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Chapter Seventeen

Author: Mark T
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-11-08 00:10:42

ENID

They’re talking about us.

I can feel it in the way the head housekeeper gives me a tight smile and says, "Good morning, Mrs. Dorne," like she's walking on glass.

I nod back, pretending not to notice the way two younger maids whisper near the archway.

“…they barely even look at each other.”

“Do you think they sleep in the same bed?”

“No, she has her own wing.”

I keep walking.

I don’t blame them. If I were them, I would talk too.

After breakfast alone, I wander. Not to pry again, just because staying in one place makes my skin crawl.

By afternoon, I end up on the second floor near Cassian’s wing.

I shouldn’t be here. I tell myself I’ll just turn around when I hear it.

A voice.

His voice. So he didn't go to the office after all.

“I know, sweetheart… I’ll be with you soon.”

I freeze.

The door to his private lounge is slightly open. I don’t step closer, but I don’t move away either.

He's on the phone with someone and from the sound of it, he cares about this person.

“I didn’t forget.
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