Chapter 287 Twists of Fate

Amid the crowd’s buzz, Stephanie went to Milly, grinning, and asked, “Milly, would you like to come to my coming–of–age party?”

Milly’s eyebrow quirked up. puzzled over Stephanie’s move.

What was the deal with inviting folks to the Burnett digs? Milly figured, even if Stephanie had stashed her stuff, could she honestly expect Jordan and Grandpa to play along and act clueless about her?

Before Milly could get a word out, someone in the vicinity started poking fun, “Stephanie, why are you bothering with her invite? Didn’t she just give you a hard time?”

“Seriously, someone as nasty as her shouldn’t even step in your place. She’ll never be on your level, ever.”

“Exactly, just brush her off.”

Following the buttering up, the crowd gradually huddled around Stephanie, leaving her encircled, and drifted away.

At last, they cleared out!

Milly sighed in relief, glad to drop the pretence of a grin.

Yet, she couldn’t shake off her curiosity as everyone grouped around Stephanie for a chat. Meanwhile, Lucius was just there, all stone–faced, not bothering to look their way.

Milly blinked, “You’re not heading over?”

Lucius glanced down at her. “You want me to go over?”

Milly was all for it initially, but then, she caught a whiff of his cold indifference, making her freeze.

“Uh…” a thought swiftly ran through his mind. “We’re all mates here, should be backing each other up. If you don’t mingle, wouldn’t that come off as standoffish?”

Lucius kept his poker face, “Then tag along”

“No, I just ticked her off earlier. If I go over now, it’ll

for now.”

“Well, I also…”

“No, you gotta go!”

sit well with Lucius, his expression turning

“Because, uh…”

and stick

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classmate peeved, as my bud, you should help me make amends.

was genuinely thankful for the first time for having the ‘we’re just mates‘ card to

a loss for words

being this person, he’d need to leave right away to be there for Stephanie. But if he kept about who he was for now, that would be even better for her. It’d be the perfect chance for

way, it’s exactly what I’m

eyebrows jumped up in surprise, her smile reaching her eyes which then locked with

old, worn,

fail to

This gaze sent a shiver

she could say more, he had already

until the afternoon training session, and since Lucius went off

her head,

figure out a guy who acts

not sticking too close to her, he’s free to

figured it was probably just a small hill. But when she got there, it turned out to be an actual

she could have thought she was in an untouched wild

cool too, offering a refreshing change

scenery.

on her own mission, constantly nagging Lucius, while Xavier tagged along, making sure Stephanie stayed out of

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