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

tapped on the screen as

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes, then

hadn't received a reply from

is it normal 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 FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of

was off, and a sense of

give him a

that, Grace dialed Xander's

on the other end. "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed

saw Grace's reaction and quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, maybe he has something to

what Zoey had said was

calling him later

"You're different when you're in love. Don't worry! Xander won't run away. As long as

sounded disappointed, so Zoey suggested, "Since Xander can't make it tonight, how about inviting