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Chapter 49: After the Gala
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The argument did not begin loudly.It began with silence.They stood in the upper sitting room of the residence, windows dark with night, city lights scattered like restrained stars beyond the glass. Lillian had finished speaking several minutes earlier. Nathaniel had not interrupted her. That alone told her something was wrong.“You cannot keep deciding for me,” she said again, quieter now. “Protection stops being protection when it removes choice.”Nathaniel remained still. His jacket lay folded on a chair. His sleeves were rolled to his forearms, a habit that appeared only when his control required effort. His gaze was not on her, but on the floor between them, as if the distance itself demanded examination.“
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