Chapter 1588:

“Of course you can react,” Brook replied, his voice sharp as winter frost. “But we can also ask you to leave. I’m serious, Corrie. If you don’t want to be here, just go. No one’s forcing you to stay.”

Corrie’s face transformed into a battlefield of emotions before she finally managed to wrestle them into submission.

Elyse, feeding off Corrie’s barely-contained rage like a shark scenting blood, felt her own satisfaction rise.

She caught Camille’s eye as the latter studied the wine list, deliberately pointing to the priciest bottles. “Let’s get these.”

Camille’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Four bottles? Are you sure? That’s a lot of wine.”

Elyse waved off the concern with a dismissive laugh that cut through the air. “Oh, please. Four bottles is nothing.”

Camille, realizing Corrie would be the one hemorrhaging money for their expensive taste, saw no reason to object and placed the order with barely concealed glee.

wine arrived

any bottles, but the crown jewels of the restaurant’s

features,

of her own grand proclamation—her insisted generosity—froze

medicine, she swallowed

Corrie’s distress like a fine vintage, poured Elyse’s glass

musical chime, a toast to their small victory as they sipped their

blossomed into

melted into their chairs, wrapped in the warm blanket of

physical weight, each burst of laughter another

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warmth and camaraderie twisted in her gut like a knife, their happiness

last, the pressure

to her feet, her chair scraping against the floor like

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