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Chapter 159

Author: Tightrope
Ariel fell into deep thought after hearing Janice's words.

"Is that it?" she pondered.

She stared at Jayson with a somber look in her eyes. Ariel could not tell what he was thinking at the moment.

If it were just as Janice had predicted, Jayson would be outright trying to humiliate her and the Walker family. Ariel could not stand the thought of Nancy, Sarah's daughter, wearing Elena's wedding ring!

"Ari, we'll figure out a way." Janice looked at her worriedly. She noticed Ariel was growing pale. It was obvious Ariel had received quite a blow because of this incident.

Ariel calmly nodded. She had no choice but to take one step at a time and see how things would progress.

Ariel would have to think of some other way to get the ring back. There were rules they had to abide by for the charity auction. Ariel could not just violate them.

She lifted her head and stared ahead. Nancy was clearly in a great mood. She turned her head slightly as she was speaking to Jayson, who listened to h
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