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116: My Lovely Wife
"Oh, hey, Nova. Almost didn't see you there…"
Ayla gave her one of her full blown smiles as if she was genuinely pleased by seeing her when in reality that wasn't the case at all.
"Ayla." Nova gave her a curt nod in acknowledgement to keep up appearances.
"Don't you look lovely tonight." Ayla threw in a praise, keeping her lips strained in the same position. "Doesn't she, darling?" She turned her attention to the man she was clinging to like her life depended on it. Blinking her eyes a couple of times, she tried her best to come off as innocent as she could manage to. But it was pretty much impossible to fool Claude as he saw right through her.
Smiling down at her, Claude decided to play along.
"Of course, she does." He gave a small smile to Nova who was now only observing their exchange from where she was standing. "When does Nova don't look gorgeo
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