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Chapter 34

Author: Summer Knowles
Sarah didn't care what Charlotte might say after leaving, but just thinking about her earlier performance made her agitated.

In her sour mood, instead of returning to the private dining room, she decided to settle the bill at the front desk first to calm herself down.

After paying, she turned around—only to come face-to-face with the leading lady of that earlier drama, Charlotte, and her fiancé, James.

Sarah hesitated. Just her luck.

She'd planned to walk past pretending not to see them, but James suddenly spoke up: "Sarah, we need to talk."

He’d just learned that the extravagant meal Sarah had been treating them to at St. Ritz cost over four thousand. And it was all for the sake of impressing Zachary Reynolds?

He suddenly realized Sarah wasn't putting on a show for him – she might actually be trying to climb the social ladder through Zachary.

But how could she so easily throw herself into another man’s arms right after their divorce? Did their three years together mean nothing?
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