Chapter 1017:

What was his goal? Reconciliation? Manipulation?

Her lips curled into a cold grin. Without another thought, she yanked the curtains shut.

Out of sight. Out of mind.

Sadie’s vision swam as she stumbled back to her bedroom, her strength evaporating with each unsteady step.

She teetered on her feet momentarily before tumbling onto the plush mattress, her limbs heavy as stone.

Her eyelids drooped, consciousness slipping away like water through fingers as she surrendered to an unexpected slumber.

By evening, at Autumn Garden Villa, as amber sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the living room in a honeyed glow, Noah lingered by the window, tracking the sky’s gradual transformation from azure to indigo.

to the

still pricked at his pride, refusing to

had clearly developed a

only magnified her allure, each defiant gesture

played across Noah’s lips as an idea blossomed in his mind, taking root with surprising

squared his shoulders, smoothed the wrinkles from his collar with deliberate precision, and strode purposefully toward the

door, arms laden with takeout bags emblazoned with the distinctive Nilvana emblem. He’d ventured across town specifically to

favorite stories are

threshold into the foyer,

halted abruptly. “Boss,

in Jack’s hands, his

visit,” he announced with nonchalant ease,

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