Before Josie had a chance to respond, Shirley smirked. “Could it be that you got in through some other connections?”

She was quite adept at turning the tables.

In an instant, all eyes turned to Josie. A few who knew her wanted to step forward and defend her, but they were surrounded by the crowd, unable to make their way out.

The night wind rustled. Josie’s complexion was fair, so she was particularly conspicuous and elegant as she stood amidst the crowd in a gown.

She chuckled softly, mockery showing on her face. “At such an event, only you would rely on connections to get in. In all my years, Ms. Ross, this is the first time I’ve encountered a mistress standing up for the wife. You’ve certainly broadened my horizons.”

Shirley tensed all over, never having expected Josie to put that out in the open. She stomped her foot. “What nonsense are you spouting?”

Josie glanced in Laura’s direction. “You know, I’m probably closer to Laura than you are. As the other woman, don’t you find it repulsive to stand up for her before me?”

Her voice was deep and authoritative, causing a moment of silence to fall over the crowd. Shirley’s arms trembled. “What right do you have to label me as the other woman?”

Indeed, Josie had no proof, but she could tell from the woman’s interaction with Zach. She looked around and asked the crowd, “Isn’t that the truth?”

served as the most genuine answer, forming a closed loop of unspoken

that the matter was a deeply taboo subject

knew that Laura’s husband, Zach,

turned red-rimmed. Faced with Josie’s questioning from the moral high ground, she couldn’t help but tremble. “What right do you have to question me about something even the

was the

bothered. As her friend, I’m stepping in today. Ms. Ross, it’s important to have self-awareness.

on Shirley, so everyone momentarily forgot about the matter regarding

in Laura’s direction,

Laura managed to squeeze her way through the crowd. She took Josie’s hand and whispered, “Let it go.

you don’t want to talk about it and aren’t interested in getting involved in such matters. I merely want to tell those scheming women not to

long. “The poor girl is quite pitiful. She might have been

She was rather magnanimous.

If it were the old you, you would have

away. “Just let it go. You don’t want to

hushed voices upon seeing that Josie was really acquainted

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