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Meanwhile, August's coworkers, who had been invited to the party, watched in disbelief as he socialized with everyone except them. They had once treated him as an outcast, but now he seemed like a different person altogether.
"I must be dreaming," said Kaylee, taking a sip of her wine. "How did this happen?"
Peter shrugged. "He's not the same August we knew."
“Of course, he will not be the same.” Carla scoffed and crossed her arms, her gaze fixed on August and Daphne. "I bet Samantha regrets choosing Bruce over August."
As if on cue, they looked at Samantha, who was slightly trembling as August gave her a cold, intense gaze after he answered the reporters about the press conference he was going to conduct.
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