Chapter 69

Bonnie looked at Halle and raised her brows. There was a hint of mockery in her eyes.

“Wasn’t your dress supposed to be one of Hamish’s designs? I seem to remember you bragging that you were going to wear it to the party. Why didn’t you?”

Halle gritted her teeth and looked at Bonnie. She wanted to smack her really badly. “Wipe that smug look off your face! Did Ivor get you this dress? That just means you didn’t get it yourself!”

Bonnie’s lips curled into a smile. The cunning and ridicule in her eyes were unmistakable. “How smart of you. Ivor, who’s also my fiancé, went through a great deal of trouble and spent a lot of money on this. I told him to forget about it, but he just wouldn’t listen to me. I couldn’t help it.”

Halle’s face twisted, and Rowena looked even more furious.

Bonnie chuckled when she saw their faces. “You’re his cousin, Halle. And you’re his childhood friend, Rowena. You should try to talk some sense into him. Tell him not to spend all that money wasted a lot on that!”

y on me. He’s

way he bought you anything! He must have bought this dress because Grandpa made him. I’d even go so far as to say Grandpa was the one who bought you the dress, not Ivor. You just

of relief internally. There was

didn’t give a damn about

the truth. You’re just a hick and a nobody. Why would Ivor spend

at her defiantly. “I’m a nobody?

she remembered that Bonnie was the Best Scholar in the city.

was at the Knight’s to convince him to take her on as his apprentice. To their surprise, Master Quenton seemed

When Rowena saw him, she tugged at Halle’s arm. “Here comes Ivor. Let’s ask if he

believe Ivor would buy a dress for Bonnie. She ran toward him and

taunting glance at Bonnie.

to expose your lies,‘ she thought.

said, “Yeah. That’s right. Is there a

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