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15. Celebration Party
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Crystal smiled sweetly as she asked. They were not alone. There were two other women with them. Catherine Garner and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Tina Garner. Ariadne recognized them right away. Looking at the three women, she knew they were going to humiliate her. She sighed before composing herself. Crystal had already ruined the previous dinner. She wouldn't let anyone ruin her evening today. She mentally prepared herself. Lady Linda didn't sit with her today, as she joined another table with her relatives. "Oh, that will be our pleasure, Miss Miller. Please take your seats. Good evening, Mr. Blake." the woman from earlier said. They moved to the empty seats on the opposite side of Ariadne. The three women and three men sat in a line, with Xander and Crystal in the center, next to each other. "Are you okay?" Mark asked, concerned. Ariadne nodded with a smile. He gave her a knowing smile to assure her that he was with her. Xander glared at them after sitting in the chair, then averte
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As Jose mentioned, someone delivered Ariadne's dinner to her room shortly after. After returning to her room, she freshened up and changed into comfortable clothes. She was about to eat her dinner when the doorbell rang. She became anxious about who it could be. After what happened at the dinner party, she became purplexed. Nonetheless, she went to open it. Her mood became worse as soon as she saw the person. Without waiting for anything, Crystal entered the room and closed the door. "How dare you cause a scene at the dinner party? You caused Xander a great loss as he made Tom his enemy. All thanks to you." Crystal yelled, pointing a finger at Ariadne. She was enraged at Xander's protective behavior toward Ariadne at the dinner party. She kept her cool in front of everyone and refrained from lashing out at her. Now that she had the chance, she didn't waste a second. "Hold on.. hold on. It wasn't me, but you, who caused Xander's loss." Ariadne pointed. "Now you are blaming me
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Everyone looked at Xander, who stood there glaring at Tom as he collapsed on the floor. No one noticed when he rose from his seat and walked around the table to Ariadne's side. Stunned, Ariadne abruptly jumped out of her chair, but she stumbled and fell backwards. Jose arrived instantly and stopped her from falling. She stood up with his help and steadied herself. By then, Xander had grabbed Tom's collar and yanked him to his feet. "She said she's not interested. What part of it did you not understand?" Xander shouted and punched him hard in the face. He was furious beyond control. Ariadne covered her mouth with her hand as she scurried to the corner, her gaze fixed on Xander, her body trembling. Jose stood close to her, on guard. Everyone stood up from their seats, and silence fell as all eyes were on Xander and Tom. "Xander?" Crystal rushed to him. "What are you doing? leave him." she grabbed his hand, which was still holding Tom's collar, and attempted to release it, but
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"This's your room, Madam." "Okay, thank you." Ariadne said to the room service as she took the key from him. It was the night before the business festival and Ariadne arrived at her room on the third floor. There were three more doors in the hallway. "Who occupies these rooms?" "That room is occupied by Mr. Hopkins." said the boy, pointing to the door at the corner on the opposite side of the corridor. "...this one is empty for now." he added, referring to the room next to her. "And that room?" Ariadne pointed to the room directly across from hers. "It's occupied by Mr. Blake." "What?" "Yes, Ma'am." 'No, no, I need to stay away from Xander and Crystal.' Ariadne thought in her mind. "Can I have another room on the first or second floor?" "I am sorry, Madam, but all of the rooms are full. This year there were a large number of guests. Only these two rooms are available." "Oh... Okay." she sighed. She entered the room, and the boy assisted her in getting her l
