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.
ridiculous antics. Calmly, she asked,
and Blair were already preparing themselves for a fight the moment they saw so
be reckoned with even on her
reply
been the most popular
a problem with coming to my own restaurant? Ashlyn
you just say?” Mary felt like someone
choose Lucas’ restaurant for
chance to eat at a restaurant like The Peacock
result, she had never had the chance to
felt like she had just asked an extremely
Canter, doesn’t it feel great to
manners? Haven’t you ever heard
radiate a certain bone-chilling emotion. “Why would I listen to
was starting to purple with
do you
anyone to steal the spotlight since it was
All she knows is how to sound mean and cruel, so let’s not bother with her. Don’t stoop to her level. You’re part
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