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.

I heard about your injury. Is it

voice wavered, revealing

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playful, now bore a

“Bruce, is there

words lingered in the

not object. You may form alliances, but the

lips curled into a derisive smile. As anticipated, his every

“Bruce?”

alone. You need not intervene. I won’t succumb to such

a moment, his lips pressed in contemplation, before reentering the

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