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She then added Padgett and his wife, as well as Betty and Wilson.

If Wilson really had feelings for her, inviting him to the engagement party would finally make him give up and stop wasting his time and energy on her.

After some thought, she also added one of her college classmates, Sarah Sawyer.

She and Sarah had been in the same major and same class. They used to be very close. Later, her dad had asked Sarah for a loan, and Sarah had given it to him.

Her dad had borrowed money from several classmates without telling her. One by one, everyone slowly distanced themselves from her-except Sarah, who stayed a loyal friend.

But she was so afraid her dad would go back to Sarah for more that she used her busy part-time work schedule as an excuse to pull away from her.

Looking back on it now, she felt incredibly guilty. She was getting engaged and wanted Sarah to be there. It would be a way to make up for the regrets of the past.

She called her former college advisor to get the class group chat information, joined the group, found Sarah, and sent a friend request.

It was accepted almost instantly. Sarah excitedly sent a voice message. "Emily?"

Emily smiled warmly. "Sarah, how have you been?"

Sarah quickly started a voice call. "What have you been up to these past few years? You never joined the class chat, never came to any reunions... no one could find you!"

She laughed. "I just moved back to J City last year and haven't really reached out to anyone yet. I'm getting engaged, and I'd love for you to come. Are you free?"

She told her the date.

Sarah gasped. "You're getting engaged? Wow! I haven't even found a boyfriend yet, and the girl who swore off dating beats us all to the altar!"

"You'd better hurry up then!" Emily teased.

"Who else from class did you invite?" Sarah asked with a laugh. "We could have a mini-reunion beforehand! I really miss you."

"It's just the engagement party, so I'm not inviting a huge crowd. If you can make it, that's more than enough for me."

"I'll definitely be there!" Sarah promised. "Do you want me to let Jeanie know? She's asked about you a bunch of times too."

Emily thought about it. "Let's hold off for now. I'll let her know when it's time for the actual wedding!"

"Sounds good!"

Sarah then asked about her career, and Emily mentioned she was now an architectural designer.

They hadn't seen each other in years and chatted for a good while before finally hanging up.

Charlie walked into the room and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "What are you working on?"

She handed him her guest list. "This is everyone I'm inviting."

He skimmed over it and smiled. "Are you sure you don't want to add a few more classmates of colleagues? You can invite as many people as you want."

She to him with a smile. "No

this is plenty. It's just the

engagement. I'll invite more people

for the wedding." FindNovel.net

"Alright, whatever you want!" His eyes were full of devotion as he leaned down and kissed her forehead.

Even though Emily had only invited Sarah, the news of her engagement quickly

spread through her old college circles.

That very day, a group of former classmates who lived in J City happened to be hanging

tope naturally drifted to The

"Didn't she go abroad? I thought she stayed in M Country!"

"With a family background like hers, even with an overseas degree, what kind of guy could she possibly land?"

"Right? Back in college, her dad actually hit up Jeanie and the others for money. It was so embarrassing!"

"If I were her, I'd have just stayed out of the country permanently!"

"Alright, drop it," Jeanie cut in. "What's the point of gossiping? Who hasn't gone through hard times?"

A girl named June Goodwin asked, "Jeanie, you were pretty tight with Emily. Did she invite you to her engagement party?"