Lila was chatting with Amelia on the other side.

"So, Morgan Group hasn't fully recovered yet, but things are slowly getting back on track." Amelia mused, then sighed. "Uncle Kieran really is something else."

Lila wasn't entirely sure either. "I think so... I just don't know how long it'll take."

"Don't worry about it. If he was confident enough to turn down an arranged marriage, then he must have a plan. Speaking of which, what do you think about Faith?"

Lila was perplexed. "What do you mean?"

"The whole marriage thing. Do you think she'll actually give up?"

"She's the type who carries herself with a sense of superiority, so she doesn't strike me as someone who would cling desperately. Things have already reached this point—I doubt there'll be any more trouble from her."

Amelia hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you sure you're not being a little too naive?"

Before Lila could respond, she suddenly noticed something. "Wait... where did my ribbon go?" she asked, glancing down at her sleeve, which now looked oddly incomplete.

think it was still there earlier. Maybe it got caught on something when

It wasn't that important anyway." As soon as her words fell, a shadow fell over Lila.

and had a slight buzz. He reached out, cupping

"It's barely 8:30 pm. That's not late at all! Stay

"We have

"What plans?" Amelia asked.

on and rose to her feet. "Right! I'm exhausted.

need him to pick me up! You two go ahead! I'm going to hang out with Landon for

and reached for Kieran's warm hand, intertwining their fingers as they left.

pressed her

you the one who took my

wrist, revealing the sheer pink ribbon wrapped around it. Letting go of her, he slowly unraveled it with his long fingers, the delicate

some reason, watching the soft pink ribbon entwined between his

thoughts. Thoughts that were

until he looped

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