Chapter 396

Hugo didn’t bother hiding the call from Bowen. “Birgitte is calling me.”

He added, “I heard your girlfriend is pretty close with Birgitte. Maybe you could put in a good word for me sometime.”

Hugo picked up.

Birgitte, never one to lash out for no reason, asked, “Hugo, are you busy?”

“Not at all. What’s up?”

“I’m in Rithol City right now, and 1 just ran into Grace. She seems to have some misunderstandings about our relationship. Do you think you could talk to her and clear things up?”

Birgitte had put the call on speakerphone.

‘Grace?‘ Hugo wondered.

Hugo’s brow furrowed in recognition, but before he could say anything, Elizabeth’s voice came through the speaker.

She said. “Hugo, it’s Elizabeth. I’m here with Grace at an art exhibition. We happened to run into Ms. Cherniavsky and Ms. Miller. Grace can be a bit impulsive, and there was a bit of a conflict.”

there too? I could ignore Grace’s

to the phone at the mention of Aubree.

off guard by his voice. ‘Seriously? What are the odds?‘ she

and I came to buy some paintings, and we ran into a

it, it was obvious she hadn’t been the one to lose

“Is it

constat pestering was quite troublesome. He knew exactly how he felt about Birgitte. There was no way he’d let her get hurt. Besides, with Birgitte’s personality, if

We’ll come over and check things

After hanging up, she shot Birgitte a smug look. “See? The moment Hugo heard I

say a word, but Aubree just looked at Grace like

did her cousin turn out like this? Did all the brains skip a generation or something?”

she glanced at Grace’s half–swollen face. ‘Didn’t expect to get this kind of bonus bringing her out today. When Bowen shows up, I’ll make sure to put on my best performance,‘

was lost in their

time. Before the four in the lounge had even finished

you tell me you were coming out to buy

Enrique today? Besides, I’m here with Birgitte. Why are you barging in on our girl time?” Ever since she

Bowen chuckled.

Blued t

his attention Aubree. Elizabeth, whose face had been lit up with

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