In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

"I looked into it, and it turns out that someone paid to stir up the rumors about you and Wayne."

"Do you know who it is?"

"Not yet, but sooner or later, I'll find out who dared to do something so despicable."

Zoey spoke with conviction, then added in a playful tone, "But speaking of which, the netizens are quite sharp-eyed. At least they didn't go off track and focused on the main things.

"By the way, Gracie, how about inviting Xander for a get-together tonight?"

Grace thought the suggestion was good. "Sure! I'll send him a message."

Grace opened her chat with Xander. They hadn't spoken since last night, and Grace's eyes flickered with worry.

During this time, she and Xander had been chatting regularly, and they had hardly stopped. The longest gap between their messages before had just been a few hours. But today was strange.

been a whole night, and Xander

the screen as

minutes, ten minutes, then

she still hadn't received a reply from

when someone who replies

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something was off, and a sense of unease

give him a

saying that, Grace

was met with the operator's voice on the other end. "I'm sorry, the number

"Don't worry,

hummed softly and thought what Zoey had said was

try calling

Don't worry! Xander won't run away. As long as he

"Since Xander can't make it tonight, how about inviting Emily? The three