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After that passionate kiss, the projector, which Thomas had sent someone to urgently shut off but failed, suddenly went dark on its own.

The live stream was over.

But everything that was meant to be seen had already been seen.

Andrew was so furious he could cough up blood.

‘This whole engagement party is an absolute joke!‘ he thought.

He didn’t think there was anything real going on between them. After all, they all knew about Olivia’s condition.

It was the Clark family who had forced Lucas to pretend to be Roderick Watson and cooperate with her treatment in the first place.

Andrew thought, ‘Olivia must’ve been having one of her episodes just now. That’s the only reason this whole scene happened.

“The real kicker is, why did it have to happen today of all days? Why did it have to be caught on a live stream for the whole world to see?‘

With everyone watching, there was no way they could talk their way out of it.

Of course, they could just tell the truth about Olivia’s condition.

But the whole reason they’d gone to such lengths to cover it up and even made Natasha suffer for it was to keep her illness from ruining her dance career.

The Clark family wanted to spare Olivia from having to deal with people’s judgment on top of the pain of losing her boyfriend.

The most important thing was, now everyone had seen them kissing and hugging.

Even if they tried to explain it away, it wouldn’t make any sense.

If Natasha ends up marrying Lucas after all this, what would people think of her?‘ Andrew couldn’t help but worry.

Andrew couldn’t help but feel a surge of resentment. Treating her is one thing. Hugging is fine. But was a kiss really necessary?‘ he thought.

He even started to suspect that Lucas was deliberately making a move on Olivia.

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Thomas’s feelings were just as complicated. Watching the fake couple acting all sweet and loving on screen, he couldn’t help but think of Natasha.

They used to say Natasha was just jealous and petty, but he wondered if she had to watch things like this take place over and over again.

Now that everything was exposed in front of everyone, and he could hear people gossiping, he finally realized just how wrong it all was.

Putting himself in her shoes, if he saw his partner being all flirty with another man, he’d

crazy, too.

Even if it was for the sake of treatment, and he understood it logically, he couldn’t bring himself to accept it emotionally.

go

so small and fragile, her eyes cast down.

in the middle of Lucas’s proposal ceremony, he suddenly felt

in front of her, shielding her from all those pitying, sympathetic, or gloating looks

hesitantly patted her on the shoulder and comforted her in a

worry.

things right

go get Grandma’s bracelet

worried about a bracelet right now?‘ he

promise I’ll get it for you after the party’s over. But it’s a

somehow, Thomas couldn’t help but

other side of the room, Andrew and Emmanuel had already made up their minds in a

going on could barely stand to

truth, it looked like a straight–up scandal involving both

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thing could be blown up into something downright indecent

would always

defend Olivia and Lucas had

looked better together, but Natasha was still Lucas’s

had finally sailed, but instead of feeling sweet

whole thing just felt

been swearing that there was nothing shady going on between them

clowns, and then the actual couple came

themselves for not knowing the real story and started

grudge and had set them up on purpose just to

wild, and things were getting more and more outrageous

knew they had to step in

thought, ‘Olivia seemed perfectly fine just now.

two of them end up together at the back

the original commemorative video suddenly turn into a secret

behind all this? And

think things through now. The only thing that mattered

even shown up yet, and Natasha hadn’t gone up on

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two families teaming up, but never actually said who the

just go with the flow and swap the engagement partner

a few smooth words, they turned what looked like a scandalous affair into nothing more than some playful married couple’s

in their

in on the unspoken understanding.

nothing was

the surface, no one would expose the truth. After all,

was soon

as if

whole scene had twisted and

the engagement was always supposed to be between

always someone who just couldn’t let a happy

with big, bouncy curls suddenly spoke up. “But, how

was just loud

innocent curiosity, but Natasha could clearly see she was just here to stir the pot and enjoy the