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Chapter 41

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JULIA

Dinner felt like the longest hour of my life.

The dining hall was quiet, too quiet. The only sound was the faint clinking of silver against porcelain and the soft hum of the chandelier above us. The light fell golden on the table, on the glistening glasses, on the elegant dishes that looked too expensive to touch.

And there were only three of us.

Father sat at the head of the table, his usual composed self—back straight, expression unreadable, barely speaking a word since we began. Beside him, Marcus Lucchesi looked perfectly at home, leaning slightly in his chair, wine glass turning lazily in his hand.

And me, stuck in the middle of them, trying my hardest not to choke on my own breath.

I hadn’t even expected to be here. I thought Father would’ve forgotten his invitation, or maybe Marcus would’ve politely refused. But the universe apparently enjoyed watching me suffer.

Now, I sat across from Marcus, doing everything I could not to look at him.

But it was impossible not to notic
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