Maggie flashed a dazzling smile, “Thank the stars for that fateful afternoon when I was sixteen, the day I met you!”

She also felt grateful for the fourteen points she’d scored on that day’s quiz.

Morrison wrapped his arms around her, “I’m just as grateful!”

The Langston and the Sampson families were tying the knot, and the guest list read like a ‘Who’s Who’ of J City’s elite. Anyone with a name or a fortune had made their appearance.

Lance arrived with his father, who soon got caught up in conversation with some business associates. Seizing the chance to split, Lance wandered off to mingle with folks he knew.

Strolling through the garden, his eyes landed on Estelle and he was utterly transfixed, a look of enraptured admiration in his gaze.

He quickly pulled aside a bridesmaid he was acquainted with and whispered, “Do you know Estelle?”

With a friendly smile, she replied, “She’s a friend of Maggie’s.”

“Could you introduce us?” Lance’s eyes gleamed with a hint of mischief.

reputation, “I don’t know. She’s Maggie’s friend. If anything

in a crowd, what

got a short fuse, and if you mess with her bridesmaid, she won’t let you

will happen,” Lance urged, “Please, just go get

and went off to find

was busy taking pictures with Estelle when the bridesmaid

turned with a warm voice,

the attic on the

bit, Estelle nodded,

smile, the

Sophia and made her way through the bustling garden and guests, heading towards the

dress change, quieter, but upon reaching the third floor, it was almost silent save for the distant

and walls adorned with portraits of the renowned. The sunlight streaming in added

the estate’s vast lawns, tulip-filled gardens, and a distant

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