Chapter 25

"I don't want to show you." Yasmin hid her injured hand behind her back, her bright eyes filled with a stubborn defiance, almost like a wilful teenager. "Even if I showed you, it wouldn't make a difference." She then thought to herself, "You can't heal my wound, and you can't undo the pain you've caused me." The surrounding guests exchanged glances upon hearing this. Suddenly, a well-dressed woman chuckled and spoke up, "Veronica, I just asked you earlier whether you came with Caleb, and you said yes, didn't you? So, was that a lie?" "Oh? Did I?" Veronica's face stiffened slightly, but she forced a smile. "You must've misheard. I just happened to run into Caleb at the entrance, so we walked in together." Veronica had actually arrived much earlier and had deliberately waited by the entrance for Caleb so that they could enter side by side. Naturally, it gave people the impression that they had come together. That was exactly what she wanted—to make the public believe she had an int