Joshua lowered his gaze and replied, "That''s a bit much for my eyes."
Ste knew Joshua was talking about Aurora.
Perhaps it was a natural sh of personalities, but no matter what Aurora did, Joshua seemed to have nothing but disdain for her.
While everyone else was admiring Aurora''s figure, Joshua found her to be an eyesore... Definitely not one to appreciate such disys.
Ste had seen enough to understand what had happened.
She said to Joshua, "Let''s go back."
Joshua agreed, and they left together.
On the way back, Joshua asked, "Star, did you figure anything out?"
"She came prepared," Ste replied.
Joshua didn''t look surprised. Instead, he smiled and asked, "How could you tell?"
Ste exined, "Even if Princess Wright did fall in by ident, there are so many staff members around the party. How could it be that Aurora just happened to be the one to save her? And today, from her dress to her makeup, Aurora was perfectly suited for a dip in the pool. She showed off her figure, but without any wardrobe malfunctions. Even if photos of this get out, she''ll only be praised for her heroic deed. Saving a life like that makes her look like a saint in the public eye, and she presented herself so perfectly..."
Ste smiled wryly. "After this, not only will her previous bad reputation bepletely wiped clean, but she''ll probably gain a new one for being both beautiful and kind-hearted. Of course, the most important thing is that she can now connect with the princess of the Wright family."
A look of appreciation appeared in Joshua''s eyes. "From what I know, Prince Wright just got engaged. He isn''t married yet."
They exchanged a look, everything understood without a word.
Themotion by the pool eventually subsided, and the party continued.
Princess Wright was taken to the hospital. Aurora and Sellers were also gone, presumably having apanied her.
In the past, Ste had never directly shed with Aurora. Although they had lived under the same roof, they hadn''t interacted much, and Ste wasn''t familiar with Aurora''s methods.
Now, having witnessed Aurora''s scheme, Ste had to admit that she was indeed capable.
Ste didn''t underestimate her because of it. In her view, whether it was professional skill or social maneuvering, if it achieved the desired result, it was impressive.
"The Williams family will be thrilled about this," Ste said with a hint of regret. "It won''t be easy to suppress this news."
Skyler and Jonathan Williams would
surely fan the mes. While Ste
could hold her own against the Williams family in the business. world making them resent her but unable to defeat her she had little power to control the media narrative.
This was Solmaris, and even Joshua couldn''t pull all the strings here.
"Every coin has two sides," Joshua said. "Let her have her moment in the spotlight. When the time is right, she''ll fall even harder."
Ste nodded lightly.
Not long after they left, a tall, stern-looking man emerged from the shadows of a nearby corner.
He watched the way Ste and Joshua had gone, his gaze shadowed and impossible to read. He took out his phone and made a call.
"Bury every story about Aurora."
Back at the party, Ste and Joshua had just returned when a blond, blue-eyed man walked up to Ste.
"Star, it really is you!" The man''s deep-set eyes lit up with undeniable surprise and delight.
Ste was also taken aback when she saw him.
"Noah?"
After a moment of surprise, Ste
quickly remembered that Noah was from one of the four prominent
families of Sylvaris. It wasn''t, unusual for him to be at an event like this.
Noah was someone Ste had met in Neo-Vespera when she apanied Marvin Connolly to an internationalnguage contest.
At the time, a judge had used her
and Marvin of cheating. Noah, who was also a judge, asked her a few questions and was so impressed by her answers that he immediately defended her. Heter invited her to join his trantion team.
Ste had taken on a few jobs in Neo-Vespera, but between preparing for her concert and otherpetitions, she hadn''t had much time for trantion work.