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.

as she gestured toward an empty

come sit

her sharp intuition, Melany didn’t need confirmation to guess

appeared with a steaming bowl

it in

family recipe, perfect

momentarily at

implication wasn’t

already

smirk, Elizabeth calmly ladled another bowl and slid

should have

energy

reached for the bowl, but Elizabeth leaned closer, her voice

depend

Proper nourishment is key.”

his abilities,

Elijah said, his smile

found himself repeatedly undermined by his wife

glances, mistaking their charged exchange for tender

each lost in their own

the meal wound down, Melany turned to them with a hopeful

you

shook her

Melany, but I

mouth with his napkin, his tone casual

work to attend to as

is under my direct oversight, and I need

undermining left Elijah craving

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