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Elyse, unfazed, replied curiously, “I should be the one asking you that. Aren’t the Bentley and Benson families supposed to be enemies? How’d you get an invitation?”

Thea jutted her chin out proudly. “Why would I need an invitation? I’m Forrest’s friend. If I want to attend a Bentley family event, I can just walk in.”

“Then you must be quite close with the Bentley family, huh?” Elyse said with a smirk.

Not wanting to waste her breath on Thea, Elyse turned around and went to look for Victoria.

However, the relentless Thea blocked her path, her face contorted with anger. “I answered your question, so you should answer mine! Tell me. How did you get in?”

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“I was invited out of the blue,” Elyse answered frankly. “But it was so sudden that I didn’t have the time to dress up properly.”

wasn’t for casual chitchat. Dressing lavishly to an event like this would be pointless, especially since the chances of her being drenched in red wine by the end of the night were high—after all, Victoria and Rickey

of this, Elyse looked down at her dress. To avoid any untoward accidents, she had specifically chosen a burgundy

but swell with pride at her

but Elyse, lost in her own

snuck in, didn’t you?” she snapped, lips curled into an

riled up Thea was now, it was clear that her fury stemmed from some kind of deep-seated fear—perhaps she was terrified that Elyse might steal Forrest’s attention away from

planning to do something naughty with Forrest,” she teased, her voice dripping with feigned innocence. “What? Think you

anger, her teeth clenched

and

the big clans would at least be civil with each other, even if

between the two families. Despite the passage

successfully forged a friendship with Forrest, the Bensons

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