Chapter 29

In a sour

I pursed my lips together, pulling the jacket he had draped over me tighter around myself. When I looked up, I noticed Leah standing nearby, her face twisted in a as she stared at me.

Her resentful gaze showed just how much she despised me, and she seemed particularly enraged that Ethan and I were leaving together.

expression

I figured that a woman consumed by jealousy would stop at nothing to go after her perceived target. I couldn't help but find it amusing as her jealous and hateful gaze burned into my back.

I tried to calm myself down and quicken my pace, ignoring the whispers and murmurs behind me. All I wanted was to get out of there.

and integrate himself with the powerful. The satisfied look on his face when

breath when I

can change," he said coldly, his tone

be necessary." I turned him down without a second thought. Heaven knew how much I wanted to distance

to draw everyone's attention by standing here? Or

would assume I meant to cause a scene. "That is none of your concern, Mr. Grayson." With that, I tightened my grip on his coat and swiftly

the corner of my eye, I noticed that he was about to follow me. However, a slender figure caught up to him-it was Leah. Of course, she wouldn't let us be alone together. "Let's go," I told the driver, clutching the coat tighter around me, just a moment ago, I thought he was a good person for offering me help, but then it hit me-the coat I was wearing was nothing more

someone had tampered with it. After taking a shower, I switched off my

turned my phone back on, only to be bombarded with a flood

and tossed it into a bag. Then, I slipped on a pair of sneakers before heading home. As soon as I

the celebration as an opportunity to seduce men with underhanded tactics, Elene said, her lips

because you spoiled Evelyn rotten, dear. Now, this whole thing has blown up, and it's

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