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Chapter 45

Author: Marvea
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-23 23:21:52
Hannah's POV:

The night air was thick with tension as the echoes of laughter and clinking glasses faded into the distance. After the banquet concluded and we returned to the main house, the house felt eerily quiet, as if it had absorbed the arguments and whispers swirling within its walls. We all gathered in the living room first, a stiff expression etched on their faces. I could practically feel the atmosphere crackling with unspoken words, the aftermath of heated exchanges still so vivid that it danced around us like a ghost.

As we settled back into the familiar chaos of home and were about dispersing to our various rooms, my father was the first to pierce the silence. His voice boomed, slicing through the air like a knife. “What was that you all did in there?” His booming words reverberated through the hall, his usual frown heighted by the tension from earlier. He looked furious, a storm brewing behind his eyes.

Maria, always the eager one to exempt herself with Dad, jumped in.
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