"You don't have to go through so much trouble. Ariel and I ended things long ago; you don't have to compete with her." Stephen lowered his head, his gaze becoming softer by the second. "You don't have to prove that you're better than anybody either."

Upon hearing this, Yvonne suddenly came to her senses and said without thinking, "Don't tell me you think that I did the launch because I want to compete with Ariel? Stephen, you're overthinking this. I'm doing this to get back at Katie. She'd prev