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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.

gone to get her, and

were supposed to

the night. The soft

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video

focused that she

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

head snapped up.

doorway, framed by the soft glow of the hall light,

He didn’t speak.

for a second.

now, on the other end of the call, her

cleared their

silence before someone on the

this a bad time?”

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

impossible to hide his imposing figure and commanding aura.

effortless dominance he exuded–it was enough to

on the call

“Wait, was that…?”

“Who was

that just now?”

ridiculously handsome. That

before adding, “I always thought you and Leo were

them, thick with

her expression calm, even though her fingers instinctively tightened around

been there. Her colleagues had long assumed that she and Leo–the

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she often

that way. At least, it had been easier when Arnold never

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