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.”
turned to me, effortlessly, like someone who has
were
Too warm.
he thinking? Handling things so badly?”
head with
any way you want, honey. Yell at him, hit him, leave him–it’s up
of Love, Sewn Minutes?
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Pax
side are you on, Mom?” he asked, a flash of irritation crossing his face.
she ignored
night, she told
About Pax’s father.
built their empire from
by side as young men, enduring hardships and dreaming of a future neither of them had been born
easy to struggle together,” she mused, her fingers absently running over the rim of her wine
she looked up
about prosperity?”
She smiled.
mouth curved
the real test.”
warning, she
left Pax standing
seven when it happened.”
was tense, but his
“His father.”
in a
Naked.
Lifeless.
shattered their world, shattered everything Pax had grown up to
expected her to say something
looked pale,
man ready to respond.Not the eloquent, charming, untouchable heir.
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