Chapter 613:

At a party full of Watscar’s elite, Freda sat elegantly on a leather couch, a glass of red wine in hand. She chatted with a lady her age, but her eyes kept wandering to her right.

“Freda, what are you staring at? Is it Theo?” The lady sitting across from Freda noticed her distraction and smiled. “You and Theo had a history, right? Even though you broke up, there’s no harm in saying hello.”

Freda’s cheeks flushed at her friend’s words. She waved her hand awkwardly. “I don’t think it’s a good idea. We ended things a long time ago. It’d be weird to go up and say hi.”

Her friend sensed her hesitation and urged her, “Come on, it’s just a greeting. What’s the big deal? Go on!”

With a playful push, she sent Freda stumbling forward in her high heels.

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Steadying herself, Freda turned back to see her friend giving her an excited wave, urging her to go on. Freda turned back to Theo. She hoped he’d be polite in front of all the banquet attendees.

Taking a deep breath, Freda adjusted her fringe, lifted the hem of her dress slightly, and nervously approached Theo. “Theo, what a pleasant surprise to see you here,” she greeted him.

with a friend. A flicker of annoyance crossed his eyes when he saw Freda, but he quickly masked

it with Freda’s and said calmly, “It has been a while. I didn’t expect to see you here. How

overjoyed to see Theo facing her with such calmness. She thought he wouldn’t dislike her

first dance with you later?” Freda asked, blushing and trying to

honor, Miss Jimenez,” Theo responded

you later.” With that, Freda

out of earshot, Theo’s friend asked curiously, “Didn’t you promise another lady your first dance about ten minutes

sip of wine, Theo replied calmly, “The one I truly wanted to dance with didn’t show up. As for these two, I couldn’t care less who

knew exactly who Theo meant. He had heard that Elyse, who had suffered a miscarriage,

Why are you still hung up on her?

could stand and

truth, Theo realized that all his plans to pursue Elyse were in vain. He didn’t even have the chance to take

his friend tried to comfort him. “Let it go. You missed your chance with Elyse. Now, she’s living a

down, he realized it was because he hadn’t valued Elyse. There

lost her, he realized some things were priceless, far beyond money. Love seemed like

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