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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.

to let her skip the celebration banquet and head home;/ finally caught her breath.

high of their victory,

long ago, I wanted to claw your face

grimaced. “You’ve clearly been

Celeste could

her face earlier? She was furious!

something was missing, she sighed. “Seriously, why didn’t she go in with Bennett?

gaze, her voice calm. “Even if she had gone in, she wouldn’t side with the Reads. She’s

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

suddenly pieced it together. “Oh,

you’re really smart. With a friend like you, I feel

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“When did we become friends? I must’ve missed that

memo.”

demeanor, pulling her into an exaggerated hug. “Stop pretending to be

at Celeste’s shameless enthusiasm, knowing she could not win

Celeste’s expression turned serious. She stared at Charmaine’s face, examining it closely. “Wait a second. You even wore makeup today. And you kept encouraging my dad not to

her calm expression breaking into mild confusion. “How could

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