Chapter 208
Author: Poen Konnet
last update2025-09-10 00:04:17

The hall glittered with golden light as the guests dined and laughed, music filling the air like a soft current.

Plates clinked, glasses chimed, and bursts of laughter broke out among Charlotte’s classmates as they reminisced about college days.

Charlotte herself was beginning to relax, the tension from Kayla’s earlier outburst fading into the background.

Kayla, however, sat stiffly at the edge of the table.

Though she smiled when the others laughed and nodded when they spoke, her mind was e
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