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CHAPTER 29

Author: Elvan Chan
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Naomi moved with the ease of someone born for the spotlight with every step measured and every gesture deliberate. She carried herself like a queen presiding over her court with a flawless smile that’s never faltering as she accepted compliments, laughed at jokes and tilted her glass just so, catching the chandelier’s light.

Her laughter rang out a touch too brightly with her gestures painted too extravagantly, yet no one dared to question the authenticity of her performance.

To the guests, she was dazzling.

But beneath that glow was a sharper message.

Naomi exuded a subtle arrogance and a silent proclamation that this night—and everyone’s attention belonged to her alone. Then her eyes slid past Alisa only once, lingering briefly with the faintest curl of her lips and the kind of smile that could be mistaken for warmth by those who didn’t know her.

In truth, it was a smile sharpened like glass, one that said I don’t care that you’re here, you don’t even matter.

The fact that Alisa, he
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