Stella paused, looked at Wren, and asked, “Is there anything else?”

Wren shook her head and left with the documents.

Stella stared at the grapefruit on her desk for a while, then called Sonia.

Julia entered Jaylene’s office, carefully avoiding the scattered papers on the floor. She handed Jaylene a cup of coffee. “Ms. Saun, here’s your coffee.”

Jaylene didn’t respond, focused on her phone with a cold expression.

Her friends were buzzing about one thing—Aaron had a girlfriend. He had always kept a low profile, but now he’d posted a picture of them together.

In the group chat, they were discussing the news:

“Who is she? She doesn’t look familiar. Is she from our circle?”

“I don’t think so. But she’s pretty.”

“She must be from a lower-status family. I heard the Kellers are avoiding a powerful marriage to keep control.”

sense. Jaylene, you were classmates with Aaron, right?

media and found the picture. It showed a girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand (presumably Aaron’s) holding hers from the side. The caption was intentionally

Jaylene’s face,

unanswered, which was unusual. Even after she distanced herself from Aaron,

this time a woman’s voice answered,

tightened on her phone. “Who are you?

Tatiana. Who’s

She snapped, “I didn’t

cheerfully replied, “We only just started dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much about personal things. You must be

moment, then finally said, “Ask Aaron yourself what our

on WhatsApp? Aaron’s birthday is coming up, and

but agreed, thinking she couldn’t let this new

delighted. “Thank you,

twitched at being called “sister,” and she ended the call

earlier. Jaylene accepted and immediately checked Tatiana’s profile. The latest post was a close-up of the couple, captioned, “Finally, my turn

brought the coffee

out,

everything on her desk and

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