Lucinda stopped in her tracks.
She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously.
“Didn’t you pick this out for me?”
Dwayne averted his gaze, looking a little embarrassed.
“I wanted to pick a dress for you myself, but I was so busy all afternoon…”
Lucinda’s expression darkened.
She remembered that when Vivian placed the gift box on her desk, there was no indication as to who had sent the dress. She didn’t think much of it since she thought that it was Dwayne who sent it.
But it seemed that that wasn’t the case.
Dwayne thought she was angry with him, so he asked worriedly, “Lucinda, what’s wrong?”
Lucinda decided not to explain herself.
“Let’s go. I don’t want to be late.”
In the dressing room on the second floor of the Turner family’s villa.
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Eleanor was still putting on makeup. She had been preparing for the banquet since noon. After all, she was tonight’s protagonist.
“If you didn’t invite me, I’d still be under house arrest. Those bodyguards are watching me so closely that I feel so suffocated!”
Vivien complained.
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Eleanor comforted her with a smile.
“Well, you’re out of the house now. I think Nate will go easy on you now.”
“I’m not sure about that. My brother is a cold-hearted ass.” She pouted and kept on complaining.
“And you won’t answer my calls. What have you been so busy with? I even wondered if you’d betrayed me.”
Eleanor’s face froze for a second, but she quickly recovered. She held Vivien’s hand and patted it comfortingly.
“I’d never do such a thing! You’re my best friend, Vivien.”
Seeing the sincere expression on Eleanor’s face, Vivien believed her.
“Relax. I was just joking. Congratulations, by the way. Now that you’re a proper daughter of the Turner family, you’re almost my brother’s equal!”
A hint of coldness flashed in Eleanor’s eyes, but she quickly softened her expression when Vivien looked at her.