A trace of mockery danced in Bruce’s eyes. He had scarcely left the base when the call arrived, leaving him to wonder whether Claudia had been observing his every move.

“Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas requests your presence at the old house,”

Freyja relayed.

Observing the passersby around him, Bruce responded, “Freyja, kindly convey to Grandma that my current engagements are too pressing to allow me a visit.”

On the opposite end, Freyja translated his response to Renata as “Madam, Mr. Thomas expresses his unavailability due to prior commitments.”

“Let me have the phone.”

Claudia, not to be deterred, seized the phone.

about your injury. Is it

voice wavered, revealing

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playful, now bore a weightier

her words measuring, “Bruce, is

words lingered

sole sibling. Cease this discord, and he shall not object. You may form alliances, but the bond of blood surpasses all. No friend can eclipse the

lips curled into a derisive smile. As anticipated, his every move was under Claudia’s

“Bruce?”

intervene. I won’t succumb to such a trifling

Bruce deliberated for a moment, his lips pressed in contemplation, before reentering the

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