Chapter 496

Their eyes met, and for a moment, it felt like Allison and Yanis were worlds apart even though they were standing right

there.

Allison ignored Yanis and turned her face away. But he gently turned it back, forcing their eyes to meet.

“Tell me, have you been seeing Xayvion again?” he asked, his voice soft but insistent.

Allison squinted. “Don’t blame everything on Xayvion. Our problems have nothing to do with him.”

“Then what do they have to do with?” he demanded, his anger cutting through the silence.

Allison looked at Yanis without saying a word, her eyes piercing and quiet.

He squeezed her wrist a little tighter. “Allison,” he said, his voice strained.

to see you right now, okay?” Allison’s voice broke on the last sentence.

tension around Yanis was palpable, and for the first time, Stephanie saw just how

protector. She couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to change things between them.

as they were about to clash, Stephanie stepped in. “Yanis, Allison’s just hurt and not thinking straight. Can you give her

and Stephanie worried he might say or do something he’d regret. But the word “hurt” seemed to bring

go. Seeing this, Stephanie breathed a sigh of relief. She stepped forward and said, “Let

the first time Stephanie had seen Allison push back against Yanis like this. Even when she’d talked about resisting the

to an earlier time when she’d sensed a rift

but

nervous medical assistant. “Get her

neither the director nor the medical

that he was gone, the director quickly said, “Get Ms.

they had to be careful. Even if the rest of the Lewises didn’t like Allison, they knew

hospital with them, and they had left

Stephanie and Allison in the war. She took Allison’s hand and asked softly, “What happened between you and Yanis?” They’d been fine before,

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