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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.

her, and she had still

things were supposed to go.

into the night. The soft hum of voices

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screen. The video conference stretched on. filled with

so focused that she

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

snapped up.

in the doorway, framed by the soft glow of

He didn’t speak.

heartbeat stuttered for a second.

on the other end of the call, her business partners had seen him

few seconds cleared their

someone on the call awkwardly

a bad time?”

away, ensuring that no one on the video call

impossible to hide his imposing figure

dominance he exuded–it was enough

the call

“Wait, was that…?”

“Who was

that just now?”

ridiculously handsome. That presence…

before adding, “I always thought you

between them, thick

though her fingers instinctively tightened

Her colleagues had long assumed that she

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she often worked with–were

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