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Hertha clenched her fist on the table, her smile fading as she fixed her gaze on Angelina.

Angelina said to her with a fake smile, “Do you know why I brought you back here?”

It was last night that Angelina had asked Alaric to fetch his latest fling and bring her home.

Taking a deep breath, Hertha braced herself for what was to come.

Angelina picked up a cup of coffee beside her, took a sip, and set it down before continuing, “It’s to appease his grandfather. The old man’s got a weak heart, and he’s been worried sick about Alaric’s playboy ways.

Angelina had thought Alaric was just having another fling, so she didn’t hesitate to bring Hertha home. But she hadn’t expected that Alaric would really sleep with her.

Feeling like she’d shot herself in the foot, Angelina regretted her decision.

“His grandfather said yesterday that if Alaric truly liked me, he’d pay a fortune to call off the engagement with the Reeds,” Hertha said with a serious look.

out a cynical chuckle to dismiss her

to keep you on the hook. He wants you to willingly stick around

heart hanging by a thread upon

his vitality was sapped by those women, leaving him unable to carry on the Falconer lineage. That’s why he’s keen on finding

another sip of coffee as she was schooling Hertha on the

retorted, “Stop lying to me. How does he know for sure I’d want to

the deal, and keep you around to let you two have the milk. They gave you both tonics-yours designed for women’s vitality, Alaric’s for men’s. Then they served

serious as she laid it all

now she was able to

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punch, sending what little hope

wonder she’d felt unusually hot last night and craved a

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