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.

when to call it quits. Once Elliot spoke up, she

four of them had now become awkward

chat with Albertine. He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne, “If I remember correctly, you

Julie had shown up and seemed to be waiting for Daphne

nodded and replied

merely Mr. Lionel’s date

embarrassed and let out

towards Julie. Having been an agent for many years, her observation and sensitivity were definitely not inferior to Daphne’s.

Albertine asked with concern, “Your friend isn’t in trouble,

far away, she confidently said, “She’ll be fine! Julie’s never lost a fight since she was a kid!”

asked Daphne, “So, you guys grew up

realize Lionel was asking about her relationship with

since she was a

weren’t in the same class. I didn’t have the courage to get to know Julie then, or we might

speaking,

couldn’t she stop talking once she started?

to her, was very interested, “Why did you stop? Keep going! I was all ears! So, Mr. Hernandez and Ms.

why do

was about to answer, Babur next to her covered her mouth and pointed

go. After he did, Albertine turned

The entire ring was a unique yellowish-green

moment Julie saw the ring, her gaze 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 a stroke. Since her mother’s death in a car accident, she had never seen this ring

flooded Julie’s mind like

was back in her childhood house.

be the superhero characters she saw on TV.

her grandma told her that 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

it was luck or skill,

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