She immediately spun around and headed for the dressing room, her steps quick
and eager.
"Serena..."
Black Jack frowned and called out to Serena in a hushed voice.
If she could see through this trap, someone as brilliant as Serena definitely saw it too.
If they actually found the necklace in her bag...
Serena simply raised an eyebrow, flashing Black Jack a faint, reassuring smile.
It clicked instantly!
If Serena was this calm.
It meant she already had a countermove lined up.
Black Jack decided to just sit back and enjoy the show.
Brushing off her worries, she followed Serena, Princess Isadora, and the swarm of curious guests as they all crowded into the dressing room.
As soon as they stepped inside.
Isabella eagerly snatched Black Jack's bag and shoved it into the guard's hands. "This is Miss Hazel's bag!"
The guard took it with a blank expression and began unzipping it in front of the entire crowd.
Isabella stared fixedly at the guard's hands, practically vibrating with excitement.
The zipper opened, inch by inch.
"Hold on!" Black Jack suddenly realized something, her expression shifting slightly. When she changed into her dress earlier.
She had casually tossed her handgun into the bag.
If they pulled a gun out in front of all these people...
Even though gun control in the United Realmon States wasn't as strict as in Elyndor.
Finding a weapon in her bag...
Wouldn't that just validate all the nasty assumptions about her and the Ghost Alliance crew?
Prove that Serena's friends really were just a gang of street thugs?
"Miss Hazel, you keep trying to stop the Princess's guard from searching your bag... What exactly are you hiding? Isabella's scaring
excitement took a nosedive at Black
Jack's interruption. 'FindNovel.net
Unable to hold back, she reached out and yanked the zipper all the way open herself.
She dumped the entire contents onto the vanity table.
She could barely suppress the triumphant smirk pulling at her lips, even shooting a cocky glare in Serena's direction.
Caught red-handed.
Hazel was finished.
Serena was finished!
"Miss Hazel, Lhever thought you were this kind of person!" Isabella tossed the empty bag aside, painting a look of profound disappointment across her face. "You were, supposed to be my sister's closest friend. How could you do something like this at her Debutante Ball?"
She turned to Serena. "Serena, I know you have a kind heart and want to support the friends you
ver
grew up with in the country, but ne
when you brought her here,
shouldn't you have told her to leave those terrible country frabits behind? Look at what a mess this is... it's
humiliating!"
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As she delivered the final blow, she deliberately looked toward her grandparents and uncles.
She expected to see their faces mirror her feigned disappointment.
But...
Her grandparents were frowning, looking at her with a complicated mix of disgust and disbelief.
Uncle Silas's face was as dark as a storm.
And Uncle Douglas was wearing a mocking smirk, looking at her as if she were the stupidest person on earth.
At that moment, Isabella finally sensed that something was terribly wrong.
She whipped her head toward Princess Isadora, Black Jack, Serena, and the surrounding crowd of guests.
Black Jack stood with her arms crossed, an eyebrow raised, her face dripping with cold mockery.
Serena remained completely unfazed.
Princess Isadora and the rest of the guests were staring at her like she was an absolute lunatic.
Isabella's heart plummeted.
She jerked her head around, staring down at the items she had just spilled across the vanity...