Chapter 101 Who Would've Thought

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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

know, once he's all dressed up

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

how Alistair had sneered at her,

has really gone to his head. He even said my IQ was lower

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wouldn't have let him get

Anne's tone went from

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

his

had always nursed a dream of becoming a star. She was good-looking, but in the cut-throat world of show business, good looks alone weren't going to cut

skills were

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

well-known director.

Anne talked about meant throwing

shooting

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

gently warned her, "What kind of surgery costs

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he isn't pulling your

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away. "Rebecca, I'm beginning to think you just can't stand seeing me happy.

ending and are being showered

on my parade and

took a couple of deep breaths, trying

herself.

to speak in a relatively

you're my friend. The truth

if you don't want to hear it, just act like I never said

it were Vivienne... Well, Vivienne

everything someone tells

Rebecca felt completely drained.

being firmer and answering

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

least he's made some effort. I don't care about the money. I'm

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Rebecca was left speechless.

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an urge to burst into laughter and mock Anne

completely smitten

sense of self-awareness hit her. She quickly

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