Everyone raised their glasses and started drinking. It was as if everyone felt comfortable chatting again, and the atmosphere instantly livened up.

As the crowd started talking at once, Naomi leaned closer to me and whispered, "What is your relationship with Sebastian? Are you really related to the Roberts, the Reids, and the Moores as well?"

I hadn't expected her to ask me this. I paused for a moment before saying, "Naomi, this is a tricky question, and I choose not to answer you!"

"What's the big deal? Are you worried that well take advantage of you if you tell us? You think we would try to claim some benefits from you?" Dahlia piped up, looking at me with a smile.

After a short pause, I replied, "I don't mean that. I just feel that it's not a good idea to tell you. We're close friends who have experienced life and death situations together. Why would I think you would take advantage of me?"

"That's not right. Only the four of us have experienced a close shave with death together. As for you, you've always depended on men or your relationships to pull through, and you haven't suffered much. It's easy for you to say sentimental stuff like that."

words were discreetly scathing, but what

say, so I

If it wasn't for Arianna knowing Sebastian, do you really think that we would've survived

us, she could have saved us from that operation back in Myanway right away. Why did she have to wait until after Kaleb had done what he did to us before playing the heroine and letting us suffer again? What's her deal? Trying to make up to us after

coming here. Why did you go to Arianna's room in the middle of the night and show her the wound on your abdomen? If you did not ask for it, did you think you

Dahlia dumbfounded. Her face was flushing red with anger at the moment.

cut in quickly, "Let's calm down. We don't have to fight. It's meaningless to quarrel

got up and said,

And she went upstairs.

looked at me and changed the subject. "Arianna, are you heading

Then I thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I

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