Quintessa: "Obviously."

A silence fell between them once again.

Quintessa stole a glance at Tyrone. When he was quiet and composed, he really appeared stunningly aloof and profoundly inaccessible.

Tyrone was a man of many facets, each appearing as real as it was illusory.

He'd shown remarkable patience for her sake, and yet, Quintessa couldn't help but wonder-was this affection, or was it all just a means to an end? After experiencing and being schemed against so much, one can't help but instinctively think the worst of everything and everyone.

It was a sad state of affairs, to always expect the worst.

"Do you believe her arrival was just coincidence?" Quintessa asked.

Tyrone: "Hmph."

could it be a

Quintessa, he'd been so fixated

as she was, but such people were, ironically, easier for Tyrone to predict, likely having made moves to investigate after speaking with Quintessa on the phone that morning. Having discovered Quintessa was

by Quintessa. When it came to schemes, the two women were evenly

journey passed in silence until Tyrone dropped Quintessa off at Harmony Retreat. Manny's car was already waiting

the sudden renovation?"

Tyrone. "Ask the

sight of Tyrone,

my things?"

a frosty look and strode into the

here for me," Quintessa told Manny, and followed Tyrone

a mood, ignoring Quintessa as they ascended. The elevator halted on the fifteenth

the door to apartment

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