Chapter 1263:

Life had already taught her plenty about jealous childhood friends. Felix’s old friend, Joanna, used to pull these tricks, and now she was getting the same treatment from Collin’s childhood sweetheart, Kylee. Linsey honestly wondered what she had done to deserve all this drama.

Whenever Joanna played the innocent victim and Linsey defended herself, Felix never took her side. He would only scold her instead.

She figured Collin would probably act just like Felix—unable to see through such games.

That thought left Linsey annoyed. Facing Collin, she said coldly, “I didn’t stop her from coming in. She ran into me on purpose. That’s the truth. Believe me or not, it’s your choice.”

She turned to leave, intent on heading upstairs.

Just as she moved past, Collin reached out and caught her hand. His answer came right away. “I believe you.”

pounded so hard it felt like it might burst. Never in her life did she

you

at Kylee. Instead of answering directly, he

didn’t want to let it go and clung to her innocent act. “Collin, you’ve known me forever. You should know I would never hurt

the impatience in his tone now unmistakable. “If you have nothing important

was crystal clear—a

with a sharp pang of hurt, but she knew Collin’s temperament well enough not to push


something.” Reaching into her designer Hermes bag, Kylee extracted an elegant invitation card and extended it toward him. “My birthday celebration is coming up in just a few days, and

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invitation card with casual indifference, his striking features betraying no emotion whatsoever.

invitation card with barely disguised contempt. “Normally, someone of your… background wouldn’t qualify for an invitation to my birthday banquet. But since you’re

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