Even Winsor was there.
However, once Penelope realized how casually they were dressed, she felt a little bit calmer. None of them looked like they were dressed for the occasion.
Mary, on the other hand, was still annoyed. Even the sight of Ashlyn could rub her the wrong way. She always had a niggling feeling that everything would go south as long as Ashlyn was around.
“What are you doing here?” Mary spat at Ashlyn coldly.
Ashlyn had already spotted Mary and Penelope when she arrived, but she hadn’t spared them a second glance nor thrown any attention their way.
She just didn’t feel the need to.
Suddenly, while she was in the middle of talking to Naomi, she heard an angry voice call out to her.
It sounded as if whoever it was wanted to skin her alive.
Ashlyn looked up nonchalantly and caught sight of Mary, Penelope, and a whole gaggle of other people walking in her direction.
It almost looked like they were a gang trying to start a street fight.
Calmly, she asked, “Didn’t you
the moment they
Ashlyn was a force to be reckoned with
reply
was the owner of The Peacock. Even though Imperial Hotel had been the most popular at one point, The Peacock’s business was booming now
own restaurant? Ashlyn
Mary felt like someone had just
did Dixon choose Lucas’
Count’s Mansion, she had barely had the chance
she had never had the chance to figure out that Lucas owned
like she had just asked an extremely
“Hey, Ms. Canter, doesn’t it feel great to basically
expression was beginning to cloud over like a stormy sky. “Ashlyn Berry! What happened to having manners? Haven’t you ever heard the saying that the customer is always right? Right now,
eyebrow as her clear gaze began to radiate a certain
was starting to purple
you mean by
well, she didn’t want anyone to steal the spotlight since it was supposed to be her big
to sound mean and cruel, so let’s
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