Chapter 95

“We’d love to stay longer, but there’s another business reception we promised to attend,” a woman explained, setting down her barely touched drink before rising from her seat.

“Yes, we have to go as well,” another guest added. “It’s a big event–everyone’s talking about it.”

Soon, more followed, murmuring similar reasons as they left.

As the evening wore on, Sarah and Alexander found themselves exchanging uneasy glances.

The once–lively banquet had begun to empty at an alarming rate, and the chatter that had once filled the room faded into silence.

One by one, guests made their polite excuses, murmuring something about prior commitments, before slipping out the door.

At first, it seemed like mere coincidence.

But when Alexander overheard a whispered conversation between two departing guests, his expression darkened.

“They’re all going to Linda’s opening banquet,” he murmured to Sarah, keeping his voice low.

Sarah stiffened. “Linda? As in… Linda’s family?”

Alexander nodded grimly. “They deliberately scheduled their company’s grand opening for tonight. And it looks like they made sure to invite nearly everyone who was supposed to be here.”

Sarah’s grip on her wine glass tightened. Her mind raced, but the more she thought about it, the clearer it became–this was no accident.

making sure

worse, they had used Arnold’s connections to lure

head in frustration.

her grandmother watching the dwindling crowd with quiet contemplation.

yet instead of reacting with visible anger, she simply set down her

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a birthday,” she said, her voice

expecting some sign of bitterness, but there

an

she began

hand, silencing her gently. “Sarah, listen to me.

deeply meaningful. And then it struck Sarah–the deeper

talking about

how Clark, Sarah’s father, had once betrayed her mother,

to bear the humiliation and heartbreak, had eventually walked away from

years still lingered like a shadow, but she pushed it down, just as she always had.

Clara was

fork onto her plate with a sharp clatter, her face burning with

utterly shameless!” Clara spat, her eyes blazing. “To do something like this on

fuming, muttered under his breath, “Apparently

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