He Humiliated Me in Public, So His Regret Pays by the Tear novel · Chapter 23 of 32
Chapter 23: The Gala
The gala was in the same ballroom the color of a wedding cake, and this time I wore a green dress.
Babcia sat at the table beside me in her good black coat, because she refused to check it.
Marta wore a velvet jacket and a lot of eyeliner.
Piotr sat on my other side in his charcoal suit, with his hand resting lightly on the back of my chair.
He had not spoken about the system since the night I told him.
He had just kept turning up, steady as weather.
Across the ballroom, three tables over, a tall man in a plain black suit sat alone at a table with his mother.
He had come as a guest of the Guild chair.
I knew because Marta had checked.
"Do not look," Marta whispered.
"I'm not looking."
"You're looking with your whole neck."
The first award was Best Rising Pastry Director, and the host read the nominees in a warm radio voice.
Lena Baran was the third name.
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