Chapter 25:

“I mean, Belinda and I…” Darren began, his cheeks coloring slightly as he awkwardly scratched his head after hearing Cathy’s probing question. “We haven’t reached that point.”

Cathy burst into laughter as soon as Darren finished his sentence. She wrapped an arm around Kristopher, resting her head against him and leaning heavily. With a teasing lilt to her voice, she quipped, “Haven’t reached that point? So, you’re saying there’s a chance in the future?”

Darren couldn’t help but join in the laughter. “For now, Belinda and I are just friends. But…”

His gaze shifted to Belinda. “Once she’s free from her current marriage, I might make a move.”

The room’s temperature seemed to drop suddenly.

Kristopher’s expression hardened as he cast a chilling look toward Belinda, who stood behind Darren. “You’re aware she’s still married, yet you’re hovering around her?”

Darren offered a disarming smile. “Mr. Cox, you misunderstand. My relationship with Belinda is completely proper. Besides…”

her marriage has been in shambles for some time now. Her

softened with sympathy toward Belinda. “Once she’s

time Darren finished, the atmosphere had shifted significantly, and

had been all smiles,

tensed up, betraying

his eyes cold as they swept across


she conveyed

His gaze unsettled Belinda.

they had spoken, she had assured Darren that her marriage was joyful, her family ideal, and her

in the room was pierced by the voice of Anthony’s butler, Stanley Baker, who approached Kristopher with a

Belinda as he pulled

“I’m accompanying you.”

swiftly, reaching

blocking her path. “Mr. Anthony explicitly stated that no Millers should attend the

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