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

tapped on the screen as she sent Xander a

ten minutes,

she still hadn't received a reply

it normal when someone who replies in seconds suddenly doesn't

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

give him

Grace dialed Xander's

voice on the other end. "I'm

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

hummed softly and thought what Zoey had said was

I'll try calling him later

love. Don't worry! Xander won't run away. As

inviting Emily? The three of us can still have