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? Do you know who she

and found the picture. It showed a girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably

Jaylene’s face, and she called

unanswered, which was unusual. Even after she

again, and this time a woman’s voice

grip tightened on her phone. “Who are

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

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

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.

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

“You must be close to Aaron. Can I add you on WhatsApp? Aaron’s birthday is coming up, and I want to surprise him with a

couldn’t let this new

was delighted. “Thank you,

“sister,” and she ended the

request 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,

Julia brought the coffee again, Jaylene knocked it over,

cried out, “Ms.

everything on her desk and shouted, “Get

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