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She'd endured so many losses recently; it had been a real emotional rollercoaster.

She was deathly afraid of ending up a lonely and forgotten soul.

Before Rebecca could even get a word in, Anne asked in a conspiratorial tone, "Rebecca, take a guess who I ran into today?"

Rebecca went along with it, her voice calm. "Who?"

But truth be told, she couldn't have cared less at that moment.

Anne exclaimed, her eyes wide and her expression over-the-top, "I saw Alistair!"

Rebecca, who had been slouching lazily on the sofa, sat bolt

upright in an instant. Her voice took on an urgent edge without her

even meaning to.

"Who?"

"Alistair!"

Anne was champing at the bit to spill the beans and rambled on non-stop. Rebecca hung on to every word, not daring to miss a

single syllable.

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She kicked herself for ignoring Anne's call during the day; it felt

like she'd missed out on a goldmine of information.

"You should've seen him. He was decked out in a custom-made

suit, and his shoes were a limited-edition one. And that car he

was in... I never would've thought he had it in him. He must've snagged a rich girlfriend!"

Rebecca's initial excitement started to fizzle out.

Truth be told, she'd had a hunch about this for some time.

Anne said, flashing a sly smile, "No wonder Vivienne was

all dressed up like

his heart. Maybe the woman he's with now is more loaded." Rebecca swallowed down the irritation welling up inside her and

recalled how Alistair had sneered

said my IQ was

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let

the topic switched to her boyfriend, Anne's tone went from

out to Rebecca about all his problems, practically beside herself with anxiety. Anne also said she knew she

of his family's

a dream of becoming a star. She was good-looking, but in the cut-throat world of show business, good

skills were practically

a producer. The producer promised to give her a substantial supporting female role in the next big-budget movie

well-known director.

"roll up her sleeves" Anne talked about meant throwing

shooting

mentioned above her boyfriend's surgery, Rebecca couldn't help

warned her, "What kind

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Are you sure he isn't

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to think you just can't stand seeing me happy. When you were with

happy ending and are

have to rain on my parade and ruin my

took a couple of deep breaths,

herself.

to speak in a relatively calm tone,

my

to hear it, just act

Vivienne

someone tells

Rebecca felt completely drained.

not being firmer and answering this

then I'll put it like this. Even if he's really lying

I don't care about the money. I'm happy to

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Rebecca was left speechless.

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a moment, she had an urge to burst into laughter and mock Anne for being

completely smitten and blind

sense of self-awareness hit her. She

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