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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.

skip the celebration

their victory, looked at Charmaine with a newfound fondness.

how fate works. Not long ago, I wanted to claw your face

“You’ve clearly been brainwashed by Leah.”

the mention of Leah, Celeste could not help

She was furious! It cracked

sighed. “Seriously, why didn’t she go in with Bennett? Watching her shocked and embarrassed on the spot

calm. “Even if she had gone in, she wouldn’t side with the Reads.

way Leah would jeopardize her position within the Nelsons for something as small as

it together. “Oh, so that’s how

grinning. “Charmaine, you’re really smart. With

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raised an eyebrow, feigning confusion. “When did we become

memo.”

an exaggerated hug. “Stop pretending to

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

“Wait a second. You even wore makeup today. And you kept encouraging my dad not to give

expression breaking into mild

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