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    Christina didn’t care what anyone thought of her. She said what she wanted and did what she pleased. As long as she wasn’t hurting anyone who didn’t deserve it, she lived her life by her own rules. She hadn’t done anything wrong. She was just standing up for herself. And yet they called her harsh? What a joke. Her bluntness stunned everyone into silence. Sure, there was some truth in what she said.


    Katie, trying to regain some shred of dignity, straightened her shoulders and snapped, “You’re just a caregiver! How did you even get an invitation? Do you dare to show the invitation in front of everyone and exin how you got it?”


    Ynda worried Christina might simply brush off Katie’s provocation, so she quickly stepped in and said, “Christina, I don’t think you got the invitation dishonestly, but, well, others might not be so sure. How about you…”


    She let the sentence trail off deliberately, the implication sharp as a de—Christina needed to prove her innocence.


    Before Christina could utter a word, the crowd had already erupted into cutting murmurs.


    “This woman carries herself with no ss at all. There’s no way she got that invitation the right way.”


    “I actually thought she was someone from high society. But turns out she’s just some temptress who got here by clinging to a sugar daddy.”


    “She doesn’t strike me as respectable. First, her adoptive parents cut her off. Then, she became a cast-off ex-wife from a prominent family. She must’ve done something serious for both families to disown her.”


    “Didn’t you hear what thatdy just said about her? She has a sugar daddy. Bet she cheated—that’s why she ended up divorced.”


    “What a shame. She’s got the face of a goddess, but underneath? She’s nothing but trouble. I even thought about marrying her. Thank God I didn’t. A woman like that? Maybe for fun—but never for marriage.”


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    Katie’s lips curled into a satisfied smirk as she soaked in the harsh whispers buzzing around them. Just as she’d expected, the tide of public opinion had turned sharply against Christina.


    Ynda, concealing the sly glint in her eye, put on a mask of mock concern as she turned to the crowd. “How could you all say such awful things about Christina? She’s really not like that.”


    Ynda then looked at Christina, her expression clouded with fake worry. “Christina, they’ve clearly misunderstood you. You should really speak up and set the record straight. If these rumors get out of hand, you’ll lose your standing in elite society.”


    She paused briefly and then continued with a delicate frown, “Didn’t you once say that after your divorce, you’d marry someone even better than Brendon? You can’t let baseless gossip run wild in Lorbridge. If you want to remarry, your reputation is…”


    Everything, especially with the prominent families—they care about that more than anything.”


    Her words were gentle on the surface, but they subtly jabbed at Christina—implying that she was aiming to climb even higher by marrying into a more powerful family.<fn9c5b> Get full chapters from FιndＮovel</fn9c5b>


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