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Threats and resolve

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Calvin’s POV

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The hotel lounge was dimly lit, slick with the scent of aged brandy and expensive arrogance. Music floated through the marble arches like smoke - just loud enough to hide threats, just soft enough to let them sting.

Reynold sat in the corner booth like he owned it. Legs sprawled, shirt slightly unbuttoned, a quiet smugness resting across his face like it belonged there. People called him “untouchable” in Deva - and maybe he was. After Justin and me, he was the one who made this company gleam on magazine covers and million-dollar billboards.

But right now, all I saw was a man standing too close to her.

I didn’t ask for a drink. I didn’t wait for an invitation. I walked straight to his table and sat across from him.

His eyes flicked up. Cool. Cautious. Slightly amused. “Well, if it isn’t the king himself.”

“You think I don’t know what you’re doing?” I said, voice low.

He lifted his glass to his lips, sipped slowly. “I think you’re scared.”

I leaned forward. “Don’t test
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