The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 58

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  • Someone immediately burst into laughter.

  • “Does she look like the type?

  • “Come on, Africa? She probably rarely even leaves her province!”

  • Even Jackson smirked faintly, shaking his head in disdain.

  • Sara squinted her eyes, a triumphant smile spreading across her face.

  • “Exactly, I asked the wrong person!

  • “I should’ve asked her which local market sells the cheapest vegetables or which brand of toilet cleaner works best!”

  • The table erupted in laughter again.

  • She, smug as ever, turned away and launched into another topic.

  • I slowly clenched my fists.

  • Something inside me was burning.

  • I thought, I must be drunk.

  • Otherwise, why would such a childish provocation anger me?

  • “I’ve been there.”

  • My voice was calm but firm, cutting through the noise at the table.

  • The laughter stopped abruptly.

  • Sara turned her head, momentarily stunned, before sneering, “What?”

  • “I’ve been to Africa.”

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  • face, but she quickly regained her

  • be so pretentious. If you haven’t been, just say so! Lying will only

  • trouble.”

  • “I’m not lying.”

  • really?” She crossed her arms, tilting her chin up. “Then

  • Morocco? Or perhaps

  • at her steadily, my voice unwavering: “The

  • The air froze.

  • doubt

  • to drink,” another laughed, “making up

  • inside me

  • one

  • peacekeepers, aid

  • “normal people” either?

  • gaze across the table, speaking slowly and clearly:

  • I been there, but I lived there for an entire year.

  • resources, visited Ebola treatment centers,

  • even

  • over

  • at

  • 09:22

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  • glass, fixing my gaze on Sara

  • “One more thing.

  • prefer tropical waters. The Camino de Santiago doesn’t start

  • since

  • narrowed my eyes, lips curling into a

  • It’s so easy to get caught.”

  • turned ghostly

  • glances, their gazes

  • suddenly shot to her feet, her

  • she have been to such

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