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CHAPTER 127

Author: Kuham writes
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-17 22:43:44

ELLA'S POV

I wasn't expecting to see Madame Browne at the event hall but there she was, claded in one of the most expensive dresses I've ever seen. Her eyes loomed with malice and an even darker emotion, the air shifting sharply.

Smug smirks slipped through her lips as she strutted into the hall. Her presence daunted curious gazes, hushed whispers trudging through the air as she made her way into the hall.

My bloodstreams tightened, the veins in my legs twitching as I maintained a straight stance. The air, if I remembered clearly, stood still with unspoken tension.

I stood by the stage, the clipboard in my hands nearly snapping to the floor from the shock.

The silence in the hall was thick with suspense, the whispers fading immediately as Madame Browne strutted into the hall. Her eyes wandered around sharply, inspecting each and every detail as if searching for a flaw to bicker on about.

My heart raced in my chest, my gaze following Madame Browne. And just when I thought she wouldn't
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