Belinda eyed the old man with a shrug, unfazed by his indifference. Turning to Fitch, she rubbed her hands together.

"Wow, what a bash this is, huh? I've never seen a shindig this swanky in my life! You really are something, my future son-in-law.

Honey, con over and say hello."

The man behind her was still draped in a coat, but he didn't seem embarrassed in the least. Strutting up to Fitch with all the airs of

a patriarch, he said,

"I'm Zoey's dad. We've raised Zoey all these years, and if you want to be with her, you've got to get past us first."

It was as clear as day that they were after Fitch's money.

Fitch's expression was icy, so cold it seemed like he could freeze everyone in their tracks.

Wendy stood nearby, her smile twitched at the corners of her mouth before settling into a fixed gaze on Zoey in the crowd.

"Zoey, maybe you should clear things up with your parents. You and Fitch have nothing to do with each other. They must have

gotten the wrong end of the stick."

At those words, Belinda's face fell.

"What do you mean they got it wrong? Zoey told us herself!"

eyes were wide with surprise as she looked

from the crowd

of onlookers

mind went blank, but then she remembered Maja's

a deep breath, she

to say, I disowned her as my mother a while ago. This isn't the first tI've

don't really know them. The disowning

From that point on, we were no longer

debacle with Belinda at Star Movie Group had been ugly, and

eyes to

expected her mother to be even thicker-skinned than

caring now, and

her gaze lingering on Belinda for a few seconds. For sreason, Belinda suddenly felt

to her stepfather who

glass of wine from a passing server's

standing next to her isn't my real father. My mother divorced my dad because he didn't make enough money

real piece of work.

she even resented me, her own daughter. Now that I've made something

in this situation four or five times before, including one tthat made

and Ms.

smile was eerily calm, as if she was recounting someone

her life she was

at my company, demanding Ms. Pennyfeather fire me. She threw a tantrum,

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