Vicki’s face immediately turned red when she heard Jarrod’s name.
“What beau? You’re teasing me again.”
Vicki could not deny her feelings for Jarrod because it was written all over her bashful face.
Katie knew of Vicki’s fondness for Jarrod, though Jarrod’s affections lay elsewhere. With Lauren no longer in play, she considered nurturing a new pawn for her grand schemes. She glanced at Vicki, thinking Vicki was a suitable candidate.
Katie remarked with a smirk, “The Hampton family is close to the Schultz family. With so many cooperated projects, it’s a sure thing that you and Jarrod…”
Katie’s voice trailed off deliberately. She knew Vicki enjoyed hearing this.
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Vicki held Katie’s arm, smiled sweetly, and said, “Then your marriage with Mitchel is also a sure thing.”
Katie serenely basked in Vicki’s jests.
To those oblivious, Katie was still Mitchel’s so-called fiancée.
After all, she had put in effort to postpone the clarification press conference. However, her leverage didn’t end there. Mitchel wanted to clarify his relationship with her to the public, but there was no way she could let that happen.
Vicki, reveling in her own illusion, rested her head on Katie’s shoulder and said cheerfully, “Isn’t it great? Our husbands are good friends, and so are we. We can travel together to have a blast.”
Katie, her acting instincts kicking in, didn’t say anything. Noticing Katie’s unusual silence, Vicki looked over and it was only then that she saw the tears that welled up in Katie’s eyes.
Surprised, Vicki asked, “Katie, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
Katie, as if frightened of being noticed, quickly wiped away her tears and muttered, “It’s nothing… Let’s go…”
After saying this, Katie turned around and was about to leave.
However, Vicki suddenly grabbed her arm and said anxiously, “What’s going on? If you don’t tell me, it means you don’t take me as a friend.”
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“Vicki, It’s not that I don’t take you as a friend. It’s just that…
Katie hesitated. She bit her lower lip and said in a low voice, “You’d better not ask…”
“No way! What if I can help you?” Vicki’s voice raised. “Did someone bully you? Tell me. I will deal with that person for you.”
Katie’s face turned pale, making her look pitiful. “The woman on the stage is actually Mitchel’s ex-wife.”
“What? Mitchel’s ex-wife?” Vicki exclaimed in shock. “How can that be?
Mitchel’s ex-wife died from drowning, right?”
But only a few people knew this.
Vicki knew because Mitchel suddenly disappeared from the public eye at the peak of his career a couple of years ago. She was puzzled then.