“I have nothing to say to you,” I muttered, stepping around him and striding off.

‘What does Edward even want to talk about? Does he just want to hear me say, to his face, that I must’ve been blind to choose Ryan?‘ I thought.

I don’t owe it to him to feed his sad little ego.

I hurried to the restaurant, and Isabelle had already taken care of the ordering. But she wasn’t sitting alone.

Next to her sat a girl with a refined, elegant beauty.

There was a quiet pride about her, along with an effortless grace that spoke of a privileged upbringing.

Only someone raised in an elite family could have that gentle, polished, and slightly aloof vibe.

“Victoria, you finally made it! Was traffic bad? It’s always a nightmare around here,” Isabelle greeted me with a bright smile.

I nodded. “Yeah, traffic was pretty rough.”

Isabelle looked a bit embarrassed for a second, then got all formal. “This is my friend, Fiona Chamberlain. She’s a future judge.”

Hearing that, I thought, ‘Wow, she’s kind of a big deal too.‘

Fiona gave me a polite nod. “Hello, Ms. Murphy. Nice to meet you.”

I actually had my wits about me tonight. Just from the look in Miss Chamberlain’s eyes, I could already guess who she really was.

She had to be Ryan’s fiancée–the one he was set to marry.

From the way she acted, she seemed even more eager than Ryan to meet me, probably wanting to see what kind of competition she was up against.

Honestly, there was no point in comparing us. I knew I couldn’t compete with her–if I could, Ryan wouldn’t be marrying her in the first place.

on, but I

used by Fiona as a tool. She was extra nice to me the whole

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like she was trying to get on my

things women talk about–gossip, clothes, handbags, and style. When the topic turned to fashion,

her gaze on me and said, “Ms. Murphy, aren’t you curious why I wanted to

as she held her fork, and she gave me a

my fork down, took a calm sip of tea, and asked with cool

are arranging a marriage between me and Ryan. And soon,

The air froze.

me, looking like she

of it.

It’s better for everyone,” Fiona said, her voice making it sound

it was my cue

didn’t expect was for his future wife to barge in and say it herself, instead of

straight from Ryan.

I…” Isabelle looked at

“Isabelle, I’m sorry, but thanks for

in the middle, looking super

any requests, just let me

“I was in a relationship,

Isabelle looked at me with surprise in

their early twenties, so it was no wonder they

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response.

said, “Thanks for the dinner, Isabelle. As for

called after me, her voice trembling with humiliation, “You never should’ve gotten involved with him. If you

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