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71: You Look Stunning
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2022-03-29 15:19:14“You are hurting my feelings, Eve,” Emery keeps on convincing me to have a little celebration in their house before Carter and I will travel to the Philippines to have dinner with Dad.
“I told you, Emery, I don’t like parties. It is not my thing.”
Emery pouted, seems like she really won’t let it go.
“Fine. let’s not call it a party, then. Just a simple celebration with you and our family. Roselle also encouraged this idea, you know. Pretty, please?”
“Em,” I sighed. I don’t want to have any kind of party, especially when Emery will be the one to facilitate it. Carter had told me that she has another definition for the word simple and the celebration she is planning to do will surely not be as simple as she claims to be. However, even though I don't want that kind of celebration, I also don’t want to break her heart and disappoint her. She
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