Chapter 165

“Ms. March, aren’t you gonna give me the lowdown?”

The sharp words were ringing in my ears. I steadied myself and coolly said, “President Stapleton, it wasn’t me.”

“It wasn’t you?” Shirley’s eyebrows knitted together in a frown. “Then who could it be?”

She clearly wasn’t buying what I was selling.

I patiently laid it out for her, “If I had a message for you, I could’ve come to you directly. Why would I beat around the bush?”

Shirley’s eyes were darting around, suspicion written all over her face. “Then why on earth are people singling you out, Xaviera?”

I was choked up, unable to respond.

Yeah, I’d also like to know why, when passing along a message, they had to drag my name, Xaviera, into it.

Wasn’t that just throwing me under the bus?

Setting me up to take the fall?

And here I was, with no solid proof to clear my name.

helpless, to

one was gonna be chummy with someone who spilled the beans about others, especially not this crowd of playful rich kids.

had

looks of skepticism.

about it, the angrier I got, and my gaze involuntarily landed on the man sitting

as a cucumber, Hogan was still the same

help but suspect that he was up to his

you, but do you have any proof?”

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he said, “You can’t just throw accusations

are you implying?” Shirley’s eyes widened, her irritation flaring up. “Are you saying I’m stirring up trouble on

“I didn’t say that, but Xaviera is my guest, so naturally, I’ve got her

back.”

it carried an

contention shifted to Timothy and

took a

else was supposed to have passed the message, why don’t we just

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