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Charles picked up Joelle at six in the evening. Evercrest Manor was a bit of a drive from Moonbay Estate, and he figured he’d be home around midnight. So, right in front of Joelle, he called Yolanda.

Yolanda was still keeping an eye on the online buzz. She didn’t even need to answer his call to know where he was–Joelle had already posted about it on Twitter.

Charles’s expression softened as he thought about what Joelle had worn out today, his chest growing warm at the memory.

“Are you home? I’ll be working late tonight and should be back around twelve,” he said.

Yolanda gave a half–hearted “mm” in response, her attention focused on her computer as she chatted with Jason.

Jason was in charge of Sophie’s case right now, and with all the online drama blowing up, they had to calm things down ASAP–or else, even if Starlight tried to fix things later, they’d still get shut down for good.

‘Charles couldn’t help but feel uneasy–her voice was so calm, it almost sounded distant!

‘Come to think of it, Yolanda hadn’t called to ask where he was or what he was doing in forever.

‘He used to just give her half–hearted answers, but at least he’d picked up when she called.

‘Now he was the one making the effort, but she couldn’t care less.

Before Charles could get another word out, Yolanda ended the call on her end.

Joelle caught the look on his face and slowly tightened her hand by her side. “Charles, I’ve always wanted to ask… did I wait too long to come back?”

‘He only married Yolanda out of frustration with me, but now, watching him call her, I can’t help but think he still cares about her–otherwise, why bother checking in?‘ Joelle thought to herself.

Charles kept his eyes on the window, his voice gentle. “Why do you think that?”

Joelle bit her lip and let out a quiet sigh. “Just a hunch. Right now, I need to put my career first. As for us… let’s talk about it another time.”

Joelle reached for her wrist, tracing the noticeably visible scars there.

After that incident with Andrew, she faked having some serious psychological issues–and she’d carefully laid the groundwork for her trip abroad with that act.

Charles was the one she wanted, but he was always messing around; Andrew wasn’t the CEO of Sinclair Group, and Quentin didn’t quite measure up. So, Joelle took a sum of money from May and decided to try

her luck overseas.

Charles noticed those faint scars on Joelle’s wrist, and a dull ache hit his chest.

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at the welcome party, the director claimed Joelle just got a little too into her role, but Charles knew better–ever since then, her mind had never really

no matter if she was hustling for

that’s the impression she gave. As for what she was truly thinking, Charles honestly didn’t have the time or the heart to dig into a

car pulled up at the entrance of Evercrest Manor, and as Charles got out, he ran into

and the two were deep in a

met Ian before, so

“Junior Ian.”

Joelle,” Ian replied, giving her

exchanged nods, acknowledging

her along. Simone smirked. “Charles, did you forget

“I just happened to be passing

up here?” Simone shot back,

was finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, but looks like you haven’t changed

Joelle was involved, Charles always

guys dangling, never saying yes, never saying no, just acting all pitiful with red eyes and bitten lips when pressed. That “poor me” routine had every

was bad news, then Joelle was every bit

player, backed by his own strength and the Sinclair family name, Joelle, though, grabbed every opportunity she could, all while pretending to be some pure

stoop to arguing with Joelle–it wasn’t worth her dignity as the older one. Shooting Ian a look, she said, “I’m heading inside. The air out here is just

she sped

balance, and her bag tumbled from her hand to the

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That’s just what I need–if I play it right, I can use him

it when another man grabs the

softening her voice. “Thanks, Ian. So how do you feel now that the directors chose

with a senior like you, Joelle, honestly makes me nervous. Your acting is next level–you’re so deep in your roles,

that his words sounded a bit strange, but as she mulled it over, she realized he probably didn’t mean anything by

I’m just reading too much into

smile, putting on her classic big sister act. “Relax,

the ropes.”

eyes drifted down and landed

one of those couple sets? You can’t buy them solo, right? So… do you

superb. Getting involved with someone now would be totally reckless–he’d be crazy to get

this.

narrowed–something about that necklace triggered a flash of suspicion

squinted, realizing the piece looked oddly familiar, like he’d seen it not too

it clicked–just a couple weeks back, he’d thought about getting that exact style, but Yolanda, bless her oblivious heart, totally missed his not–so–subtle clue. ‘Sometimes, that girl is