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 hadn't

screen

minute, five minutes, ten minutes,

she still hadn't received a

it normal when someone who replies in seconds

glanced at Grace's phone screen. She couldn't help but tease, "Really? Xander hasn't replied to your message

off, and a sense of unease

okay; I'll give him a

Grace

the other end. "I'm sorry, the number

saw Grace's reaction and quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, maybe

hummed softly and thought what Zoey had

I'll try calling him later

run away. As long as he

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