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CHAPTER 105: The Echo of Absence

ผู้เขียน: Arial Sterling
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SLOAN.

Typically the mansions imposing reverberating halls hummed in a steady rhythm, hushed staff voices the distant clink of china from the kitchen and footsteps on marble. It was a continuous background to my painstakingly planned life a symphony of subdued luxury.

I entered the dinning room.I looked toward Ivy's usual seat, thinking I might see her there along with a discarded napkin or a half-eaten croissant. Nothing. Just a spotlessly organized space waiting. A few minutes had passed since her typical time.

No big deal isnt it? Perhaps she was just primping and running a little late rehearsing the easy elegance she somehow managed to project even while she was most likely fumbling with a stubborn zipper.

I greeted the stoic butler “Good morning.”

“Good morning, Sir ” He said in a low inconspicuous whisper. “Coffee?”

“Please.” I sipped allowing the dark rich liquid to warm me. “Has Ivy come down yet?”

His eyes flitted in my direction after usually being focused on an invisibl
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