Out of the blue, a sudden "darling" caught the attention of most of the crowd at the party.

Moira immediately regretted her exclamation as she watched Barclay approach her through the crowd. She wished she could vanish!

Barclay strode up to Moira and took her hand. "Been waiting long?"

His gaze shifted to the cup she held. "Having a drink?"

Feeling embarrassed, Moira muttered softly, "It's not alcohol, just juice."

Delicious juice.

A subtle flicker crossed Barclay's dark eyes, but he didn't reveal the truth. "Alright."

"Shall we head back?"

"Yeah, let's go."

They retraced their steps.

She'd feel like a spectacle at the circus if they stayed longer.

And those two women who embarrassed her earlier had already vanished before Barclay arrived.

Moira couldn't be bothered to care anymore. She couldn't bear shouting Barclay as "darling" so loudly in front of everyone.

"Is there gold on the floor?" Barclay asked casually as he descended from upstairs.

still looking down, finally glanced

gold on the floor. Otherwise, Mrs. Covington wouldn't be

lower her head again, Barclay said, "Mr. Covington had quite

keeping her gaze forward, not

reached the door, Moira remembered something. "Oops, I forgot to tell

took care of

He hadn't.

confident that

needed to

refraining from bringing

had other

Moira settled into the car, Barclay's voice cut through the

stole a guilty glance at him. "All of a sudden? Was it sudden? Didn't we agree to

gift she received

"Excuse me?"

insisted on giving me all her birthday presents

she

say

with a hint of amusement. "Ah,

Moira fell silent.

it too late to

skimming over her slightly flushed cheeks before settling on

"Oh, uh, alright."

Moira awkwardly fastened her

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