Kyle Kinston finished adjusting the foot chain for Mabel Quinn, stood up again, and said, "Let's go, head back first."
"Just leaving like this?" she asked.
"Unless you want to stay longer?" he countered.
Mabel Quinn looked at her current state and realized it wasn't quite suitable, so she left the banquet with Kyle Kinston, leaving Alessia Quinn alone, enduring the gaze of the crowd.
In one corner of the banquet, Francine Howards's lips were tightly pressed, and all traces of her smile had vanished.
Although she knew Kyle would inevitably feel differently about Mabel Quinn, seeing it with her own eyes still made her feel a sharp pain.
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Mabel Quinn got into the car with Kyle Kinston, who asked, "Were you scared?"
