Chapter 849

Sharon’s expression softened. “All right.”

She turned her head toward Thomas, who stood silently to the side. They had come together-leaving him out now would seem discourteous.

Yet it was Xavier’s birthday, and bringing Thomas along felt… awkward. After all, the two men barely knew each

other.

As she hesitated, Xavier’s voice cut through the quiet.

“Thomas, I’ll be having dinner with Sharon. Why don’t you leave the task of seeing her home to me tonight?”

It was a dismissal, clear and firm.

Thomas’s tone betrayed no emotion. “Then let me wish you a happy birthday.”

Xavier twirled the keychain between his fingers with a careless smile.

“I’ll take your good wishes. But getting a gift that Sharon made herself for my birthday—now that’s a real

pleasure.” 1

keychain in Xavier’s hand, Thomas’s fingers clenched ever so

on


faintly. “Come,

a brief farewell before

he stood, watching their figures recede into the

Johanna sensed a heaviness in him, a

I still haven’t properly thanked you

could finish, he

me. I

I don’t remember that moment clearly. What if it

misidentified you,” he said calmly. “It has nothing to do with

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her features-until his tone shifted,

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matching earring doesn’t prove

cautious.”

faltered. “That’s

a masterful violinist. She played First Love with such brilliance it

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