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EVA"How is the preparation going?" Marianne asked, her gaze fixed on the floral arrangements near the windows.“Good. I'm almost done.”Before I could answer, the older man stepped forward and kissed her cheek, his hand resting on her arm. "The girl is good."Marianne shook her head, dismissive of his words. She pulled away from him and started circling the ballroom like a hawk surveying its prey, her eyes picking apart everything I spent hours putting together. She touched a petal here, adjusted a vase there, undoing half of what I did. Her lips were pressed into a thin line of disapproval and the idea of what she might be thinking made my stomach twist. Her heels clicked against the marble floor, each loud step startling me.Her fingers reached out and brushed against a white peony, pulling back like the flower offended her.She moved to the next table, and tugged at the fabric draping over the edge. "This arrangement is too tall and the stems are visible.” She turned around. “Tak

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EVAThe event was in full swing after hours of working my ass off and giving myself a migraine.Guests milled around the ballroom in their expensive gowns and tailored suits, glasses of champagne in their hands, conversing in whisper and tryoming to keep the culture behind the era they were styled.It was almost ridiculous to watch, beautiful but ridiculous since the planner has been reduced to a waitress.I caught a sight of a woman in a silver dress gesturing at her empty glass without saying a word. I rushed to her and took it and went to get her another, weaving through clusters of guests who didn't bother to move out of my way. When I brought it back, she took it without looking at me, already turned to someone else. The flowers were in place, the fabric draped perfectly, and the centerpieces arranged exactly how Marianne wanted them. Everything looked the way it was supposed to look even though half of them looked off to me. Well, a client's satisfaction equals a good pay.Mari

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EVAHer hand came up out of nowhere, and before I could blink, it caught me square across the face.The heavy, solid impact jarred my jaw and jerked my head hard to the right, and the force of it knocked me off balance, making me stumble back a step.My left cheek instantly started to burn, pulsing with this deep ache that radiated down into my neck. I stood there frozen, staring at the floor, waiting for the dizziness to clear. The room was completely silent except for the sound of her heavy breathing.I slowly forced my head back up to look at her and touched my cheek, my fingers trembling. "What—""How dare you!" She half-yelled. Sounding more disappointed that she was angry. Did she really, really believe that?"How dare you do this in my house! In front of my guests!"How dare– I scoffed. How dare I do what?I stared at her, my mind struggling to catch up with whatever she was actually implying. "I don't—what did I do wrong?"Blair coughed, her voice weak and pitiful as someone

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