Chapter 464


Chapter 464:

Alexander knew he shouldn’t approach her. He’d told himself that before the last time he’d seen her at the dinner party. But, just like then, restraint slipped through his fingers.

“Daniela.”

The smile on Daniela’s lips gradually faded. She gently placed the dog on the ground, her grip on the leash steady, her face unreadable.

“Mr. Bennett.” Her tone was formal, distant—like a stranger addressing someone they barely knew.

Alexander’s chest tightened with a sharp ache.

“Do you really need to be so cold? You used to call me Alexander.” But Daniela’s eyes drifted to the dog instead, her attention shifting away as if his words hadn’t even reached her.

by now,” he continued, his voice softer,

details

the leash and

suddenly, her sharp gaze

do you hold some

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trying to drag me into this

respond, but she cut him off, her tone

I find it

icy words—”I find it revolting”—pierced him like shards of glass. The ache

moment, he just

kind of man Alexander was;

her

intention of prolonging the encounter. After all, if Joyce caught wind of this, she would twist the narrative to make it seem

a waste

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