Chapter 1054:

By now, Linsey figured there shouldn’t be much difference between how she looked now and four years ago.

Maybe Myla was only trying to fill the silence, not really expressing any deep concern.

A sudden laugh from Jeffery broke the tension between them. “I have to say, you carry yourself with a lot more grace these days. You’re nothing like the woman I remember from four years back.”

The words made Linsey smile, and she retorted with a grin, “Whatever changes you see in me, they’re nothing compared to how much you’ve changed.”

With a sly smile, she turned to Alicia. “If you only knew what a handful he was back then,” said Linsey, her mock seriousness barely hiding her amusement.

Though her words were lighthearted, the teasing stirred something deep in Jeffery, pulling old regrets to the surface. Images from the past flickered in his mind—he remembered falling for Carol’s lies, acting without all the facts, and hurting Linsey more than he cared to admit.

shadow passed over his features as the

silence, his voice quiet but earnest as he said, “Linsey, I owe you

creeping into the air. Gone was Linsey’s easy smile. She offered Jeffery a measured look, her face composed yet distant. She chose to look away, leaving her silence hanging between

to react to the sudden change. In all her time around Jeffery,

himself as the picture of grace and politeness, but Alicia had always detected a faint trace of

sincerely to Linsey seemed almost impossible

curiosity sparked by the obvious history

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figure that the Lawsons had once hurt Linsey in a way that left a

shift. Alicia caught

from her seat. Without saying a word, she reached over and picked up a bottle of wine from the table, like it was the most natural thing in the

at Alicia’s sudden action. Jeffery’s eyes widened as he watched her deftly twist off the bottle cap. Certain she was about to take a drink,

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