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.”

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

girl holding milk tea, smiling, with a hand

face, and she

went unanswered, which was unusual. Even after she distanced herself from Aaron, he’d always answer her

again, and this time a woman’s voice

phone. “Who are

I’m his girlfriend, Tatiana. Who’s calling?

response only fueled Jaylene’s anger. She snapped, “I didn’t know Aaron had a girlfriend. He’s

sarcasm and cheerfully replied, “We only just started dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much about personal things. You must be close to him, though—I

then finally said, “Ask Aaron yourself what

add you on WhatsApp? Aaron’s birthday is coming up, and I want to surprise him with a gift. Could you help

inside but agreed, thinking she couldn’t let this new girl think she’d won

delighted. “Thank you,

being called “sister,”

friend request appeared, using the same picture Jaylene had seen earlier. Jaylene accepted and immediately checked Tatiana’s profile. The latest post was a close-up of the couple, captioned, “Finally,

Julia brought the coffee again, Jaylene knocked it over, spilling

out, “Ms.

threw everything on her

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