Chapter 189

“I caught the news that you were heading back but didn’t imagine you’d rock up on tonight’s flight. You’ve been gone for months, you

heartbreaker”

Gwendolyn watched as those previously nonchalant young men stood up to greet Selina at the door. A flicker of astonishment crossed her eyes. So this was Selina.

Even prettier and more poised than on the big screen, she stood there like a vision.

She was the swan on a moonlit lake, graceful and majestic, yet enchantingly delicate.

The crowd gathered around her, firing question after question.

She seemed destined for adoration, the center of attention. Clearly a girl mined in the lap of luxury, impossibly perfect.

“Bob”

“Nathan!”

Selina greeted them with impeccable politeness.

Finally, her gaze settled on Howard and Gwendolyn.

“Howie.” Her voice was soft, tenderly lingering as she called his name.

to swirl on her tongue, infused with a hint of

shimmered with curiosity as she gazed at Gwendolyn,

hand in a gesture of goodwill, she

brimming with

gaze from Selina’s white Parisian dress

awkward silence

looked uneasy, glaring at Ryan

did Ryan invite Selina at a time like

an

his eyes were deep and icy, like snow crowning a distant mountain. His hand

her smile, seemingly oblivious to

into the couch, mingling

Gwendolyn and Howard seemed to exist in their own world,

fed Gwendolyn from the fruit platter, leaning back at ease.

full,” Gwendolyn

to lean in to speak to Howard, their interactions growing more intimate

music in the room

offered, handing her

shrugged off the momentary discomfort, her lips curling into a question, “Which fruit

fine,” Howard replied

slice of cantaloupe, holding it to his lips,

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