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Chapter 291

Autor: Kayla Sango
A few hours had passed since my conversation with Tori in the library, and now the family was gathered in the living room, chatting calmly while we waited for lunchtime. Elizabeth had prepared a few light appetizers, and Richard played a soft melody on the piano. That's when Tori walked in with her phone in hand, a slightly annoyed expression on her face.

"Alexandra just texted," she announced. "She's going to be late because of the weather, but she said we can have lunch without her."

I saw the relief flicker across Nate's eyes before he tried to hide it.

"Then let's have lunch," he said immediately, in the tone of someone eager to take advantage of the opportunity to leave before the unwanted guest arrived.

Elizabeth, ever diplomatic, raised an eyebrow.

"Well, maybe we should move our family meal to dinner," she said thoughtfully. "After all, it wouldn't be very polite to exclude Tori's friend, now would it?"

Nate rolled his eyes almost imperceptibly and tried to push bac
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