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The question sounded simple, but something about it unsettled her.

She exhaled quietly, shaking her head. “No.”

Her voice was even, controlled. “You don’t have to invite me just because of Grandmother. I’ll tell her myself that I chose not to go.”

Arnold didn’t reply immediately. Instead, he stood there, staring at her with those deep, unreadable eyes.

The silence stretched between them, heavy and unspoken.

Even though they had been married for years, Nora often felt as though she didn’t truly know him. He had always been distant, guarded–an enigma she had once tried to solve.

But not anymore.

She no longer searched his eyes for hidden emotions, no longer tried to understand the thoughts that he kept locked away.

Arnold remained still for a moment longer, then, without another word, he turned and left.

Downstairs, the party continued, but the mood had shifted slightly. The guests watched Arnold descend the staircase, their expressions curious, expectant.

They had assumed Nora would be following him.

But she wasn’t there.

The realization settled in quickly–Nora had refused him.

It was unheard of

Linda, who had been watching Arnold closely, felt a strange satisfaction at first. But as the moments passed, an unfamiliar tension crept into her.

Nora had said no.

had gone to get her, and she had still refused.

wasn’t how things were supposed

continued working late into the night. The soft

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on the meeting displayed on her screen. The video conference stretched on. filled with discussions of contracts,

that she didn’t hear the door

she noticed a shift on her laptop screen–movement in the background of the video call–that she realized someone had entered

head snapped

framed by the soft glow of the

He didn’t speak.

stuttered for a second.

other end of the call, her

few seconds cleared

silence before someone on the

this a bad

laptop camera away, ensuring that no one on the video call got a clear view of the man

his imposing

dominance he exuded–it was enough to make

few voices on the call murmured with curiosity.

“Wait, was that…?”

“Who was

that just now?”

ridiculously handsome. That

always thought you and Leo were

stretched between them, thick with

calm, even though her fingers instinctively tightened

been there. Her colleagues had long assumed that she and

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businessman she often worked with–were

At least, it had been easier when Arnold never

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