Lily let out a long sigh.
Her voice carried a trace of exhaustion as she said slowly, "Those rumors… they're half true, half false. I never tried to seduce Alexander. It was all Isabella's doing."
She had kept this to herself for too long. Lowering her voice, she gave Celeste a rough explanation.
Celeste's eyes widened in realization. "No wonder! When we had the grand opening, Isabella showed up pretending to support you, but the people she brought were making all these passive-aggressive comments."
She crossed her arms, her voice filled with anger. "At the time, I thought her friends were just rude. But now that I think about it, she was definitely pulling the strings behind the scenes. That woman is so vicious!"
"And Alex obviously knows. He..."
Lily lowered her gaze slightly, her
