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.”

effortlessly, like someone who has spent

were

Too warm.

thinking?

shook her head with

any way you want, honey. Yell at him, hit him,

Love,

Chapter 167

Pax tensed.

you on, Mom?” he asked, a flash

ignored

told me

About Pax’s father.

they had built their empire from

enduring hardships and dreaming of

to struggle together,” she mused, her fingers absently running

she looked up

about

She smiled.

mouth curved slowly, deliberately.

the real

without warning,

Pax standing still beside me.

seven when it happened.”

could sense he was tense, but

“His father.”

dead in a hotel room.”

Naked.

Lifeless.

their world, shattered everything Pax had grown up to

her to say something like

way Pax looked pale, neither

the arrogant, confident man ready to respond.Not the eloquent, charming, untouchable

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