Chapter 90 An Unusual Request

“It’s not like being good at foreign languages is something special,” Veronica said sarcastically.

A sudden realization hit her.

South Aspus, two years, the necklace…

She grabbed Leah’s wrist with such force it almost hurt.

“Ow! Veronica, you’re hurting me!” Leah gasped.

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“You’re coming with me!” Veronica growled, pulling Leah to a quiet corner of the terrace outside. Her face was hard with anger. “Mr. Emyr is looking for Charmaine, isn’t he?”

Leah paused, caught off guard, before a smile tugged at her lips. “Didn’t think you’d figure it out so quickly.”

So she’s admitted it!

Veronica’s excitement was barely contained as she quickly covered her mouth to stop herself from shouting.

But in the next breath, she grabbed Leah by the throat, panic written across her face.

“Leah, are you crazy? Charmaine is always around Mr. Emyr, and you want me to pretend I’m the owner of the necklace? Are you trying to get me killed?”

the panic, the chilling aura surrounding the man–it all hit

choked out, struggling to free herself.

trying to strangle me,

wrong, not you! What were

deal? Charmaine’s standing right under Mr. Emyr’s nose, and he’s still looking for the necklace’s owner.

Emyr doesn’t even know the person he’s searching for is Charmaine. And Charmaine has no

confused. “How could that be? Aren’t they

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she knew

and your parents would treat you like the family’s lucky charm, even if you were just a maid. You’d meet the family heir—all because of Mr. Emyr’s connections … Are you willing to be squashed by the Crosses‘

Leah’s words. She clenched her fists, her

saying they don’t know about each other?” Veronica asked, still

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back, the necklace has been with me. No one will notice.”

a sigh of relief, reassured for

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her a sideways glance, “we need to make sure we’re ready,

in this together, Veronica. You know what’s most important right now, right?”

back to her humiliating moment in class, where she had been compared to Charmaine. A nasty smile curled

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