Sharon's hand tightened around her phone without her noticing.Marina continued, "As long as you agree to attend, we'll consider that favor settled. That way, there won't be any more entanglements over it in the future."After hearing this, Sharon fell into a long, long silence.Finally, she said, "Alright. I'll go."After hanging up, Sharon sat in the room like a statue, motionless for a long time.No one knew how long had passed before she finally snapped back to herself. Only then did she stand up and open the package the housekeeper had delivered the day before.Inside, as expected, was Marina's invitation.The invitation was plain. The wording inside was standard template phrasing, nothing special, nothing ostentatious.Yet the more ordinary it looked, the more it felt like something heavy was pressing against Sharon's chest. A suffocating, twisting pain.She glanced at the wedding date—it was roughly what Marina had mentioned before. The schedule was tight.She had been
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