Chapter 83

Yolanda hung up the phone and glanced across the street. There was a fruit store right there.

"I've got some plans tonight. I won't be heading back with you," she said to Bryce before heading toward the fruit store across the road.

"See you tomorrow..." Bryce muttered. He felt a bit down as he watched her walk away.

He couldn't quite explain it. Ever since Yolanda came out of the juvenile detention center, she seemed to possess an inexplicable air that irresistibly drew him.

However, he also felt like the distance between them was growing. It was as if the good times when they used to be friends were slipping away beyond his reach.

...

Yolanda bought a fruit basket from the store and then took a taxi to the Regency Hotel. By the time she arrived, dinner had already started.

As she entered the banquet hall, Alice and Joe Henderson were busy making rounds and toasting with guests as if this were their event.

The moment Alice spotted Yolanda walking in, she raised her voice and chastised her loudly, "Yolanda, why are you so late? It's been over half an hour. I thought you weren't coming." "School ended late," Yolanda replied coolly.

responding, she glanced around the room. Soon, her gaze fell on a couple sitting at

brother, Neil Lawson, and his wife, Elena Silva. They were also the organizers of

Yolanda to them as they looked at her

the other guests present were Alice's relatives from her family home. Seeing Yolanda's plain outfit and overweight figure, many of them frowned

her. She focused instead on her purpose for being

the fruit basket. The couple glanced at the modest gift with faint

it with a cold

then directed Yolanda to a seat near the door of

the guests around her subtly moved their chairs

expression. "Yolanda, I heard you've started school. How are

something and continued with a mocking smile, "Oh, I almost forgot. You won't need to

be dropping out?"

just because she loves to brag," Alice replied

party, Yolanda boasted she would top the entrance exams. If she didn't, she said she would drop out and give her spot to

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