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The response was absolute. There was no room for discussion, no space for negotiation.

With that, he turned away from Arnold and Linda entirely, facing Nora instead. His voice, so indifferent moments ago, softened. “Nora, let’s go.”

Nora didn’t hesitate. She nodded once and walked away with him, her stride composed, not sparing Arnold or Linda another glance.

Dalton, still standing at a distance, absorbed everything. The way Arnold’s brows furrowed slightly as he watched them leave. The brief flicker of something unreadable in Linda’s expression before she composed herself.

It was then that Dalton arrived at a new understanding.

Just now he was a little worried that there wasn’t some unknown relationship between Arnold and Nora.

But now, seeing that Arnold was so nervous and concerned about Linda, and opening his mouth to help her ask Leo to talk about business issues, Dalton knew that he was thinking wrong.

Leo had no personal grudge against Linda, but the hostility between them stemmed from Nora. As long as Nora was by Leo’s side, Linda would never be able to mend that relationship.

And Arnold knew this.

By trying to broker peace between Leo and Linda, Arnold wasn’t just helping Linda. He was challenging Nora’s position.

Because if Leo and Linda reconciled, then Nora would lose her leverage–the very thing that kept her in

control of the situation.

A seemingly small social interaction, yet it was already shifting the balance of power.

On the other side of the ballroom, Cole stood with a group of business partners, engaging in a discussion, but his true focus lay elsewhere.

His gaze, sharp and perceptive, was locked onto Nora.

Leo was by her side, but that did nothing to change the fact that she had drunk more than usual tonight.

cheeks, the effect of alcohol softening

clear and intelligent, carried a slight haze, making her

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in her expression was replaced with

his glass tightened slightly. He exhaled slowly, willing himself to

mind lingered.

now, where vulnerability slipped through. She had built walls around herself, yet at

was her

the way he treated Nora differently from anyone else. It wasn’t just protectiveness. It was something

Cole wonder.

truly untouchable?

way

slow sip, his gaze once again drawn to the woman who, knowingly or unknowingly, was shaping the future of every person around

background as Nora stepped out of the cab, her

wound down to its final moments, leaving behind scattered laughter, the clinking of glasses, and

leading both Leo and Nora

exposed skin, and Nora instinctively wrapped her coat tighter around

steady, her senses sharp. She wasn’t drunk, but she wasn’t entirely sober either.

halt just as they reached the main doors. His gaze flickered downward

briefest moment.

cast a soft glow on Nora’s snow–white calves,

to tease

low, measured tone. “Here’s fine. You go back.”

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