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

Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried over

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

magnetic as her skills. No wonder

let it roll off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even

Her footsteps:

a jumble of frustration, hurt, and an odd sense

wasn’t angry at Linda Linda was simply being herself,

the years she had spent hoping for something that never materialized.

brushed against her face, offering

thought it might

was nothing – a genetic notification

the phone back to

into

her thoughts soft

a

fand glow of

walked

her thoughts preoccupiest,

collided with someone coming trouu

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his expression

and an air of arrogance

carried himself with an air of superiority, a reflection of the tight–knit pack

cold demeanor turned glacial as he

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