"You're much more of a gentleman compared to that night," Rita remarked with a smile.

In response, Sherman cocked an eyebrow and quipped, "And you're much more amiable now than you were then."

Their shared laughter drew Sadie's gaze and fueled her resentment.

She wanted to know when Rita started to have eyes on Sherman and felt that Rita was utterly shameless for trying to charm the man that Sadie had been eyeing first.

That being said, a public display of frustration was hardly appropriate, so Sadie forced a smile and approached Sherman.

"Where have you been, Mister Sherman? I looked everywhere for you earlier but couldn't find you," she said, disregarding Rita's presence.

took a step back and maintained

smile stiffened in

of herself rather than looking at herself in the mirror

with a strained smile. "I'm Sadie, the second daughter of the Russells. We crossed paths upstairs earlier,

her.

I'm only acquainted with the Russells' eldest daughter, Rita. I wasn't aware there was a second daughter Sherman replied matter-of-factly, which came as a huge surprise to Rita. After all,

teetered on the brink

her. She knew that it could not have been easy for a nineteen-year-old

later changed her surname to our

someone as thick-skinned as Sadie could not endure any longer. She gripped her wine glass so tightly that she

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