Knowing Miss Pierre’s penchant for basking in the limelight, he realized that even as Mr. Fredrick’s fiancée, she wouldn’t pass up opportunities to stay in the public eye.

Why not immerse her in engagements, ensuring she remained too preoccupied to visit Holden’s residence?

Confident in this approach, Shawn quickly set his plan into motion.

Some hours later, Ariana began to stir.

The room’s brightness momentarily blinded her as she blinked awake.

She squinted, trying to adjust to the light, making out the silhouette of a suited man beside her.

earlier vision flashed through

strained her eyes to identify the

“Miss Edwards.”

Shawn. The fleeting hope she’d felt deflated instantly, replaced by

you require anything, just let me know,” Shawn remarked, setting a glass of

with a raspy “Thank you,” but her thirst

mere illusion? She questioned her sanity, haunted

on Ariana’s

looked down to find

smile, Ariana gently stroked her

her distress,

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