After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 198

As Daria disappeared into the kitchen, likely to check on the preparations, Narik stayed behind, lingering awkwardly in the doorway.

His eyes were sharp, watching me as if searching for answers I wasn't ready to give.

Finally, he spoke. "There's something on your mind."

I looked up at him, my hands pausing over the papers in front of me.

Narik had always been perceptive, and there was no point in hiding what was already starting to unravel.

hat's your plan, Elizabeth?" Narik asked, his voice low but direct. "I heard rumors... something about a Karnata passport?"

I froze for a brief second.

There was no way around it now.

I set the papers down and met his gaze.

"Yes," I admitted, my voice softer than intended. "I've applied for a Karnata passport. Orlando-he's asked me to join him in Karnata country for a new opportunity. I'm planning to go." Narik's brows furrowed in surprise, and for a moment, he seemed at a loss for words.

"But Leo-he can't go to Karnata.... You know that."

"I know," I replied, my voice growing even quieter.

The weight of my decision hung between us, heavy and undeniable. "He won't go."

There was a long pause. Narik crossed his arms, as if shielding himself from the sudden chill in the room.

Leo know

a sharp

my expression, and he understood everything I

after a brief pause,

me a piece of advice that I couldn't

Leo about this," Narik said, his tone firm but gentle. "He's bound to find out, and

he was

passport, it wouldn't be long before Leo

slowly. "I know," I said,

received a phone call

as always, had a

going to clear now," he said, sounding relieved. "And we will wrap everything up, and will lead wolves to our

of pride for him.

I could continue, he added. "I'll be coming back

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mind and realized that his return would coincide with the day Orlando had asked me to take a trip to Karnata, I

Karnata around that

a brief silence on the other end of

laced with

going to

explanation

someone who valued honesty, and I didn't want to

to please me, so after a brief pause, he said, "I'll have BETA check the itinerary. If it's not too busy, I'll come with you. We

be back after I finish what I'm... busy with. You've just wrapped up everything and

immediately, and the silence that followed

sense the

breathing, hoping he