In the distance, Keira and Erin both frowned as they watched the situation unfold.

The two turned to Ryan simultaneously, only to find his expression as calm as ever. However, his gaze, fixed ahead, had become sharper, with a hint of menace in his eyes.

“Looks like this is the first time Ryan’s actually showing some emotion,” Erin whispered to Keira.

Before Keira could respond, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her view of Ryan.

She paused, glancing up at Lewis. His face was as neutral as ever, and the move seemed almost unintentional. But knowing his jealous streak, Keira couldn’t help but laugh softly to herself and turned her gaze back to the scene ahead.

Unaware of what they were about to face, Darien and Mollie were still smiling. Darien looked at Ellie, patted her on the shoulder, and said casually, “You better behave from now on, got it?”

Ellie remained silent.

Mollie spoke up. “Darien, I don’t think she even listens to you. Why keep someone like that around? You should just fire her! What’s the point of keeping her in your house?”

Others began to chime in. “Yeah, Darien, just fire her!”

“Having someone like that around only brings bad vibes.”

As the group mocked her, Ellie wiped her face and let out a sarcastic smile.

looked at her.

joke

and Ellie never complained. So why would

if she is, who cares? She’ll come crawling back like always once I say a

chuckle and looked at her. “Ellie, what’s with that look? I’m warning you, if you don’t straighten up, I might just stop talking to

to her—that was his biggest

suddenly wondered how she could have been

as she stared at him, lost

her, she’d chase after him like a lost puppy. She’d

it was beyond

what he really was? He’d never even bothered to hide his disdain or indifference toward

up in some fairytale fantasy where Darien was the hero who’d come to her rescue. She just didn’t want to

listened. She thought her brother was just being a

look

her that earpiece or forced her to listen, she would’ve never known just how

let out a soft

impatient, asked,

a few napkins from the table, wiped her face and hair, then crumpled them up and

the

up? Since when were you two even together? You’ve got some

hand raised to slap Ellie, but Ellie

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