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Everyone exchanged glances, wondering if this was the surprise Giselle had prepared.

If so, it was certainly shocking-though hardly pleasant.

It quickly became clear from Giselle's mortified expression and the tears welling in her eyes that this wasn't a planned surprise -it was an accident.

When the party coordinator shouted to cut the livestream and someone rushed to help Giselle away, everyone's suspicions were confirmed.

Giselle had thrown exactly 25 birthday parties. This was the first time anything like this had happened.

Her parents recovered quickly. Facing their bewildered guests with awkward smiles, they explained that Giselle was simply playing a prank.

Nobody bought it.

Giselle had always cultivated the image of a refined,

accomplished young woman. Why would she suddenly abandon all decorum and humiliate herself in front of everyone?

But since the hosts were brushing it off, the guests couldn't press the issue.

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Still, an uncomfortable tension lingered over the party. Giselle never reappeared,

and by nine o'clock, most guests had departed.

Alistair had arrived with Yves, who now felt obligated to drive

him home.

"Thanks, but I've got a ride," Alistair said with a smile.

Yves assumed Alistair was just being polite, smiling, "A ride? With whom?"

They were in the middle of nowhere-no taxis, no buses. Unless he'd called an Uber, but even then, who knew how long it would

take?

Being single with no family obligations, Yves insisted on driving Alistair home.

wife," Alistair replied, his smile

smugness.

blinked in surprise. "Your wife's

a Rolls-Royce pulled up

out and opened the rear door for

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in Caroline's circles and had

Julian was.

immediately realized that Alistair's

said goodbye to Yves

car.

Alistair got in, then

at the party?" "Did you guess I'd

Robinson?"

Mr. Robinson's always been good to me. I felt

eyes slightly, a silent warning

be here. I wanted to create

immune to their displays of affection by now,

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grin, "Hoping to

one with surprises," Alistair

something clearly on his

it," Caroline said.

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there was no one around to mock his

falling in

her," Caroline said

eyes widened slightly as he studied his calm wife.

longer in my book," Caroline replied matter-of-factly. "Shouldn't you be asking why I

Julian knew about the history between Caroline and Giselle and

to his wife pushing someone into a pool, he cared

problems weren't his

you had your reasons,"

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