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 spent her

were

Too warm.

he thinking? Handling things

her head with

want, honey. Yell at him,

of Love, Sewn Minutes?

Chapter 167

Pax

are you on, Mom?” he asked, a flash

she ignored

she told

About Pax’s father.

built their empire

they had fought side by side as young men, enduring hardships and dreaming of a future neither

absently running over the rim

she looked up at me.

about

She smiled.

mouth curved

real

without warning,

incident left Pax standing still beside me.

was seven when it

could sense he was tense, but

“His father.”

a

Naked.

Lifeless.

shattered everything Pax had

hadn’t expected her to say something like

way Pax looked

ready to respond.Not the

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