Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan) novel Chapter 3490

Marina was so furious she wanted to scream. Did this girl leave her brain at home, or was she just born without one entirely?

"Carson!" Shania yelled out.

Carson looked mildly surprised as Shania materialized in front of him, but his gaze immediately slid to Marina. His surprise melted into a dark, unreadable expression.

"Shania, you're here too."

Seeing him intentionally ignore her, Marina decided to play dumb as well.

Shania's knuckles turned white as she gripped Marina's arm. She glared at the woman beside Carson and snapped, "My cousin's fiancée is standing right here. Why are you clinging to him? Do you have zero respect for Ms. Evert?"

Marina couldn't believe it. Shania's grand master plan was just to use her as a human shield, and she did it with the grace of a sledgehammer!

And because they were standing side-by-side, Marina felt like an absolute idiot. She was seething and so utterly mortified she wished the floor would open up and swallow her whole.

Shania violently yanked Marina forward. "Say something, Marina!"

*Dammit, now she decides to use my name!*

Carson raised a brow. "Marina?"

Shania puffed out her chest. "She told me to bring her over!"

Marina gritted her teeth in the dark, forcing a polite, perfectly polished smile onto her face. She looked directly at Carson's date and nodded graciously. "Thank you for keeping him company."

The woman was speechless.

Shania stared, equally dumbfounded.

Carson's date subtly closed the distance between herself and Carson. Looking like a delicate, wronged bird, she asked in a silken voice, "Mr. Foster, what's going on?"

Carson smiled, the very picture of refined elegance. "I thought my fiancée was too busy to make it. I had no idea she was planning to surprise me. Thank you for your time tonight, Ms. Monet. I'll have my driver take you home."

Marina's eye twitched. So *this* was Giselle Monet!

The banquet hall felt suffocating. Marina headed down the stairs to the ground-floor gardens for some fresh air.

The late autumn wind carried a bitter chill, and Marina instinctively hunched her shoulders against it. She spotted a hot spring pool up ahead and was just about to walk toward it when she heard the heavy *thud-thud* of footsteps rushing up behind her.

She glanced over her shoulder and let out a heavy sigh. The girl was like a bad penny!

"Hiding out here again?" Shania demanded, her tone dripping with mockery. "Did you hear what you said back there? It's a good thing I was there, otherwise everyone would have laughed at how pathetic you looked!"

Marina suddenly spun on her heel and slapped Shania hard across the face.

*Smack!*

The crisp, stinging sound echoed sharply in the quiet garden.

Shania froze, clutching her cheek in pure shock.