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Jack’s parents were shaking with anger.
I suppressed my complicated emotions and applauded his speech:
“Since it’s true love, I hope you two will be together forever.”
I discovered the truth about Chloe by chance.
I was playing on my phone
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business cocktail party when I came across Chloe’s Twitter. She had posted about some freshly baked
pastries.
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Suddenly someone sat down n
me:
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“That photo looks familiar.”
I looked up and saw Max, a well–known playboy in our circle.
Tex–boyfriend’s current girlfriend.”
I smiled: “She’s quite famous – my
But Max shook his head.
He unlocked his phone and opened the Instagram of a girl called C
“Look at the composition, the piating – isn’t it exactly the same?”
The plate was the same, the cake was the same, even the position of the
I was confused: “Do they know each other? Did they bake together?”
Max laughed at my naivety:
“Your ex–boyfriend has fallen for an industry scam!”
nut crumbs on the cake was identical.
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I scrolled back through Chloe’s Twitter and found that all the afternoon teas, ski gear, luxury bags, and even photos of releasing little fish and shrimp she had posted had appeared on Crystal’s Instagram before.
Even the red Ferrari Chloe drove was in Crystal’s posts.
Max explained:
“You know how rich parents care about marrying into the right families? Well, there’s a whole business built around packaging ordinary influencers as rich girls to help them marry into wealthy families.”
“They pay tens of thousands in membership fees, and people help them take photos, craft a socialite image on social media, then bring them to mingle at rich people’s events. Some are bound to take the bait.”
I was shocked after hearing this.
But since Jack had said it was true love, I decided not to interfere.
