Pyralia, situated on the equator, rarely saw a winter. It had been consistently warm for a decade, but that warmth couldn't reach Shirley Thorne's heart, which was riddled with holes.
Shirley Thorne: *Sniffle!*
'My brain must have just short-circuited, otherwise why would I commit such social suicide?'
'And the billionaire just had to be right beside me.'
Shirley Thorne shut down completely. Her eyes stopped moving, like a mechanical doll whose spring had unwound.
So pathetic.
Ethan Grant, however, was quite understanding.
When people get too lost in thought, they're bound to blurt out what's on their mind. It's just that... uh...
What Shirley Thorne said was just a little unconventional.
Take Audrey Osborne, for example. When she learned that the rumors Katherine Kane was spreading were alarmingly close to the truth, she immediately blurted out, "That slutty bitch," and nearly cursed the woman's entire family line back eighteen generations.
