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The secretary hung up.

Eliza put away her phone.

Nn didn’t seem to be on campus today.

It was already noon when Eliza spotted Colton and Lewis standing across the hall from her.

Amid the busy hallway filled with students, the two of them stood out the most.

Colton didn’t look too happy.

Lewis, who was usually indifferent to everything, also seemed off.

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Eliza knew the news about the Sue family recognizing their daughter had already spread through the inner circles.

They must’ve iheard /iiabout /iiit /iiby /inow–iotherwise/ii, /iithey /iiwouldn’t /iibe /iihere/i.

Sheposed herself, then walked toward them.

“You guys…

“So you’re the Sue family’s daughter?” Colton cut her off. “You’ve known this all along, haven’t you?”

Eliza didn’t respond.

I ihad /iknowni, /iibut /iisince /iiI /iinever /iiintended /iito /iireconnect /iwith ithe /iiSue /iifamily/ii, /iiI /iifigured /iithere /iiwas /iino /iineed /iito /iimention /iiit/ii. /i

Colton scoffed. “We went to Srast night. Caught a glimpse of your wee banquet. Ms. Rivers really was the star of the show.”

Eliza was stunned.

iI /ididn’t iexpect /iiColton /iiand /iLewis to ihave /iiattended /iithe /iibanquet/i.

“Why didn’t I see you there?”

“With a grand event like that, it’s totally understandable you didn’t notice us, right, Ms. Rivers?”

His words dripped with sarcasm.

Lewis sighed. “Colton, don’t go overboard.”

“I just don’t get it. So what if you’re the Sue family’s daughter? Why keep it from us? You think we’d try to take advantage of you? Or mess things up for you?”

Colton always had a sharp tongue/

“I didn’t tell you guys because I really had no ns to ept the Sue family. I just wanted to be Eliza. But some things happened, and I changed my mind. I wasn’t trying to hide anything on purpose.”

Eliza spoke sincerely–especially since these were people who had always treated her as a true friend. She didn’t want them to misunderstand her.

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Colton came in hot, ready to unload his frustrations. But after hearing what she said, his anger cooled.

He grumbled, “Is that really the truth?”

“Of course it is.”

She nodded.

“…Fine, I forgive you.”

That surprised Eliza. “I thought you’d yell at me, maybe even cut me off.”

“You exined it. I’m not that unreasonable.”

Then he suddenly said, “By the way, Nn hasn’t been on campus these past couple of days. Did he go to Sra with you? Where is he? I haven’t been able to reach him.”

With a question about Nn, her tone went t. “I have no idea what’s going on with him. You’re asking the wrong person.”

“The wrong person? Did something happen between you two?”

Even someone as dense as Colton could tell there was tension.

Eliza shook her head. “Nothing.”

Lewis caught the shift in her mood. He gave Colton a nudge and said, “She said it’s fine. Don’t press her. Nn’s probably caught up with work. We’ll drop byter to check on him.”

He looked over at Eliza. “You wannae with us?”

“No. I’ve got stuff to do this afternoon.”

Her blunt refusal only made Colton more certain something was off.

“What happened? Did you two fight? Just tell me, maybe I can–mmph!”

Before he could finish, Lewis covered his mouth and dragged him away, muttering, “Didn’t you say you were starving? Let’s go eat already.”

“Mmph! Mmph!”

Colton tried to speak, but Lewis didn’t give him a chance.

In no time, he had Colton halfway down the hall.

“What are you pulling me for?”

Once they were out of earshot, Colton shoved Lewis’s hand away.

Lewis frowned. “Didn’t you notice the weird vibe?”

“I did! But it’s just a misunderstanding, right? Can’t they just talk it out?”

Lewis muttered, “You think Nn’s engagement to ine can be talked out?”

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That shut Colton up.

“So now you get why she’s upset?”

…Yeah. I figured it out.“,

“Then quit asking.

…Okay.”

For once, Colton didn’t argue.

Back in the ssroom, Eliza took her seat.

The bodyguard had already brought lunch for her and Halbert.

Halbert was picky about food and refused to eat anything from the school cafeteria.

Eliza walked in looking visibly down.

Halbert nced over and said dryly, “What’s the matter? Skipping lunch over a guy?”

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