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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

small and fragile, her eyes cast down. He felt a stab of pain in his

him away right in the middle of Lucas’s proposal

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

patted her on the shoulder and comforted her in

worry.

make things right

go get Grandma’s bracelet for me

worried about

after the party’s over. But it’s a mess out here right now.

so subtle, but somehow, Thomas couldn’t help but notice a trace

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

really going on could barely stand to look at

had no idea about the truth, it looked like a straight–up scandal involving

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downright indecent if people added their

would always spread like

who used to defend Olivia

better together, but Natasha was

of feeling sweet about it, it just left

whole thing just

who had been swearing that there was nothing shady going on

like clowns, and then the actual couple

themselves for not knowing the real story and started

got all paranoid, wondering if Natasha was holding a grudge and

things were getting more and more outrageous by

to step in before things got

a ton of questions. Andrew thought, ‘Olivia seemed perfectly fine just

two of them end up together at the back

commemorative video suddenly turn into a secret live

really behind all this?

through

hadn’t even shown up yet, and Natasha

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families teaming up, but never actually said who

smartest move was to just go with

had seen it all before. With just a few smooth words, they turned what looked like a scandalous affair into nothing more than some playful married

wrapped up in their romance that they’d forgotten all about

everyone was in on the unspoken understanding. Nobody needed

circle, nothing was truly

proper on the surface, no one would expose the truth. After all, everyone still

room was soon filled with

and joked, as if nothing had

scene had twisted and

the engagement was always supposed to be between those two, why there

was always someone who just couldn’t let a happy ending

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

voice was just loud enough for

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