Candice waited for her to finish speaking.
Then, with a clear, frosty gaze, she looked down at Mia and said flatly, “What exactly makes you so ‘high and mighty’? Is it your pig-brain boyfriend who can’t even play a decent game of Gobang? Or the fact that you’re proudly clinging to leftovers I threw away? Or maybe it’s that you’re thrilled about taking over a job I didn’t even want?”
“You keep going on about ‘our circle’... but who said I was ever part of your circle?”
“All you ever do is mess around like some rutting animal. If that’s what your elite circle smells like, count me out. You and Kyle can enjoy your little pigsty together, just make sure you lock the door from the inside.”
Her voice was calm, almost gentle—but every word landed like venom.
Mia Jones couldn’t take it. She w
