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.

he continued,

divorcing Joyce. The details are already

on the leash and took a step forward, her intention

stopped suddenly, her sharp gaze locking onto him

you hold some kind of

hitched at her

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Joyce has nothing to do with me. Stop trying to drag me into this mess. I want no part in your drama or your love

to respond, but she cut him off, her

I find

tense as Daniela’s icy words—”I find it revolting”—pierced him like shards of glass. The ache in his chest spread

moment, he just

of man Alexander was; his pride wouldn’t allow him to endure such

her surprise, he

brows furrowed slightly. If he wasn’t going to leave, she would. She had no intention of prolonging the encounter. After all, if Joyce caught wind of this, she would twist the narrative to make it seem as though

wasn’t afraid of Joyce. She simply found it a

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