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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.

a nail against the glass. “Two years by Pax’s side. You

But i

me–do you even know who he

my head slightly. “And if I do?”

I’d say you’re dumber than

family’s youngest son, their golden boy. The one who had been spoiled,

entire life.

as if she could already see the

in his world.” She leaned forward slightly, voice lowering into something almost gentle. “Be smart about this.

my ground. “Or what?”

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just long enough to be discarded. And trust me,

I said nothing.

really–what was there to

heel, ready

she moved faster.

shot up from her seat and reached for my wrist, her grip delicate but insistent.

thinking. I pulled back. I hadn’t even used much force.

And yet-

against the polished floor, her body tilting–falling.

and glasses down in

restaurant seemed to go

moment, all I could hear was the sharp ring of

a switch had

the sharp, arrogant woman from

welling in her wide, delicate eyes.

she whispered, voice trembling,

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