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

tapped on the screen as she sent

minutes, ten minutes, then half an

hadn't received a reply

someone who replies in seconds suddenly doesn't

screen. She couldn't help but tease, "Really? Xander hasn't replied to your message yet?" Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and

nodded, feeling something was off, and a sense of unease grew in her

give him a

that, Grace dialed Xander's

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

"Don't worry, maybe he has something to deal with. Don't

what

calling

run away. As

make it tonight, how about inviting Emily? The three of us can still have a good time." Grace