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Bartlett didn’t answer her, but he also didn’t try to shake off her hand.

Soon after, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness. The butler of the mansion hurried over with a flashlight, calming everyone down, “Guests, please don’t panic. The power outage is due to a circuit short–circuit! We have sent someone to fix it; it should be

back on soon.”

“Please fix it ASAP, my girlfriend is scared of the dark!”

“Man, you gave us

real fright!”

“Don’t worry everyone, it’s just a power cut!”

About a minute later, the chandeliers in the banquet hall lit up again.

Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief. Everything was back to normal.

his clothes and tie. He smiled at his

was suspicious. Could the blackout

lucky. A power outage right

but he had obviously raised the stakes in the poker game just now

let go of Bartlett’s arm. She looked up to thank him, “Thank

bit

stopped because when she looked up, she didn’t see Bartlett as she had expected. Instead, she was met with Theo’s cold and expressionless face.

Theo?

could it be him?

standing there before the

the person she grabbed in the

stepped back, wanting to get

Ellinor, the waiter

the tray, and the juice

“Watch out!”

out and pulled her back, preventing her from

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