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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

I never expected Nina to come looking for me.

The restaurant was crowded that evening, the warm glow of the overhead lights casting soft reflections on the polished wooden tables. I barely looked at her when I set down the dish, just another customer in the endless stream of faces I served every day.

“Enjoy your meal.” I said, the words automatic, practiced.

But then–she spoke.

“You’re Cecilia?”

The way she said my name sent a slow chill through me.

I turned my head, finally meeting her gaze.

She was watching me, appraising me like I was something cheap on a store shelf, something barely worth a glance, let alone her attention. Her perfectly manicured fingers toyed with the stem of her wine glass, a smirk playing at the

corner of her lips.

Then, she let out a soft laugh–sharp, disdainful.

“Do you even have more than a hundred dollars on you right now?” Her voice dripped with mockery. “Where the hell did you crawl out from, huh?”

I didn’t react.

I just looked at her, my expression giving nothing away.

“Two years by Pax’s side. You must be good at playing

But i

me–do you even know who he really is?”

head slightly. “And if I do?”

say you’re

son, their golden boy. The one who had been spoiled, adored, shielded from the real world his

entire life.

could already see the cracks forming beneath my

forward slightly, voice lowering into something almost gentle. “Be smart about this. Pack your things

ground.

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Chapter 4

her eyes. “Or you’ll stick around just long enough to be discarded. And trust me, that won’t

I said nothing.

was there to say?

turned on my heel,

she moved faster.

and reached for my wrist, her grip delicate

I pulled back. I

And yet-

the polished floor, her

tablecloth went with her, dragging plates and glasses down

entire restaurant seemed to

hear was the sharp ring

a switch had flipped–Nina

sharp, arrogant woman from seconds

welling in her

whispered, voice

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