hapter 27

Chapter 27

Two days later.

Gwendolyn had prepared the herbal tea early for Howard.

After getting ready, she slipped into a floral dress and draped a white coat over her shoulders, looking even more vibrant and enchanting.

“Mr. Chadwick, I’m heading out,” she said to Howard lounging on the living room couch, engrossed in a TV show.

Howard asked casually, without looking away from the screen, “So early?”

“I’m going to visit my grandma first. The doctor said she’s getting better, and I’m really happy about that.”

“Well.”

As Howard watched her skirt swish cheerfully on her way out, he grabbed his phone and dialed Nathan, “The secret meeting tonight is transferred to Palate Paradise.”

At six in the evening.

The parking lot outside Palate Paradise was jam–packed. A group of students huddled together, the class representative of the Pharmacology major ticking off names on a list.

her in what, four or five months

about Gwendolyn getting into

must know something,” they prodded curiously. “Is Gwendolyn really being a

with a designer bag worth over twenty thousand, whispered, “Don’t talk about Gwendolyn like that. She has

old man! And here you are,

generous, nothing like Gwendolyn. I heard you’re friends with the

Mamie smiled awkwardly.

a blue Porsche zoomed up and stopped in front of them, causing a stir. “Scott’s here!”

young man in a white shirt got out of the car, one hand in his pocket,

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car must’ve cost

smiled, “We’ve got several

about the

room. We’ll just text the room number to anyone who hasn’t

snagged them a spacious VIP room. For many of these students, it

basking in the admiration. “Tonight, we dine in style, eighteen hundred a table.

sour comment, “Gwendolyn is so lucky. I heard

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