Chapter 51

The long–overdue class gathering was merry. Everly was a social butterfly. She managed to make conversations with almost anyone at the event. The attendees were more shocked to see Olivia.

A lot of her classmates went up to her and asked, “Olivia, I heard you’re married. Why didn’t you invite us to your Are we not good enough for you?”

wedding?

Before Olivia could say a word, a woman interjected with a shrill voice, “It’s not that we’re not good enough for her. It’s the other way around, isn’t it? She probably hid from us because her family went bankrupt.”

wealthy as the Fordhams. So Calista always ranked second to Olivia in whatever she did. She should have been the wealthy, popular girl in school, but her spark went out

bankrupt, Calista would not miss the opportunity to humiliate

the class president, Calvin Atkins immediately came up to mediate. “Calista, that’s a bit harsh. Everyone goes through ups and downs in life. There’s no need to rub salt into the wound. It’s been a

“Fine, I’ll drop it. But isn’t it kind of shameless of her to skip all our gatherings over the years only to show up now for

this was a classmate gathering.” Olivia looked

it, or do you really not know? Everyone came to this event to

away from the world. She seemed ignorant of the happenings around her. Calvin kindly explained, “The Oakland Hospital is the biggest project in recent years. It’s a 3.5–billion- dollar

Hospital is to be a world–class hospital. It will hire quality staff and set up top- notch facilities. Of course, the pay is better than the average hospital in the country. And our dear class president is nice enough to introduce this opportunity to his

hired them, they’d earn three times their current

bet that he had a huge share in the new hospital. Perhaps, the gathering wasn’t what it

of talented students. Olivia guessed that Everly was too preoccupied with the breakup to fully grasp the nature of

was selling. Olivia felt awkward in the social situation. Thankfully, Calvin was caring and inquired

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