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LAURA

Who introduced their fianceé to their ex then in the next moment, told their fiancée that the man he was seated with, was her boyfriend in uni?

And why the hell was there a constant smile on said fiancee’s face? It was starting to piss me off.

“How’s work?” Claire asked, the tips of her fingers brushing Alex’s. I honed in on that point of contact.

Alex leaned back into his chair, effectively disconnecting from her touch as his hand slipped to the edge of the table. His smile was all teeth. “Great.”

I felt a glimmer of satisfaction.

Claire nodded, either choosing to pretend she hadn’t seen him pull away, or maybe she was the most oblivious person on planet earth. “You’ve always been ambitious.” I waited for the part I knew was coming and she didn’t disappoint. “Even back in the university.”

She’d basically hijacked the conversation ever since she joined us. I didn’t know why she’d made it her life’s mission to remind everyone seated at the table—herself included—that she’d known