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Chapter 420

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Guinevere smiled bitterly then. "There's a sunk-cost fallacy when it comes to love… So, the longer you're in love, the harder it is to let go."

Then, as if remembering it just then, she turned toward Xavier. "That's the same for Zeta. She loved you for years too, and she never gave up, even though you're pretty much infamous these days."

Xavier was taken aback that she would mention Zeta, and frowned even as he growled, "Why would you talk about her for no reason?"

And with that, he turned to leave, with Guinevere watching him from behind.

Believing that he was getting grumpy over Zeta again, she shook her head but kept her silence as she followed him.

***

Meanwhile, a bored Stella was reading her script in Weston's office.

It turns out that his meeting proved to be an extensive one, and Ben had to come in a few times to reassure her, eventually telling her that the meeting was going to last another hour.

She tried to ask to leave, but Ben would refuse her on each occasion, in
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