Chapter 242 Elizabeth forced a confident smirk, her tone sharp.

“You’re not as skilled as you think.

I wasn’t feeling well.”

Elijah let out a dry laugh, his voice laced with sarcasm.

“Your actions last night said otherwise.”

Refusing to back down, Elizabeth shot back, “That was just the drug talking.”

Elijah’s smirk faltered.

His expression turned cold as his mind sifted through the fragments of the previous night.

With his razor-sharp memory and knack for analysis, he was rarely left questioning details.

Yet in this uncharted territory, his confidence wavered, unsure if her words held any truth.

For the first time, doubt clouded his certainty.

Taking advantage of his hesitation, Elizabeth limped toward the bathroom.

As she closed the door behind her, the memory of last night flickered in her mind, stirring a pang of guilt over their argument.

Thirty minutes later, they descended the staircase in strained silence, one following the other.

Shawn sat at the dining table, reading the news, while Melany greeted them with a warm smile.

Freddie was conspicuously absent.

gaze softened as she gestured toward

come sit

Melany didn’t need confirmation to

servant appeared with a steaming bowl of

it in front of

an old family recipe, perfect for restoring

blinked, momentarily at a loss for

implication wasn’t lost

already anticipating a

calmly ladled another bowl and slid it

you should

energy is

the bowl, but Elizabeth leaned closer, her voice a

depend on shortcuts

Proper nourishment is key.”

content with denying his abilities, she’d now gone for

you, love,” Elijah said,

for excelling in everything he attempted, Elijah now found himself repeatedly undermined by his wife in the

mistaking their

silence, each

the meal wound down, Melany turned to them with

don’t you

her head

Melany, but I have work waiting for

at his mouth with his napkin, his tone

work to attend to

direct oversight, and I need to brief

Elijah craving a moment

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