Chapter 16

Chapter 16

As soon as she opened her mouth, I knew it.

She had come here with no good intentions.

1 had read enough stories about the rich and powerful, about the weight of old money, and the quiet, measured. elegance of those who wielded it like a weapon.

Though I had never set foot in their world, I had seen how it worked.

Parks‘ mother–she was the kind of woman you didn’t underestimate.

There was no aggression in her voice, no overt hostility in her expression.

And yet, somehow, as soon as she opened her mouth, she commanded the room.

Grace. Poised. Dangerous in a way that only the truly powerful can possess,

I had no idea what she wanted from me.

But I knew one thing.

This was more than just a simple dinner.

-Still, I bowed my head slightly, politely, and greeted her.

“Good evening, Mrs. White.”

I expected her to answer me coldly and cautiously.

Instead-

She beamed.

“This stupid boy,” she said, giving Parks a pointed look that was half reproachful, half teasing. “He told me everything about both of you.”

like someone who has

eyes were

Too warm.

what was he thinking?

head

Yell at him, hit

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Pax tensed.

side are you on, Mom?” he asked, a flash of irritation crossing his

ignored

she told me stories.

About Pax’s father.

they had built their empire from

young men, enduring hardships and dreaming of a future neither of them had been born

her fingers absently running

she looked up at me.

about prosperity?”

She smiled.

her mouth

the real test.”

without warning, she smiled.

standing still

when it

he was tense,

“His father.”

dead in a hotel room.”

Naked.

Lifeless.

everything Pax had grown up

expected her to say something

way Pax looked pale, neither

man ready to respond.Not the

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