Unwilling Bride: The 1V5 Love Drama novel Chapter 61

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“Heh. That’s Jolene. She’s notorious for collecting men like stamps. Nobody even knows how many she’s been with. She’s pushing seventy, and she’s still pulling this kind of stunt.”

The chatter around them didn’t die down.

Gossip poured in from every direction, buzzing nonstop in Ava’s ears, crude and relentless, until it all blurred into a single, ugly noise.

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name is Jolene Nearly seventy years old. Tsk. She really does go for younger men

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ppens to be the unlucky one caught in it.

ike already. I cannot say yes to you.” Amid the roar of the

s it carried outward, thin but unmistakable.

once, leaving behind an almost frightening silence. Ava could see a them. The man’s expression was tight with unease, while the oked openly furious. The contrast was impossible to miss.

pushing your luck, huh?” Jolene let out a cold laugh, her gaze slowly Skyler from head to toe. “You have a bit of a look, I will give you that, and now hard to get? Who do you like, then? Say it. I would love to see which goddess ame down from the sky. Skyler, you had better actually have someone you like. If re going to regret it.”

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ad never expected Skyler to turn her down, let alone do it in front of so many people her of her pride. Almost in an instant, every trace of composure vanished from her ssion. All that remained was raw anger, with a look in her eyes that hinted at something ess and vicious, like she wanted to tear everything down.

er is seriously bold.

ya kept her eyes locked on the giant screen. She barely blinked, like she was afraid that even a Second of distraction would make her miss something important.

Sure, watching him stand up to power feels somewhat satisfying, but it is evident that he lacks the strength to back it up. At this point, he is basically setting himself up to get crushed.

“Too bad,” Ava muttered under her breath. “Someone’s definitely going to get payback for this.”

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va, there’s nothing worth watching. Want to

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“Hold on, Asher,” she replied. “It’s worth the show. At least let me see how it ends. I’m curious who this woman is, the one Skyler would rather offend Jolene than say yes to.”

Asher shook his head. “You’re just like Jane. Both of you love drama.”

Ava’s eyes flicked sideways, and she let out a quiet snicker. “Drama that walks right up to you is free entertainment. It’s a little mean, sure, but come on. This is prime stuff.”

ed him hard. “Skyler I’ll ask you one last time. Are you really

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an is pursuing a man and he woman directly. And the other

ged into this for no reason. How is this person? Jolene’s Awakened. That’s insane.”

at lay a hand on her,” he mentioned. “In that kind of apable the two men are.”

world, rolling her eyes so hard they nearly disappeared. “All

es straight into dueling?” She could not wrap her head around un into a lunatic like

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“At this point, it’s less about the man and more about saving reputation,” Asher replied. “A Rank A male alone isn’t worth a duel. But Skyler humiliated her in front of everyone. That’s what matters. An Awakened’s pride doesn’t take kindly to being challenged.”

“Give me a break,” Ava snapped. “What kind of twisted logic is that? She forced herself on him first. Is he not even allowed to say no? Can’t you report something like this? She was clearly harassing him. How is that fair?”

d a hand on her head, gently rubbing it. “Ava, I’m starting to believe you spent all buried in books and completely ignored how society actually works. When

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it isn’t classified as sexual harassment.

n to take multiple husbands. You need to understand this. his world.”

ou telling me an Awakened can just do whatever they want? I’m eels way over the line.”

almly. “Even conflicts between the Awned folks are usually ignored s. The strong prey on the weak. Th

society works.”