Chapter 317

Mandy finally let out a sigh of relief as she stood in the kitchen.

Carrying a bowl of noodles, she was about to take a seat next to Claire. Then she remembered Claire couldn't hear her, so she changed course and sat down across from her instead-this way, Claire could easily read her lips.

As Mandy twirled her fork in the noodles, she tried to sound casual. "So, Claire, who was that man who just came in?"

"That's Mr. Foster's personal assistant. Liam," Claire replied.

Mandy stiffened mid-bite, her fork pausing halfway to her mouth.

He's with Mr. Foster?

Then why was he hanging out with Victor?

As she remembered how she'd swindled a hundred thousand dollars out of Liam, a wave of anxiety crashed over her.

She'd never minded tricking arrogant, entitled rich guys; she had no qualms about taking advantage of people like that. But she'd never intended to scam a decent person, especially not someone who was looking out for Claire.

Suddenly, her noodles felt tasteless, like a lump in her throat. That money burned in her pocket-she wanted nothing more than to give it back to Liam, pronto.

Claire ever found out Mandy had conned Liam, she'd be

her eyes. She

to begin with, wasn't talkative either. For a while, the only

cleaned up, Claire led

glanced around at the endless spools of colored thread

a gift for excellence-whatever she did, she did it beautifully. She'd picked up traditional embroidery while serving time, and in just five years, her skill had reached a

gone to prison, she would have graduated from a top university and had a brilliant future

sat quietly nearby, eyes fixed on Claire as

golden veil. She looked so serene, so lovely-if she'd been

her phone and snapped a picture of Claire at work. Then she put the

figure out how to return that money to Liam, and also worrying about how she'd save enough to study abroad within the year-the same year Claire had set

and before she knew it, it

Mandy said goodbye to Claire

afternoon passed: Claire went back to her embroidery, Mandy sat through her

outside blazed orange and red. After class,

on the other end sounded

"Mandy, miss me?"

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