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Rebecca didn't flinch. She typed the number again.

And again.

And again.

Each time she hit call, her heart pounded harder, her chest tighter. Panic coiled through her like smoke, thick and choking, feeding on

itself.

She couldn't reach him.

Desperate, she grasped for anything-anyone.

Vivienne.

It was instinct. Irrational. But undeniable.

Rebecca had always worn her pride like armor. The poised, untouchable heiress- never the first to apologize, never the one to bow her head.

Even when she was wrong.

But tonight, without a second thought, she dialed the number of the friend she'd coldly cut off years ago-just for the chance to

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get in touch with him.

Vivienne was at a pizza shop when her phone buzzed.

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She glanced at the screen, eyebrows lifting in surprise. Rebecca?

She answered with a cool, neutral tone. "What's up, Rebecca?"

The truth was, they'd never truly been friends.

Their worlds, their values-too different.

Their friendship had been a formality, a product of family politics and shallow convenience.

When it ended, Vivienne hadn't missed her.

Rebecca's voice cracked. "Vivienne... do you have Alistair's number?"

Vivienne's spine straightened. A silent alarm went off in her mind. "No. I don't."

It was true.

Since the divorce, Alistair had vanished from their social circles. Quietly, completely.

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But Rebecca didn't buy it. "Please. I just... I need to talk to him. It's

important. It's about Danny."

to use her

exhaled slowly, rubbing her

would come-when regret finally caught up with

just hadn't expected it

she did have

Pretend the

She doubted it.

Rebecca had never seen Alistair

partner.

her subordinate. Someone to shape, manage,

in the perfect image she'd

taste for self-destruction, there

to that life-to her.

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don't have Alistair's

was clipped,

already drowning in work-and the

Rebecca's relationship

weren't friends anymore.

She owed her nothing.

She had zero interest in

didn't reply. The silence on

hollow.

Vivienne ended the call.

Her next hope? Eva.

had recently run into

They'd even chatted-casually, warmly.

drowning, Eva had often stepped in,

she asked nicely, he wouldn't refuse to

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number.

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number? I totally forgot to

definitely ask!" Eva

left Rebecca

his number-what then?

nature. She tended to act purely on instinct, without thinking too

burned so hot in her chest she found herself scrambling, desperately

unwilling to give up, she

had cut ties with him. But Rebecca didn't take that at face value. Liam was still Alistair's biological father. Blood was blood. People said

perfectly well-Liam had never been much of

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Liam answered and greeted her respectfully,

Whitfield."

Richard-who had been waiting outside

for ages-finally ran out of patience. He

had been up to all this

voice coming from the living room, sharp

do you mean you don't have Alistair's number?

to reach

Richard froze in place.

believe what he was

him. She

earlier-sitting there crying her eyes

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