The Fake Group Darling Picked a Fight with the Real Boss Chapter 07

The Fake Group Darling Picked a Fight with the Real Boss Chapter 07

Only Sylvie was left frozen in place.

She stared dead at our interlocked hands.

The one thing she had believed most over the past year was that Manuel was cold to everyone

because he hadn’t awakened to romance yet-and she would be the one to change that.

Now she was told plain and simple: He wasn’t oblivious. He had been off the market for two

years.

It was just that he had never been interested in her.

The moment our relationship was out in the open, the guys went wild on the spot.

Trevor pointed at Manuel. “You really knew how to keep a secret! I tried setting you up on a

blind date last month and you said you’d think about it?”

Manuel replied, “I was thinking about how to reject you.”

Colson turned to interrogate me. “Spill it. When did you two get together?”

“Two years ago. He flew over to see me and confessed his feelings at the airport.”

“So you two just sat back and watched us guess blindly for two whole years?”

Manuel picked up his glass and added coolly, “It was pretty entertaining.”

Colson was so annoyed he wanted to punch him. These two were a match made in heaven-

each worse than the other.

Amid all the excitement, Sylvie was the only one looking miserable.

With Manuel completely out of the picture, she tried leaning toward Rupert.

Except this time, Rupert didn’t take the bait.

Even as dense as he was, her picking Manuel right in front of everyone had finally forced the truth on him: after funding her for a whole year, she hadn’t even ranked him as a backup

option.

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Seeing his cold reaction, Sylvie softened her voice right away. “Rupert, that was really just a game earlier. You know the person I trust most has always been you.”

Rupert’s expression actually began to soften.

Watching it gave me a headache.

People like him couldn’t be saved with words.

I didn’t waste my breath. I edited two clips from tonight together on the spot.

The first clip: Sylvie picking Manuel for the interlocked-fingers dare in front of everyone.

The second clip: her grabbing Rupert and saying, “The person I trust most has always been you,”

Thirty seconds, side by side, clear as day.

Recipient: Rupert’s mother.

Rupert’s mother had doted on Zoya for seven years and had long considered her a future daughter-in-law.

Rupert hadn’t even dared to tell his family about the breakup yet, let alone the reason behind

Several minutes later. Rupert’s phone rang.

The moment he saw the caller ID, his face turned pale.

He picked up and said only three lines.

“Mom, let me explain…”

“It’s not what you think…”

“…I’ll come home right now.”

Under three minutes. Speedrun.

Colson was laughing so hard he slid right off his chair.

Rupert hung up, grabbed his jacket, and rushed out.

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Sylvie reached out to grab his sleeve. “Rupert, where are you going?”

For the first time, he shook her hand off and walked away without looking back.

Sylvie stood there, burning with shame and fury.