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Lucius’s actions surprised Violet. She cried out in alarm, “What are you doing?”

Silent and determined, he grasped her firmly. “What are you trying to do?”

Ignoring her pleas, Lucius marched forward with long steps, straight for a special passage. He was seemingly indifferent to her protests.

Fear engulfed Violet as she struggled to understand his motives.

The special passage was brightly lit and harshly illuminated his face, revealing his icy demeanor. Trying to break free, she stopped when he violently shattered a lamp on the wall.

She finally quieted down, panted, and scowled at him.

Fresh blood dripped from his fingertips, falling to the floor drop–by–drop. His face was dark and brooding, but he showed no signs of pain, as if his hand had become severed from his nerves.

Lucius then released her, his voice heavy with emotion. “Do I mean nothing to you?”

Confused and unsure of how to respond. She was overcome with sympathy as she stared blankly

at his wounded hand.

He pressed for an answer, “Speak!”

Hesitantly, she asked, “What do you expect me to say?”

“Define what I represent in your life!”

What did Lucius mean to her? Agatha had already taken up residence in his heart. What would he

do if she declared her feelings or love for him? Surely, he would mock her.

“In reality, we don’t have any relationships, do we?” she responded cautiously,

was laced

a cold smirk crossing his face, and

and rooted to the spot, until he disappeared from sight. She felt uneasy as she glanced at the puddle of blood on the

office to pack her belongings and went home because she was

the door, she recalled her forgotten promise to join him for

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upset, she reasoned. He was a proud

such a huge gap between them?

in the sky in Violet’s

from George that night

Violet, can you come

“What’s happened?”

refuses to be bandaged. Please,

request jolted her awake. It had been hours

been open all this time?”

poor. He could bleed out

bed and dashed out the door, forgetting to change her clothing in

on?” Naomi asked after being awakened by the

assured her, though she was already rushing out

immediately felt the chill against her thinly–clad body, but there was no time to dwell on it. She

had just stopped before her, driven

driver.

you,” he explained, offering her

voice confirmed the arrangement, expressing gratitude for

opulent hotel in the city. There, she was ushered into a penthouse, where George and Lucius awaited.

expressed relief. “Ms. Violet,

the room where Lucius was.

wine in one hand, his other hand was

it and dropped to

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