Chater 4 "Then forget it." Theo's voice was low, cutting through the air with an icy finality.

Adrian instantly closed his mouth. Without another word, he hurried to open the car door, his movements sharp and efficient.

By the time Benson staggered home, it was already night. He stumbled through the door, clearly drunk, and started yelling the moment he crossed the threshold.

"Where's Sierra? Didn't she come to apologize yet? Tell her to make me my special hangover remedy!"

It wasn't long before the housekeeper emerged from another part of the house.

"Young Mr. Gray, Ms. Shaw isn't here," she said politely.

Benson froze, a frown of disbelief settling on his face. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through the messages he'd sent Sierra earlier, instructing her to have his hangover remedy ready. No reply.

Well, well, well. So Sierra dared to ignore him.

His fury simmered beneath the surface, and with a sharp motion, he flung his phone onto the bed, his expression darkening.

The housekeeper, sensing the storm brewing in his mood, spoke cautiously. "Young Mr. Gray, would you like me to prepare the hangover remedy instead?"

"No! Get out!" Benson snapped, his voice sharp and cutting.

another word, the housekeeper turned and slipped out of the room, closing the door behind

the next morning, the sharp tang of freshly sprayed disinfectant in the hospital room made her wrinkle her nose in

blinked a few times before noticing a tall figure standing by the

moment, disorientation swept over her, and a flicker of hope sparked

"Benson?"

at the sound of her voice. Slowly, he turned to face

in behind him,

beneath his eyes only amplified the natural

of his face, the faint hope in her eyes

Theo? Why is it

It was Theo-Benson's uncle.

was cool

frame towering over her as he approached

and fear toward him. She forced herself to remain calm, though her

you for someone else," she replied

the second time

through the air, cold

slightly as her thoughts drifted back to the first time

ago, at the Gray Manor. She had gone there looking for Benson and had spotted a young man standing in the garden

build was strikingly similar to Benson's, and he was even wearing the same style of

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