Mrs. Loxley was wearing an elegant sapphire blue dress, embroidered with patterns in the same color scheme. She wore her hair up with a tiara-like hairpin on her head while the tassels on her earrings sparkled. She held her head high as if only by doing so could she appear superior to me.

But what she didn't know was that there had never been any competition between us. Everything was just her own presumptions. I felt sorry for Matthew for having such a person as his mother.

I had been shuffling between people with the professor and hadn't noticed her presence until now. Seeing her, I just felt annoyed.

Jinovy was so big. How could I bump into her so easily?

What a small world!

The arrogant Mrs. Loxley obviously recognized me too. Standing proudly among a group of middle-aged women, she looked at me with caution, resistance, and a hint of surprise.

But whatever she had in mind, it had nothing to do with me. I simply didn't want to deal with her at all. So, I just looked past her as if I hadn't seen her People said the most powerful retaliation was ignorance.

This time, I would ignore her completely.

come over and fight me in front of so many

the professor allowed me to roam by myself and went upstairs to meet with important guests

who rarely

found a corner to sit down and took off my shoes to relieve my feet. But then I found that the back of one of my ankles was soaked in blood from where the stockings had been rubbing against it.

early on such an important occasion, so I fanned my foot with my hand to cool down the wounds while muttering curses at the damn shoes under

someone's laughter nearby. In a mix of shock and annoyance, I quickly put on my shoes again. The pain was almost unbearable as soon

endured it, not

a white box was extended to me from the side. There was a rose logo

head in

face with

pair of elongated eyes with a hint of teasing was looking at me.

el.

voice said, "This is my first time seeing a socialite like you. You're quite interesting. Did you hurt your foot? Here, a gift

pushed the box forward until it almost touched the tip of my nose, making me move

intention of this unexpected

through my memories but couldn't

was a complete stranger to

motive for coming over and giving me a gift suddenly? Was he

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