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y's voice shrieked across the grand ballroom, cuttin

and, turning to look

under the chandeliers. She had deliberately brought two campus gossip vloggers with

ts, and Boston socialites parted, forming

velvet gown and stopped at the massive

couldn't stomach the fact that the girl she had treated like dirt was

ling acrylic nail directly at my chest. "She's a penniless parasite my family

rippled through th

my glass of sparkling water steady, watching

Edwina took another arrogant step forw

he last three years working as an unpaid locker room groupie! She's a pa

own out of the VIP area, pushed his way to the front of the

houted, his face twiste

rl who couldn't even pay her monthly rent last week doesn't have the funds

embers and elite alumni began frowning in my directio

front of me, ready to signal security again, but I p

clicked rhythmically against the Italian marble floo

nine, my peripheral vision c

ony railing, his muscles tensed as if he was ready to leap down and tear Dedric

as my

me forced Edwina to take a half-step back,

" I asked, my voic

that rented dress?" Edwina hissed, her eye

ne Sharp's Tears of Winter! The real piece is priceless and kept

ering openly, examining the radiant blue sto

barrassing yourself like this for clout is just sad. Take off the fak

. The last trace of my pati

neck. I calmly unhooked the platinum safety catch

multi-million-dollar masterpiece loosely between

off, Edwina?"

-haired gentleman standing near the chance

ion. "As the senior director of the New England Gemological I

ry, looked surprised. But the challenge had been set. He promptly pulled

rossing her arms and sticking out her chin.

ace to Mr. Geller withou

h. "Examine the laser micro-inscription on the third prong of the p