Chapter 233

He got up to open the door. Claire Richards stayed put in the dining room, still working on her meal. She was pretty sure it was that troublemaker Tessa Howard coming back, so she didn’t even look up, just casually finished another bite, already preparing the “warm welcome” she planned to deliver. Thinking about how she actually got played this time, she just couldn’t swallow that anger. Stacked-up frustration completely wiped out her brain cells—it felt like drunk-texting at midnight and realizing your embarrassment in the morning. Footsteps were getting closer. But then… A ridiculously stylish couple walked in, oozing that classic British vibe. The guy was blond with blue eyes, features sharp like carved glass, his skin so pale it looked almost translucent, giving off a bit of a gloomy feel. The woman had this sleek, chestnut-brown hair, her facial features were sharp and fierce, standing nearly 1.8 meters tall, and had that runway model energy. Everything about them screamed money a