The street was empty, and so was her heart.
Rachel Wood took a deep breath and tried to convince herself that this was the best ending for the two of them.
Swallowing the sad truth, she put the man out of her mind and left the house.
Her grandmother was admitted to the hospital weeks ago, so her parents stayed at the hospital to take care of her. They rarely had time to come back.
There was no one home besides her. Therefore, she did not have to inform anyone about her schedule. She could just go out anytime she wanted.
Rachel booked a ride using Uber and headed straight to Edgewater Grand Hotel, which Natalie Fisher had mentioned on the phone earlier.
She arrived at the entrance of the hotel at eight o’clock on the dot.
There were a group of people gathered at the parking lot in front of the hotel.
All of them could not help exclaiming at the red Ferrari.
Rachel inched closer to the crowd. She found the girl standing next to the Ferrari familiar. She was the one sitting behind her during the high school days, Wennishe Sonders.
Rachel had not seen her in a while. She was much more stunning than before, and from the looks of her chiseled features, she seemed to have undergone some minor plastic surgery.
Rachel could tell that she was living a pretty good life right now. Her Chanel outfit and that Dior limited edition necklace around her neck said it all.
When Rachel was in high school, Wennishe treated her the worst.
It all started with the nomination for class belle. Every year, Rachel would be selected instead of her.
Rachel took a closer look at the people around Wennishe. She recognized all of them.
They were all her classmates from high school.
Some of them had changed a lot.
Some of them still looked the same.
At that moment, one of the men inadvertently saw Rachel and waved at her enthusiastically. “Rachel! Come here!”
Rachel smiled and walked up to them.
As soon as Wennishe noticed Rachel’s arrival, she scanned Rachel up and down before shifting her gaze to the Uber behind her.
Judging from her head-to-toe Amazon outfit, Wennishe figured out that she must have experienced a serious setback.
When they were young, Wennishe had always felt overshadowed by Rachel. For the first time in her life, she could get back on Rachel. She was not going to let this perfect chance slip by.
Her insults were just like an enormous palm, whipping across Rachel’s face recklessly.
They had placed her in a difficult situation too.
“Let’s go… We should get going. Don’t let the others wait for us.” Wennishe coldly eyed Rachel before striding past her and walking straight into the hotel.
She looked very much like a golden peacock, haughty and ignorant.
Mia immediately took Rachel by her arm and comforted her, “Don’t mind her, Rachel. She loves to boast around because she’s rich now, you know. That’s how she is.”
Rachel gave Mia a faint smile and headed to the entrance with her.
Along the way, Mia could not stop bad-mouthing Winnishe, envy flowing from her mouth.
Rachel did not reciprocate. She quietly listened to her rants.
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