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.

a whole night, and Xander hadn't replied to her

tapped on the screen as she sent

waited. One minute, five minutes, ten minutes, then half an

hadn't received a

who replies in seconds suddenly doesn't

help but tease, "Really? Xander hasn't replied to your message

off, and a sense of unease grew in her

give

that, Grace dialed

voice on the other end. "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is not available."

reaction and quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, maybe he has something

what Zoey

try calling him

won't run away. As long as he

how about inviting Emily? The