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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.

the glass. “Two years by Pax’s side.

But i

know who he really

tilted my head slightly. “And if I do?”

say you’re dumber than you

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

entire life.

gaze flickered with amusement, as if she could already

don’t belong in his world.” She leaned forward slightly, voice lowering into something almost gentle. “Be smart

held my ground.

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reach her eyes. “Or you’ll stick around just long enough to be discarded. And

I said nothing.

there to say?

I turned on my heel, ready to walk

moved faster.

up from her seat and reached for

I pulled back. I hadn’t even used

And yet-

staggered, heels slipping against the

plates and glasses down in a cascading crash of shattering porcelain.

entire restaurant seemed to

I could hear was the sharp ring of broken

switch had

sharp, arrogant woman from seconds ago.

expression crumpled, tears welling in her wide, delicate

voice

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