She marched into the club room, where the senior greeted her with a catty smirk, "Nina left with her boyfriend, didn't she? They probably had a grand old time together. Why even bother asking?"
"So you're saying Nina didn't stay at the birthday party but left with Justin Sidney instead?"
The senior glanced around before leaning in conspiratorially. "Val, I always thought Nina was this quiet, low-key girl. Turns out I was wrong. Look at you—married to the Sidney family's second son, yet you don't put on airs like she does. How things change. Some people really know how to climb the social ladder."
Val's smile vanished. "What the hell kind of comment is that? Weren't you the one Nina introduced me to? She respected you so much. Pretty pathetic to stab her in the back like this."
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