“Tell me the truth, Lyse. Did you catch feelings for him again after that incident?” Mandy asked with


    concern.


    “Not at all,” Alyssa replied firmly. “I’m not going to dig my own grave. I just want to pay him back for


    what


    he has done for me.” Her heart panicked for a moment, but she soon gathered herself.


    “Good to hear. “Just know that if you ever consider getting back with him, you’re out of our lives. It’s


    your


    family or that jerk,” Mandy warned and cast a frosty nce at Alyssa.


    Alyssa rubbed against the goosebumps on her arm. Her skin prickled at Mandy’s threat.


    “Lyse! Mandy!” Colette’s voice interrupted as she knocked on the door and entered.


    She eximed, “The dresses for L’s birthday party have arrived, and I need your input! I mean, I’m a


    woman who got married in jeans-I know nothing about women’s fashion.”


    “Alright! we’ll be right there!” Alyssa replied. Eager to avoid more questioning from Mandy, she grabbed


    Mandy’s arm and headed to see L’s dresses.


    The three women hastily made their way to L’s room, where endless opulent evening gowns were


    disyed on racks.


    Each dress was a limited edition and thetest design from Bastian Fashion Week. It was truly


    dazzling!


    On the floor, pairs of haute couture heels wereid out. Some of them were adorned with diamonds in


    an


    envy-inducing disy of wealth.


    Any other woman would have squealed in delight at the scene. The price of the diamonds on those


    heels


    alone could buy a house.


    However, L appeared lost as she sat on the couch in her simple lc sweater.


    “What’s wrong, L? It’s your birthday soon, but you seem upset,” Alyssa asked with concern. She


    took a


    seat beside L and wrapped an arm around thetter.


    “Lyse, could you please ask your dad to cancel the party?” L sighed. “I’ve been insisting for months


    that I wanted a small gathering at home. I’m not ustomed to dining out, and it feels exhausting and


    wasteful to host all the guests he invited. But he won’t listen. What should I do?”


    “Woah, L, is that a humblebrag? Colette poked fun at her.


    “We would have thought you were a bitch if we didn’t know you better,” joked Mandy, who rested her


    hand


    on Colette’s waist,


    Alyssa’s eyes flickered. She was a little uneasy by L’s behavior. Ever since she was young, L,


    who married Winston, had deliberately stayed out of her sight out of consideration for her feelings.


    Alyssa would only see her during mealtimes, busying herself in the kitchen.


    Back then, Alyssa was too young to understand much, but she knew that L had been Jennifer’s


    romantic rival. As a child, she threw tantrums at home and caused trouble for L to take Jennifer’s


    side.


    She had even used hurtful words to insult L.


    At that time, she perceived women like L as homewreckers. How could they humiliate themselves by


    staying with him, even after knowing that he had been married and had flings with multiple women?


    It wasn’t until she grew a little older that she learned the full story from Jonah and Ss. It was L who


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    had selflessly donated her bone marrow to Jennifer, who was battling a severe case of lupus.


    The bone marrow transnt took ce two decades ago when medical technology was less advanced.


    L had enduredsting side effects from the transnt, leading to asional pain throughout her


    body.