A Film Queen

A Film Queen of Two Worlds

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Chapter 287 Twists of Fate

Amid the crowd’s buzz, Stephanie went to Milly, grinning, and asked, “Milly, would you like to come to my coming–of–age party?”

Milly’s eyebrow quirked up. puzzled over Stephanie’s move.

What was the deal with inviting folks to the Burnett digs? Milly figured, even if Stephanie had stashed her stuff, could she honestly expect Jordan and Grandpa to play along and act clueless about her?

Before Milly could get a word out, someone in the vicinity started poking fun, “Stephanie, why are you bothering with her invite? Didn’t she just give you a hard time?”

“Seriously, someone as nasty as her shouldn’t even step in your place. She’ll never be on your level, ever.”

“Exactly, just brush her off.”

Following the buttering up, the crowd gradually huddled around Stephanie, leaving her encircled, and drifted away.

At last, they cleared out!

Milly sighed in relief, glad to drop the pretence of a grin.

Yet, she couldn’t shake off her curiosity as everyone grouped around Stephanie for a chat. Meanwhile, Lucius was just there, all stone–faced, not bothering to look their way.

Milly blinked, “You’re not heading over?”

Lucius glanced down at her. “You want me to go over?”

Milly was all for it initially, but then, she caught a whiff of his cold indifference, making her freeze.

“Uh…” a thought swiftly ran through his mind. “We’re all mates here, should be backing each other up. If you don’t mingle, wouldn’t that come off as standoffish?”

Lucius kept his poker face, “Then tag along”

her off earlier. If I go over now, it’ll just rile

for now.”

“Well, I also…”

gotta

clearly didn’t sit well with Lucius, his

“Because, uh…”

safe and stick to the typical story are, could she? Spill that, and she wouldn’t

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Since I’ve got our classmate peeved, as my bud, you should help

genuinely thankful for the first time for having the ‘we’re just mates‘ card

a loss for

up to being this person, he’d need to leave right away to be there for Stephanie. But if he kept about who he was for now, that would be even better for her. It’d be the perfect chance for her to

way, it’s exactly what I’m hoping

eyes which then locked with a set of dark, mysterious ones. Her smile paused, frozen.

old, worn,

to fail to capture them fully.

This gaze sent a shiver of

could say more, he had already turned away, striding towards

the afternoon training session, and since Lucius

just something Milly’s making up in her head, but she gets the vibe that

a guy who acts all aloof

not sticking too close to her,

training was gonna be in the mountains, she figured it was probably just a small hill. But when she got there, it turned out to

twisting trails carving through the mountains and woods, she

scene was pretty cool too, offering a refreshing change of

scenery.

while Xavier tagged along, making sure Stephanie stayed out of trouble. On the other hand, the rest of the classmates kept giving Milly the cold shoulder, sticking to their old

her.

found herself unexpectedly in the lead, comfortably making her way