Chapter 27

Never one to miss a chance to belittle Letitia, Shela tossed out a derogatory comment and then slyly checked Elgin’s reaction. The look on his face suggested that Letitia and the gentleman she was with were more than just passing acquaintances.

Elgin looked away and walked past Letitia into the venue without giving her another glance.

“Letitia,” Walden began, “How can he show up with another woman and leave you out here?”

“It’s my business, not yours.”

“No! I’m going to confront him!

“Walden!” Letitia grabbed him, “Don’t make a scene! I’m fine, let’s just go inside.”

Walden couldn’t believe her, “Letitia, how can you stand Elgin doing this to you?”

She smiled, “I’ve got no right to be angry, so there’s nothing to tolerate”

Walden looked at her with pity

“Alright,” she said, “Don’t offend Elgin on my account; it won’t do you any favors.”

To make Walden give up, she added, “And it won’t move me either.”

with Walden, and now, with her as the head designer at the Ramirez Group Jewelry Department and Walden as the general manager of the Sullivan Group Sunbeam Gems, they

corner and focused on the desserts on

center of attention, surrounded by people

is this Mrs.

Shela wasn’t yet, but she

“what matters is that I’m the one by Elgin’s side

but her status was even higher, able to be his plus-one at the event! So they began to flatter

you look so

a perfect match with

should join our ladies’

the moon, loving

producers who’d snubbed her before were now falling over themselves to kiss up to

he never liked

briskly swept the room, before instinctively finding Letitia. From a distance, he quietly observed her. Even a simple dress couldn’t hide her

was savoring a cupcake, eating it slowly

the intense gaze, she turned around,

that, but

Ramirez, I’m going to the restroom, she suddenly said, “I’ll be right back.”

“Okay.”

side, Shela made a beeline for Letitia. She deliberately stood

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