Chapter 29

“Nora,” Harrison saul, his face fushed weath excitement, “you can’t tell me you’re not in love with her now. Isn’t she just amazing?

Noca hestated, a small smile playing on her lips

Noua found herselt standing amidst the deafening cheers of the crowil, her emotions a quiet storm compared to the chaos around her.

She looked at Arnold once again, his focus entirely on Lista.

eyes glimmered with admutations, a book she had long yearned for but never truly received.

A sadden thought crossed her mind

What if I reached out? What if past this once, he responded?

Het bears wavered, and despite her better judgment, she decided to try. Mindlinking Arnold, she sent a tentative message. “Arnold?”

Suence

Her shoulders sagged as the realization settled in though deep down, she wasn’t surprised.

swer. She thought, watching him with a bitter smule. Arnold’s gaze never left Linda, as if the world had narrowed to only her. Nora’s chest tightened, but she managed to sinile, calm and composed, even as the faint sting of rejection lingered.

Turning on her heel, she walked away from the awards stage.

She didn’t glance

Arnold’s oblivious face or Linda’s

wove through the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried

legend” Not only is she the reigning champion, but did you know she’s the only daughter

that’s as magnetic as her skills. No wonder she has so

roll off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even noticed her leaving, too engrossed in singing Linda’s praises.

Her footsteps:

hurt,

simply being

she had spent hoping for something that

breeze brushed against her face, offering a small moment

it might be Arnold.

– a genetic

head, she shippest the phone

into

her thoughts soft yet deep

a

fand glow of

burriedly walked toward

her thoughts preoccupiest,

siel almost collided with someone coming

Chapter 29

“he replied, his expression

a musenlar build and an air of arrogance that matched his reputation.

superiority, a reflection of

already cold demeanor turned glacial as he studied her, his

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