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Chapter 0272

"Michael's far more mature than you are," Alexander shot back.

"As if he had a choice," Fiona quipped.

"What does that mean?" I asked, curiosity piqued.

"With a mother like Diana, it's not like he had the luxury of a normal childhood," Fiona said casually, her tone light but her words weighted.

"That's true enough," Alexander agreed, his gaze fixed on the drink menu. "Mother forced Michael to take every extracurricular activity, class, and training available."

"You'd think he was being groomed to be Alpha," Fiona murmured under her breath.

The word hit me like a shockwave. I turned to Alexander, searching his face for a reaction, but he said nothing, his attention still firmly on the menu.

Diana even consider the possibility of Michael becoming Alpha?” I asked, my voice low, "That would mean...

tightened, but he

She's... a lot. I don't mean to speak ill of her, but there are

"The way she talks sometimes puts me

just you," Fiona said with a faint smile, glancing

unreadable, but the tension in his shoulders

a gossip," I said, leaning slightly forward. "Do you

shook her head. "I don't think it's anything we need to worry about," she said thoughtfully. "But sometimes she speaks without thinking-or at least that's how it seems

room for debate. "We appreciate your concern, but my mother isn't going to cause us

certain about that," I

forearm gently. "I'm not trying to be a pain," she said, her voice warm.

hand over hers absentmindedly. "I understand," he said, his tone softening. “And

moment between them sparked a memory. Details from the original timeline

specifics of Fiona and Alexander's

after the scandal that derailed Alexander's political career. The marriage must have been as much of a façade as

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