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 you

showed a girl holding milk tea, smiling, with

flashed across Jaylene’s face, and she

was unusual. Even after

called again, and this time a woman’s

her phone. “Who are

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

fueled Jaylene’s anger. She snapped, “I didn’t know

dating. Aaron’s shy and doesn’t talk much about personal things. You must

a moment, then finally

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

this new girl think she’d won

was delighted. “Thank you,

eye twitched at being called “sister,” and she

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

in Jaylene. When Julia brought the coffee again, Jaylene knocked it over,

out, “Ms.

on her desk and shouted, “Get out!

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