Annabelle shook her head, feeling a bit distracted. The man from earlier—she didn’t recognize him, yet something about him seemed familiar. Where had she seen him before?
“Why still looking?” Kendrick lightly tapped her forehead, pulling her attention back.
Annabelle rubbed her forehead, about to explain herself, when she heard someone call her name. Turning around, she saw her father walking over.
Gavyn’s face was beaming with a nervous yet excited expression, as though a small player had entered the big league. He approached them and said to Kendrick, “I only got the chance to attend this banquet because of you, Kendrick. If it weren’t for you, Mr.Duncan would never have invited me. Now that I’m here, my business partners are looking at me differently. I really need to thank you.”
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