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    Elena stayed calm, her face showing no surprise.


    “Why aren’t you surprised by any of this?” Javier asked.


    “I had already figured it out,” Elena replied.


    Surprised, Javier eximed, “And that doesn’t bother you? Elyse crossed a line!”


    Elena remained silent. Instead of losing her cool, she focused on strategizing and nning the right moment to retaliate.


    Elena pulled out her phone and asked, “What’s your bank ount information?”


    Javier quickly rattled off his ount details.


    After a few taps on her phone, Elena looked up. “There, I’ve just sent you half a million. Get a new phone with that.”


    Javier’s eyes nearly popped out of his head at the amount, and Matias, observing the exchange, couldn’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy. Five hundred thousand! Half a million for a phone? What kind of phone did that buy? Elena’s generosity was overwhelming.


    Matias joked, “Hey Elena, mind one more brotherly figure in your life? I’m avable!”


    Javier felt a sudden surge of possessiveness. He quickly grabbed Elena’s arm and said, “Don’t you have a sister? Find her totch onto!”


    Elena’s lips curved into a slight smile as she watched Javier’s yful demeanor. “Javier, you should leave with Matias and get your SIM card reced. As for Elyse, leave her to me.”


    Javier opened his mouth to object but hesitated, recognizing Elena’s expertise. He nodded. It was wiser to follow her advice. She knew exactly what she was doing, and if he jumped in, he’d only slow her down.


    With renewed spirits, Javier set off to buy a new smartphone.


    Meanwhile, Elena received a text from Wesley, requesting her presence at a hotel. She slipped her phone into her pocket, secured her helmet, and prepared to drive off.


    The chill of the’s winter was settling in. A cold breeze apanied by a light drizzle had everyone huddled in their down jackets.


    Bare trees lined the streets while a gray, foggy sky loomed overhead.


    Suddenly, a downpour began.


    Inside a five-star hotel, a banquet was underway.


    Elena entered the lobby, the hems of her clothes damp from the rain. Her simple attire andck of jewelry made her stand out in thevish setting.


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    Just a few steps in, she caught snippets of derisivements.


    “Who let that beggar in?”


    “This is a five-star hotel. Shouldn’t there be some standards about who gets in?”


    “Look how in she is. There’s no way she can afford this ce.”


    Elena lifted her head slightly and spotted two young women in front of her.


    Upon recognizing Elena, their faces shifted, and they giggled behind their hands.


    “Isn’t that the Harper girl found back from some backwoods?”


    “Oh, that’s her indeed.”


    Their voices carried both surprise and scorn. The contempt in their nces was unmistakable.


    “Why is she even here?”


    “Such nerve! Only someone without shame would unt themselves after such scandals.”


    “Attending the banquet? She’s more likely here to findpany.”


    “Imagine her at a ssy event! She’d likely turn it into a scandal!”


    “The Harper family must be mortified by her. They’d have been wiser to leave her where she came from…”


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