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Jonah, having decided to abandon the project earlier than Willard, was far calmer in the aftermath.

Suddenly, he spoke up. “Honestly, Dominic has a point. Maybe they won the bid because of Charmaine. If we’d listened to Milo’s suggestion earlier, we might have saved ourselves some trouble.”

Leah, already feeling isolated, paled even further, her hope for comfort fading.

Willard, his annoyance palpable, snapped, “If that’s the case, why didn’t she say something sooner? What a two–faced brat!”

Olympia chimed in. Her tone was equally bitter. “Exactly! The Crosses didn’t even participate in the bidding this time–they must have had inside information. If Charmaine had told us earlier, would we have wasted all this time?”

“She doesn’t care about us–just outsiders!” Valda fumed, her anger mounting.

Jonah sighed helplessly, finding their grievances unreasonable but choosing not to argue.

Amid the heated conversation, Leah’s resentment deepened, and her dark thoughts focused squarely on Charmaine.

Who does she think she is?

Her nails dug into her palms, the sharp sting barely registering as her hatred simmered.

having convinced Celeste to let her skip the celebration banquet and head home;/

high of their victory, looked at Charmaine with a newfound fondness.

I wanted to claw your face off, but now? You’re

clearly been

mention of Leah, Celeste could not help

you see her face earlier? She was furious! It cracked

stomach hurt. Then, as if something was missing, she sighed. “Seriously, why didn’t she go in with Bennett? Watching her shocked

voice calm. “Even if she had gone in, she wouldn’t

Bennett, there was no way Leah would jeopardize her position within

it together.

you’re really smart.

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did we

memo.”

hug. “Stop pretending to be aloof! I know you need

enthusiasm, knowing

makeup today. And you kept encouraging my dad not to give up. Did you

expression breaking into

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