saying anything, and a faint, humo
l wouldn't be able to drink that much wi
n nothing more than an excuse. He had simply used it to
. She turned and st
er her, "Where
e rest
ew frustrated. "Sto
red her and
on, who was still forcing himself to finish the wine
s lips, so slight that n
*
e washed her hands and rais
ere clear, and even with only light makeup, she carri
ut of her that she had barely recognized herself. Her complexi
feel once she finally stopped wasting hers
ritance was settled, she could finally walk away from tho
ng look in the mirror. She was ab
who had walked in,
mi
outside dealin
why was he in the
ut on a polite sm
iberately glanced at
o make him realize he had wal
simply leaned against the
bers was subtle. Most people would've missed it. If I hadn't go
d a beat, and she look
ng her with a faint hint of amusement, like he
her plan was perfect. Ho
that, why had he gone
bringing it u
to admit anything. "I'm sorry, Mr. Elliott, but I
a quiet laug
ng they had already put into it. If we missed them, they'd make plenty of money at first. But once the change came to light later, they'd have RL Internatio
w ever
t hammered aga
ad been one piece of the plan she had s
ted Damien to see thr
y to do it. There was no reaso
ady figured it out, there's no point pretending anymore. I'm sorry. I shouldn't h
ely forcing down wine earlie
en had in mind for her, but after what she h
n Group had somehow landed
ed her for a
d. "Will you do
her eyes. It wasn't
she r
fened immediately, but instead of touching her face,
deal with everything by yourself. From now
ared at hi
elling her to ask him for he
't make se
or was this some stran
till tangled, but she nod
wer. He gave her a small smile, then
several seconds, still trying t
of RL International was s
every word he had said clearly, yet s
her plan, and instead of making her pay for it, Damien
was s
r mind when she returned to the banquet hall. B
e corner, completely drunk, while Vera s
, she raised her voice. "Finall
through the room, drawin
without attracting any more att
t to walk over. She still had to keep up the app
ic and word reached the Campbell family, it'd
gh, and after all that, he still hadn't managed t
stay and give people ev
anaged to get his drunken weight out to the luxury
hausted. She rubbed at her aching body, th
ped past Vera and climbed into the
h. "You... Why are yo
ok. "Your seat? You're Waylon's plus-one toni
fused. "Besides, didn't you si
nothing she could do about it. In the end, she gathered up t
lled away and hea
a speed bump, the en
uddenly
ed the car, accompanied b
his dress cost? I haven't even worn it before tonight, and now it's r
h the sound of the front pass
her face toward
was unbearable, and she
ntown, the sounds of traffic and people
ly. "What? You need it now? The company could lose that much money
ic expression. "Something urgent came up at work, so
's angry protests and insiste
pen to Waylon anymore. There was no chanc
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