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