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!"

she looked at Zoey, her face a mask

emerging from the crowd with her spine

her, the murmur of onlookers filled

blank, but then she remembered Maja's

a deep breath,

isn't the first tI've been put in an awkward spot, but please,

scenes like this. I don't really know them. The disowning was mutual, starting from the

From that point

at Star Movie Group had been ugly, and it was Maja who

opened Zoey's eyes

to be even thicker-skinned than she'd

now, and that made her

looked up, her gaze lingering on Belinda for a few seconds. For

shifted to her stepfather who had always been

of wine from a passing server's tray, and

real father. My mother divorced my dad because he didn't make enough money

stepfather, a real

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

foolish at every opportunity, like tonight. I've been in this

Mr. Haskins and

calm, as if

this was her life she was

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

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