Chapter 17

Was it all just a joke?

She had pleaded with him for so long, and it was all just for laughs?

And no wonder the Martinez Group’s bid proposal was rejected first thing in the morning. It turned out Xan never actually spoke to Samuel on his behalf.

Matthew stared at Xanthea, who was all smiles just like usual, yet somehow completely different.

Before, he could read her like an open book, but now, standing so close, he couldn’t decipher her thoughts at all.

“I’m tired, I think I’ll head up to bed early, Matt. Drive safe, huh~”

Xanthea-stretched lazily and made her way upstairs.

Her change in demeanor left the family stunned.

Christopher set down his tea, thinking back to how thrilled Xan used to be when Matthew would ask her out. But today, she coldly turned him down, and from their conversation, it was clear that she hadn’t interceded for the Martinez Grou

Having witnessed Xan’s change of attitude the night before, Samuel, catching his parents’ surprised looks, smiled proudly.

Xan had grown up, no longer the little girl who constantly followed Matthew around.

Miranda frowned, puzzled by Xanthea’s cold demeanor towards Matt. Were they having a falling out?

have you been up to lately? I

around with a secretive smile, “Lately I’ve been

met her gaze

“Thanks, Xan.”

was planning a surprise, no wonder she was

bag and tried to calm his troubled thoughts. It must be the stress from work, he thought. Xan has liked him since. they

with a news alert Eighteen-year-old girl strikes a million-dollar gem at the event!’ He

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a very

Xan?

it be

he opened the article and

named Orion strike a gem? When did she get so close to Orion? And why would she deceive him? What was she thinking? A sense of unprecedented nervousness and caution washed over him as he clenched his phone and opened Xanthea’s chat

and immediately found the old Canon camera, then dialed

it isn’t my long-lost niece remembering her old uncle. Did that mutant iris

“I always miss you, Uncle. Just need a little favor

unless you

in the finals of The Masked

Masked Singer? Since when

said I have a good voice? want

charm, poise and intellect – you’d be a star in the entertainment world. You want to join The Masked Singer, huh? The finals are on this weekend; it’s too late to enter normally but you can go as a surprise

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