Chapter 200

After the awkward handshake, Leo took a seat next to me.

Throughout the meal, the conversation was tense,

Leo and Marcus exchanged words that seemed polite on the surface but were laced with hidden meanings, verbal fireworks disguised as pleasantries Yet, despite the friction between them, Leo never neglected me.

His voice softened every time he spoke to me, his words gentle, as if to remind me of his affection.

per felt endless.

I could sense how deliberate Leo was being-his actions, his tone, everything seemed too calculated, too perfect.

By the time we finished, I was mentally exhausted.

Marcus left, his departure polite yet curt, and Leo and I stood outside the restaurant in silence for what felt like an eternity.

As we waited for the car, I could feel the weight of the evening hanging between us, unspoken yet heavy.

Finally, the driver pulled up, and as we climbed into the backseat, Leo's composure began to crack.

The silence in the car was oppressive.

I knew Leo was holding something back.

It wasn't long before he turned to me, his voice filled with restrained frustration.

"So, this is the friend you came to meet in Karnata?" he sneered.

knowing

said, keeping my voice steady. "Don't

scoffed, looking straight

L

given up." His words were sharp, but he didn't raise

but instead,

me,

my Luna. No one can take

went straight to the bathroom for

living

Everything about it was

Panther, his most trusted confidant, and asked him to check

with the

fell on one that caught his attention-my

changed slightly as he picked it up, saying

phone buzzed. Panther

opened it, and as he read, his

a cigarette, something he only did when he was

the air, a visual representation of the

smoking in silence, I could

he had discovered that I had been planning things he

passport, and

could want in a home-a perfect place to settle

one glaring absence

it. In all those plans I had made for a life

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