“What a happy coincidence!”

Gabriel was oblivious to the tension between the two women. He asked Stella to get into the car, then helped to load her suitcase.

Rayna scooted over to make room for Stella.

Shooting a glance at the elegant Stella, she said, “My apologies for catching a ride back with the two of you.”

Stella smoothed her long hair as she replied with a smile, “Don’t worry about it. I don’t mind at all. Had I known you were friends with Gab, I could’ve walked out with you just now.”

Gab?

That cheesy nickname was too much for Rayna, and a shudder of disgust ran through her body. Then, she lowered her head and texted Jefferson to let him know she had arrived safely.

Her call had been interrupted when her phone fell to the floor earlier, and she had not gotten a chance to call him again.

Getting the hint that Rayna did not wish to be disturbed, Stella knew better than to continue talking to the former.

After Gabriel got into the driver’s seat, Stella asked in a concerned tone, “I heard it has been raining in Norwal City since last Monday. You didn’t catch a cold, did you?”

“Nope. I’m as fit as a fiddle,” he said while reaching for a thermos flask on the car seat and passing it to her. “Here’s some Earl Grey tea I brewed an hour ago.”

She took the thermos flask. “Why, thank you!”

As soon as she unscrewed the lid, the tea’s sweet fragrance quickly wafted in the air.

Rayna found the smell a little nauseating and shifted further away, but to her dismay, Stella poured a cup of tea and held it out to her. “Would you like to try some, Ms. Garland?”

Concealing her discomfort, Rayna pushed the cup away. “None for me, thanks.”

merely shrugged and did not

away. They talked about where they would have dinner that

I don’t know whether to say that Mr. Tylinski is a veritable simp or that

she

also got down to help her with her

fresh air, Rayna pulled Gabriel aside. “Let’s have a quick chat, Mr. Tylinski. Your schoolmate is smart and beautiful. The only

you mean?” he asked

manipulative b*tch. She seduces others left, right, and center. Oh, by the way,

Gabriel has to say. After

his eyes. “You know how Mr. Faymon is. He likes to groom talented people.

Rayna’s heart sank.

everywhere, and any one of them could take my

said, “For someone as intelligent as Stella, there’s no way she wouldn’t know how you feel. She won’t date you, yet she doesn’t decline to have dinner with you and still hangs

going on between her

“If that’s true, how did they wind up in the entertainment news? You’re a nice person, Mr. Tylinski. You don’t have to eat out of the hand of

photo when she was away on a business trip with Mr. Faymon,” he said, still defending

he flashed her a bright smile and added, “Even if she does have feelings for Mr.

with being the

long as she and Mr. Faymon aren’t dating, it isn’t a crime for me

Rayna was silent.

and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Ms. Garland, you shouldn’t criticize Stella. You’re quite similar to

she stared at him in

Cillian about how Mr. Faymon went to Hallsbay the other day and searched for you frantically. He has treated you well,

the man. “That’s different! Jefferson is ill, so I took him abroad to find him a cure. What’s more, Jefferson and I were never a couple, nor were we in an ambiguous

no. However, everyone knows you’re dating,” Gabriel responded stubbornly. “I attended a party at Yartran with Mr. Faymon some time ago, and we found out

to outsiders. We’re not in a relationship! Why would I return to

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