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.

and Xander hadn't replied to her

tapped on the screen as

minutes, then half an

still hadn't received a reply

when someone who replies in seconds

at Grace's phone screen. She couldn't help but tease, "Really? Xander hasn't replied to your message yet?" Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the

nodded, feeling something was off, and a sense of unease

okay; I'll give him a

saying that, Grace

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

quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, maybe he has something to deal with. Don't overthink

softly and thought what

try calling him

sighed helplessly. "You're different when you're in love. Don't worry! Xander won't run away.

about inviting Emily? The three of us can still have