Mateo narrowed his eyes as he placed his hands on the armrest and huffed cooly. "Come on, Clarisse Baker. You're from a noble family, and should know to use your brain in deciding what to do in places like these!"

"You... You have no right to criticize me, Mateo Hoffman. A man who pulled nothing but lowly tricks from his sleeves is not even the slightest bit trustworthy to me!"

The corner of Mateo's lips curved upward. "Which one of us do you think is more lowly? I'll let what happened today slide, but some incidents have happened many years ago, and you should stop harping over what will never belong to you."

"Mr. Mateo and the others have settled in. Mr Hoffman. Also..." Ronald leaned toward Charles as he spoke, and Charles narrowed his eyes slightly before he nodded and asked, "Alright, got it. Where is Mrs. Hoffman?"

...

over there," Ronald said as he pointed at the woman in conversation with Arya

realize Charles was looking at her. She turned around, and their gazes met mid-air. The corner of her

was doing, she reached out to gesture mid-air before lowering her hand and turning

eyes as he looked away. "When will the artists from Royal Star

phone. They're on the way, and will be arriving soon." As Ronald spoke, he received another call on his phone. "Mr. Hoffman, they're

out at the entrance. A crowd formed itself around Brielle Blake, Royal Star's it girl. Given her standing within Royal Star, she was the first to enter the

their makeup done to the nines

began talking about the

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