Chapter 162

Knowing about Albertine and Lionel’s past fling, the thoughtful organizers purposely separated their seating arrangements.

But they were clueless about the beef between Kieran and Elliot. They thought these two guys were just partners, so they placed them together.

Upon learning that there was no awkwardness between Lionel and Albertine, Daphne began to stress about Julie.

She kept throwing glances in Julie’s direction.

At that moment, Julie was making eye contact with Adeline. The host was delivering the opening speech. There seemed to be some sort of unspoken tension brewing between Kieran and Elliot.

The spat that happened outside earlier didn’t sit well with Daphne. She wanted to ask Lionel to convince the organizers to reseat the four of them, but turned around to find Lionel and Albertine in deep conversation.

And Albertine’s hubby, Mr. Farrell, was attentively listening to the host’s speech.

In the end, Daphne could only look back at Julie, only to find Julie whispering to Adeline.

Maybe she was overthinking.

She was too far to hear what Julie and Adeline were chattering about.

Actually, Adeline was gossiping.

Probably because she was pissed at the rapport between Elliot and Kieran, she said to Julie, “When you remarried Mr. Hernandez, did you ever consider how your first love would feel?”

Adeline’s comment silenced the three people present.

But Adeline acted as if nothing happened, telling Julie, “Doing this will upset my brother, you know!”

“Adeline!” Elliot’s face turned sour. He shot Adeline a look, signaling her to zip it.

to call it quits. Once Elliot spoke

them had now become awkward to the

Albertine. He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne, “If I

up and seemed to be waiting for Daphne for

She nodded and replied

she suddenly felt she overshared. She was merely Mr. Lionel’s date for the evening. He surely wasn’t interested in

Daphne felt embarrassed and let out a

also looked towards Julie. Having been an agent for many years, her observation and sensitivity were

old friend of Daphne for many years, Albertine asked with concern, “Your

a bit worried, but seeing Julie sitting calmly not far away, she confidently said, “She’ll be fine! Julie’s never

you

Lionel was asking about her relationship with Julie, so she replied with a

since she was a kid? You

although we weren’t in the same class. I didn’t have the courage to get to

she was speaking, Daphne suddenly

she stop talking once

did you stop? Keep going! I was all ears!

gave Albertine a look, “Tini, why do you like

and pointed to

arm, signaling him to let her go. After he did, Albertine turned her attention to the auction stage, curious to see what

ring. The entire ring was a unique yellowish-green color that caught everyone’s

was fixed on the auction stage. It was the ring her mother always wore on her right ring finger since she was a child. Her mother treasured it. But the year the Abraham family went bankrupt, her mother and her lover eloped with all the family’s assets. Her father died of

flooded Julie’s mind like a tide…

as though she was

aspired to be the superhero characters she saw on TV. In her

her mom’s family wasn’t actually dirt poor, but her dad was born into a life of poverty. Her mom fell head over heels for her dad when she was young, but her family didn’t approve, so she took off with her dad. From then on, she went through a ton of tough times with her

Whether it

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