Elaine caressed her fair neck with a sorrowful look on her face.

It was common knowledge that her agate necklace was auctioned off at 2 million dollars by Timothy last month

The banquet hall was then filled with sighs of distress from the thought that a thief had infiltrated this place of nobility.

Immediately, guards took their positions in front of the exits to the banquet hall.

Charlotte couldn't help but feel a shiver running down her spine. She raised her head and looked toward the center of the banquet, only to see Elaine staring back at her with a smirk.

'Oh no!'

Charlotte was quick to realize that something was not right, but she no longer had a chance to flee.

Soon, a burly security guard stood in front of her and looked down at her.

"Miss, hello. Do you have an invitation?"

No one else was asked the same question. Only she was interrogated. Elaine's intention couldn't be clearer.

Thus, everyone started to look at Charlotte suspiciously.

else Charlotte could do, so she kept a

"Found it!"

open her bag, the guards around her snatched the bag from her

expression on her face was a mixture of disappointment and relief, the exact

did you steal the necklace?"

unfamiliarity, as though she has

guest present was deceived by Elaine's skillful acting. However, Charlotte

to pull off such a despicable, self-directed

Charlotte.

earlier who was apologizing profusely

her day

Elaine pretended to give Charlotte a chance.

would be difficult for her to turn over a new leaf if she

too tender to

"Hold on."

from her incoming victory,

"It's Shane!"

meet him on such an occasion made people feel like they struck gold. The aura emanating from him was noble and

Charlotte with no obstructions as if he was a

security guard that was before Charlotte also became nothing but a speck of dust with Shane's

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