to the point of blankness. Her face had gone pale, her

made Lance find her a

site of the calm confide

ad, speaking soft

t mean to drop

so I clung to the balc

I wasn't d

letting out a

Lance had rea

no intention of staying longer. He thanked Bonni

nus Holdings. Consider

y help, come to the

t his words, not pay

saw Lance out the door, t

only a chance en

of seeking help fro

.

ated engagemen

ly in th

arm bed to head to the studio for mak

t friend, or rather, Bonnie'

ng no

mean to get engage

so blind

ely been chea

sweet words. He's o

face, Lily stood with her hands on her hi

ng Randor

how wonderfu

e shouldn't

ned until he

ped out to fetch the hair tools, sh

top it

at stupid,

is just the gift I'm giv

sure her, and Lily looked ha

all

e truly trustworthy, so Donna, now liv

is long-term, I'll

an you help me

ery imp

r makeup and chang

ked the tim

p and had already driven off earlier

an americano and watch

when she judged the timing to be right, she

d panic the inst

what shou

words tumbling out

the hotel, but m

hould I

ould respond, B

maintenance service, t

driver to take me to the ho

elp me han

guests I had a

one, her voice trembling as

son, he would have seen the faint c

t Bonnie would be late only made him mor

rying a

er something happens.

urself. I'll go talk

be too

's engagement pa

alued this engagement party, so he

ked response, hastily assuring him

satisfied. He gave a col

obby. By then, his lips had softened into a gentle smile,

emony had arrived. Yet clearly,

ge, instructing them to first play a few sweet couple vi

t arrive, they were to play a few

olled back down, conversing with hi

no sign of Bonnie, worry beg

Mr. Stephen, was

s Bonnie

re any

at the worried, furrowed faces

ad a small incident, so sh

everyone, so she asked me t

nothing s

will go on as planned,

ened to hear Randor's firm

re

as about to b

t party was about to become a joke. Ther

ently countin

, two

was about

count, the massive LED sc

infidelity blazed across it

e girlish giggle

ngagement with Bonnie, so w

d a trace of pl

th your

you comin

d, then soft, breathless mo

oice rang out, unmi

od mood, don

ngage

actual marriage, n

is please me well in

utfit from before

the recording was

rly, after hearing everything from beginn

nessed anything this dramatic

ning was far

early never having imagined

th of them overcome with a mix of fury and disbe

urgently ordering the staff to shut

continued play

udio ended, giving

f Randor's

messages between him

ng woman who had just

ll

f them entering a hotel together, ki

cal report, display

st results for F

ut a

e was e

exploded with

Randor's as well, we

blazing LED screen, de

shouting again and again at

t it himself, slamming at the projector

-programmed, running seamle

hifted, from shock, to sc

here, a ridicu

a loss for how to

had only just been sh

into the lobby, her vo

veryone,

ty will go on as pl

ir back, bowing her h

crowd fe

tion came in resp

looks, throats dry as

speak up at

.