Chapter 222

“What?”

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1 nearly shouted, barely managing to keep my voice in check. Shaking my head in disbelief, I exhaled sharply.

“People are insane. They believe whatever they want.”

Grayson’s gaze lingered on me, as if he were analyzing every flicker of emotion on my face. His usually composed expression darkened, his eyes clouding over like a storm rolling in. The calmness he carried just moments ago shifted into something else–something akin to anger.

“Grayson, do you believe that too?” I asked, my voice quieter now.

“No,” he answered immediately, no hesitation in his tone.

“Exactly. So why can’t everyone else understand that?”

Instead, his eyes dropped to my coffee cup, and I followed suit, taking another.sip in silence. The weight of the conversation hung between us, but

firm. “You won’t find peace

gaze, my fingers tracing the rim of my cup. “I know,” I admitted quietly, “but I can’t just abandon my family. If we all

a moment, deep in thought. Then he said, “It would

head snapped up.

not a bad leader–I think he’d figure something out

was my biggest problem, yes, but this was still my home. I had spent twenty years of my life here. The idea of moving

reassure myself than

gave a slight nod. “That makes sense.”

he said, “By

“You… you really did?”

he had already found the

confirmed. “Last night, when I checked on him, I

nearly lost in the darkest corners of my heart,

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