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Serena Jennings had just returned to the venue when she saw Lana Xavier being grabbed by a man’s arm.

It was the first time she had seen Lana show such an expression.

Calling it infatuation might be a bit exaggerated, but not too far off.

Lana’s eyes were wide and round, staring at him unblinkingly, the surprise and affection apparent in her eyes showed she had developed

a strong liking for him.

Serena was a bit surprised.

She hadn’t expected Lana to actually have a romantic encounter at this dinner party, and it was love at first sight.

“Are you alright?”

The man asked Lana, but she was still drowning in his handsome appearance.

In Serena’s view, he wasn’t exactly a top–notch hunk.

He couldn’tpare to Caleb Lockwood or Ethan White.

However, his features were delicate and had a natural charm, especially his baby face, which gave a youthful impression, and his smile

seemed innocent and pure.

Serena recognized this man.

Or rather, she had seen him before.

Back in Meridia, when she apanied Caleb Lockwood to a function as his wife, actually on the asion to get divorced, she had met

this man at the party.

“Thank you… Ah, my name is Lana Xavier. What’s your name?”

Lana stood upright, her ankle still hurt, so even if he withdrew his hand, she reluctantly held onto his arm.

“My name is Julian Xavier.”

“You’re also a Xavier?” Lana’s eyes lit up, “I thought our Xavier name was rare!”

Serena stood by watching, feeling amused.

Lana was clearly just making conversation, trying to chat with him!

Julian Xavier, she remembered, was the gics expert from CelestiMed. Now that CelestiMed had opened a branch in City A, Julian

seemed to be the person in charge.

In terms of work and looks, he was impable; theoretically, if Lana and he truly ended up together, it would be a wonderful match.

However…

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Serena frowned.

For some reason, she felt an inexplicable unease deep in her heart, a nervousness.

Lana was still eagerly chatting with Julian Xavier, while Julian had already started to show impatience,

“Lana!”

At this moment, Serena called out, and walked over.

Julian Xavier saw Serena, his gaze subtly changed, then he turned his head and asked Lana.

“Are you a friend of Chairwoman Jennings?”

“Yes, Serena and I are ssmates from high school.”

“I see…”

Julian smiled gently, his previous look of impatiencepletely disappeared.

“Chairwoman Jennings, I’m Julian Xavier, from the CelestiMed branch.”

Julian handed his business card to Serena.

Serena also handed over her business card.

“Actually, we’ve met before in Meridia.”

“I know… But at that time, Chairwoman Jennings was still spoken for.”

Julian’s words surprised Serena.

It seemed that in Meridia, everyone knew she was Caleb Lockwood’s wife.

However, now everyone knew she had divorced Caleb.

“I never expected Chairwoman Jennings not only to be beautiful but also the renowned BYC master, possessing both beauty and talent…”

Julian’spliment was something Serena wouldn’t take to heart; it was merely polite words for the asion.

Beside her, Lana lowered her head somewhat disappointedly.

“Lana is my best friend, she’s now a teacher at a training school, her job’s quite good.”

Serena said while pushing Lana forward, towards Julian.

“I have some things to handle over there, you two can chat slowly.”

With that said, Serena turned and left.

Only when she was far away did she turn back to secretly observe Lana and Julian.

Seeing the two chatting andughing, she felt a bit relieved.

She didn’t know much about Julian Xavier.

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But being chosen by CelestiMed, and coborating with The Lockwood Group, at least he wasn’tcking in ability, an outstanding person

indeed.

The rest depends on his character.

Serena suddenly thought of Caleb Lockwood.

And Caleb’s character?

Caleb was a jerk to her, but to ire Shaw he was a caring man.

But tonight, Caleb didn’t apany ire Shaw here.

If Caleb were here, the security wouldn’t dare follow her instructions to throw ire Shaw out.

In Serena’s memory, ire Shaw and Caleb had once been inseparable, seemingly a pair like conjoined twins.

Yet recently, every time she saw ire Shaw, ire was alone.

Serena casually grabbed a cocktail, took a sip, and warned herself not to dwell on the matter.

Whether Caleb and ire Shaw were close or not, it had nothing to do with her.

Earlier, Caleb said she was retaliating against him.

But she really wasn’t.

Her retaliation was solely against ire Shaw.

Although the mastermind who hired the thugs turned out to be Cynthia Fulton, she didn’t believe ire Shaw had no part in it.

Her revenge on ire Shaw was justified.

As for Caleb…

Serena drank another sip of cocktail, this time she finished the entire ss.

Between her and him…

Remaining as strangers, having no intersection would be best.

As the dinner party was winding down, Serena received a call from Ethan White saying that the car was almost there.

Although Ethan worked flexibly, after all, he was a talent brought in by the government, and couldn’t really do no work all day.

Today he was quite busy, so Serena had invited Ethan to the dinner party, but he politely declined.

However, Ethan did say he would drive over to pick her and Lana up once the party ended.

The whole evening, Serena and Lana barely exchanged a few words because Lana had been glued to Julian Xavier the whole time.

Serena was certainly happy for Lana to find her own happiness, but considering Lana’sck of experience in love, she was worried Lana

would get hurt emotionally.

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Just like she did in the past.

“No need, Serena, Mr. Xavier said he’ll drive me home.”

“But…”

“Don’t worry about it, Mr. Xavier isn’t a bad person.”

Lana said cheerfully.

Serena thought Lana’s fondness for Julian Xavier was apparent, even to a blind person.

But Julian’s attitude was ambiguous.

“Mr. Xavier, are you sure about taking Lana home?” Serena asked Julian, her gaze was sharp and assessing.

“Yes, it’s on my way, and I’ve already agreed with Lana.”

Having just met tonight, Julian was already calling Lana by her first name, making Serena frown.

Beside her, Lana blushed, smiling shyly.

“Alright then!” Serena rxed, pulling out the business card Julian had given her earlier, and dialed the number on it.

Julian’s phone rang.

“Lana’s phone is out of battery. I’ll contact youter; I need to ensure Lana gets home safe.”

Julian smiled and nodded.

Lana couldn’t help but pull Serena’s arm and whisper, “Why are you testing his number on the spot? I mean, could he possibly give you a

fake business card?”

Serena frowned, unable to exin why she felt uneasy about Julian.

In the end, Lana left with Julian, while Ethan only picked up Serena.

On the way, Serena kept talking to Ethan about Lana’s love–at–first–sight with Julian.

“Serena, why do you worry like a mother hen?”

“How can I not worry?” Serena sighed, “Lana used to say I was like a love–struck fool. I don’t think she’s much better, and this is her first

time liking someone; of course, I have to watch out for her, so she doesn’t take the wrong path like I did.”

Ethan drove, stealing sideways nces at Serena, especially when she spoke thetter part.

Luckily, Serena’s face didn’t show pain, entanglement, or lingering emotions.

Ethan pulled back his gaze and drove steadily.

The car entered Vornath Street, the headlights illuminating a person standing under Serena’s apartment building—

Caleb Lockwood turned around, seeing Serena sitting in Ethan’s car.

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