Chapter 24

"Had enough pinching?" Miranda frowned, her voice chilly.

What on earth was his problem? Why would he suddenly pinch her cheek like that?

Elian reluctantly withdrew his hand, his eyes lingering on Miranda, a hint of mischief flickering in his gaze.

"If I say I haven't had enough, do you think I could apply for an extension?"

Miranda furrowed her eyebrows, giving Elian a peculiar look. "Do you have some kind of skin hunger or something?"

Elian was rendered speechless.

Just then, an untimely voice interrupted them.

"Miranda? Is that really you? I thought you went abroad!"

"Abroad? More like to the countryside to tend to pigs. Did you guys actually buy that story?"

and a female voice chimed

and Elian both turned to look at

group of college students, five or six in total, who seemed to be out for

they were all former classmates

degrees of family wealth - if not heirs to fortunes, then nouveaux riches. After Miranda was acknowledged by the Hawke family, she was sent to study at the same school as Arabella. Yet, she was forbidden from revealing her

influenced by the Zade family, was timid and kind-hearted, so she

the Hawke family, she was merely trying to cling to Arabella's status and

who knew Miranda from exposing the truth, she

just a poor, wannabe social climber. Especially after her pursuit of Theo became a campus-wide

countryside feeding pigs these past couple of years?" One of the guys approached, giving Elian a glance, mockingly adding, "What, have you set your sights

His secretary, standing behind him, also shot the guy a chilly look. Interrupting Mr. Ashcroft during a

food, took a sip of

girl laughed from a distance. "For someone like her, landing

girl's comment made her

just a heads-up. This girl here used to love getting involved in other people's relationships back in school," one of the girls deliberately

his gaze to look at Miranda,

a frosty arc, his eyes teasing as he looked at Miranda. "Is that so?

Miranda glanced at Elian.

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