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Chapter 51
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(The Powder Room Showdown)The shift from the warmth of the ballroom to the quiet corridor felt abrupt enough to make Pearl realise how tense she had been throughout the entire evening. She walked quickly, her heels striking the marble floor in a sharp, steady rhythm that echoed along the corridor behind her. She did not look back to see whether Ace was watching. At that moment, she did not want to know.The way he had spoken to her on the dance floor, co
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Chapter 52(The Quiet Exit)The mansion was silent when Pearl arrived. The new security guards at the gate nodded to her, their expressions unreadable behind their visors. The house felt cold, the sterile elegance Ace had implemented making every hallway feel more like a gallery than a home.Pearl didn’t go to her room. She headed straight to Mia’s room.Mia was asleep, her small hand clutching the worn stuffed bear Pearl had given her. The little girl looked peaceful, untouched by the chaos of the night. Pearl sat quietly in the rocking chair, watching the gentle rise and fall of Mia’s chest.This was the only reason she was still here. Not for the silk dresses. Not for the man she had left behind at the gala, who still couldn’t seem to understand his own heart. She was here for this little girl caught in the crossfire of a war she didn’t even comprehend. And sometimes, when she allowed herself to think about it, Pearl still wondered how she had been pulled into their world so swiftl
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Chapter 51(The Powder Room Showdown)The shift from the warmth of the ballroom to the quiet corridor felt abrupt enough to make Pearl realise how tense she had been throughout the entire evening. She walked quickly, her heels striking the marble floor in a sharp, steady rhythm that echoed along the corridor behind her. She did not look back to see whether Ace was watching. At that moment, she did not want to know.The way he had spoken to her on the dance floor, correcting her expression as if she were something requiring adjustment instead of someone who had just been hurt, had burnt away the last of her patience.She pushed open the gold-trimmed doors of the women’s powder room and stepped inside.The room was empty. White marble stretched from floor to ceiling, mirrors reflecting soft light from crystal fixtures overhead, and the faint scent of jasmine lingered in the air. It felt like a quiet pocket removed from the ballroom's perfor
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Chapter 50(The Return of the Cold Boss)For a few fleeting seconds, Pearl believed something between them had shifted.She could still feel the warmth of Ace’s hand at her waist and hear the quiet certainty she thought she had seen in his eyes as they moved together across the floor. The ballroom seemed to fade around them, and she had allowed herself to believe that the distance he normally kept so carefully had finally vanished.Then a sharp metallic sound cut through the music somewhere behind them.“Pearl.”The moment shattered. The scent of lilies returned all at once, thick and overwhelming in the air above them, and the bright light of the spotlight suddenly felt too intense again. Pearl blinked as awareness of the ballroom settled back around her and realised they were still dancing exactly as they had been before.Ace’s arm rested at her waist tightly. Not in a protective way but holding her properly.His posture was upright again, controlled and measured, and the warmth she
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Chapter 49(The Hero’s Waltz)The SUV came to a quiet stop at the edge of the red carpet, and almost immediately the world outside filled with flashing lights and raised voices. Even through the tinted glass, Pearl could see the wall of photographers pressing forward against the velvet barriers while security officers held the line. Behind them, the entrance to the Great Hall rose in warm golden light, grand and imposing enough to make the evening feel less like a charity event and more like a formal declaration of power.Ace did not move right away. He remained seated beside her in the shadowed interior of the vehicle, his hand still resting near the small of her back as though he wanted her to remember he was there. His breathing was steady but heavier than usual.“Remember,” he said quietly, his voice settling into the calm authority he used during boardroom negotiations. “They aren’t just here for the vision or the foundation appreciation. They’re here to see whether the Warren fa
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Chapter 48 (The Woman in the Shadows)The morning of the Warren Foundation Gala arrived with a clinical, high-speed energy that made the mansion feel more like a command centre than a home. Pearl hadn’t seen Ace since the previous evening. He had been sequestered in the west wing with Isabella, submerged in back-to-back meetings with legal teams and crisis managers. Occasionally, she would catch a glimpse of him through a cracked door—his shirt sleeves rolled up, his face tight with a tension that seemed to be radiating from his very bones. He didn’t look toward the nursery. He didn’t look for her.At exactly 2:00 PM, a knock sounded on Pearl’s door. It wasn’t the familiar, playful tap of Diana. It was a synchronised, rhythmic knock—the kind that belonged to professionals. When Pearl opened the door, she was greeted by four women dressed in identical black jumpsuits, led by a man with sharp features and a tape measure draped around his neck like a noose. Behind them, two security gu
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