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Chapter 19

Laugh remained frozen, his hand rising slowly to touch his reddening cheek, stunned duele written across his unshaven face.

“You’re… real?” he whispered, staring at her as if she might evaporate

Ariana had reached her absolute limit with this absurd day. She laughed a sharp, brittle sound utterly

devoid of humor.

“Real? Sure. Apparently I’m trapped in a real–life horror movie where my supposed death wasn’t enough to get you out of my life.”

Without deigning to look at him again, she pivoted sharply toward the staircase.

“Ariana, wait–please!”

Luigi lunged after her, alcohol and desperation making his movements clumsy. As he grabbed for her wrist, the combination of his unsteady state and her quick evasion created disaster–her foot slipped on the polished marble step.

“Look out!”

Despite his impaired reflexes, Luigi managed to pull her against him as they fell, positioning his body to take the impact.

Their bodies hit the marble stairs with a sickening thud that echoed through the foyer.

Cushioned by Luigi’s intervention, Ariana escaped with minor disorientation. Luigi, however, wasn’t as fortunate–a crimson stain began spreading across the white marble beneath his head.

“Sir!” Davis’s horrified voice cut through the sudden stunned silence.

activated. Within fifteen minutes, both were being loaded into separate ambulances.

still hospitalized, Ariana decided it was finally time to execute

headed confidently for the main entrance, only to find her path. blocked by two female security staff in business attire.

into glacial

women exchanged uncomfortable glances. “Ms. Collins, we have strict

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without

laugh escap felony choice.”

you seriously trying to hold me prisoner? In 2025? That’s a

she attempted to push past them toward the massive

clearly unwilling woman, the security team hesitated to use force, instead trailing after her with increasing desperation.

Collins, please reconsider–Mr. Maggiore was very explicit=”

only accelerated Ariana’s determined stride toward

within reach, a black sedan with tinted windows glided to a stop directly in her path. The rear door

with an unsettling combination of relief and possession.

she snapped, actual revulsion contorting her features. “It makes my skin

with Luigi. She’d recognized the reality that neither she nor

or influence.

did encounter. each other, nothing that might

was how her careful restraint would be misinterpreted. Her silence read as invitation. Her avoidance as challenge. Her

her performances, sending messages she systematically ignored. When blocked, he’d found new channels, seemingly content that

the pretense of boundaries–attempting to literally imprison her

lost your fucking mind?” she demanded, years of suppressed fury finally breaking through.

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