The room felt like a tense boardroom meeting as Xenia walked in, not expecting to find three people waiting for her.

The atmosphere was thick with a strange tension that made her nerves tingle.

"Leanne?" she asked, slightly surprised.

Leanne was perched on the couch, examining Xenia with a calm scrutiny. "Disappointed?" she asked, her voice soft yet piercing.

Xenia was stunned. She had always thought of Leanne as gentle and unthreatening, but the sharpness in her gaze made her feel transparent, and she felt Leanne could see right through her.

"Why would you ask that, Leanne?" Xenia feigned ignorance.

"The room is thick with pretense," Joy couldn't hold back her irritation. "Can we talk straight for once? Or do I need to knock some sense into you?" While Leanne's kindness might have been a facade, Joy's bluntness was undeniably true.

distant snowy peak. His hand rested on Leanne's shoulder,

could such a lofty figure have an interest in someone like

twice before Caleb entered, handing Curtis a stack of documents.

"So predictable," he murmured.

measured calm, while Joy, who was

shock. "You tried to model yourself

photos. Initially, her resemblance to Leanne was slight, but she bore a closer

flushed with

including deposits and the financial details of various acquaintances,

supposed to

of the ladies present, Caleb explained delicately, "It appears she had relationships with these gentlemen, some more fleeting than others. We couldn't compile everything given

"Ah,

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