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.

night, and Xander

on the screen

minutes, then

hadn't received

normal when someone who replies

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

something was off, and a sense of unease grew

give

that, Grace dialed

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

her, "Don't worry, maybe

hummed softly and thought what Zoey

I'll try calling him later

won't run away. As long as he sees your message, he'll definitely reply." "Let's hope

tonight, how about inviting