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.”

someone who has spent her life directing

eyes were

Too warm.

thinking? Handling things so

her head with

Yell at him, hit him, leave

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Pax tensed.

asked, a flash of irritation crossing his face.

ignored

night, she told me stories.

About Pax’s father.

had built their

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

she mused, her fingers absently running

up

about

She smiled.

her mouth curved

real test.”

warning,

standing

seven when it happened.”

tense, but

“His father.”

in a hotel room.”

Naked.

Lifeless.

everything Pax had

hadn’t expected her to say something like this.

from the way Pax looked pale,

ready to respond.Not the eloquent, charming,

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