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Chapter 92: The Day the Empire Shook

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It was a Tuesday morning, just about four days after Isabella's weird departure.

Damien was standing tall in his charcoal suit, gazing into his reflection with Isla in front of him.

She was helping him adjust his tie with quiet concentration.

“There,” she murmured, brushing an imaginary crease on his collar. “Perfect.”

The silence between them was comfortable as usual.

But just as Isla stepped aside to pick up his comb, the quietness was suddenly interrupted by the persistent sound of Damien’s ringing phone.

The sound was coming from the side table by the window.

Damien turned slightly with his brows pinched together.

“Don’t worry, I’ll check it.”

He murmured before Isla could try helping him get it.

And in a few seconds he went over there to pick it up, eyes scanning the screen.

The caller ID was showing Alexander.

His brow immediately furrowed.

“Alexander?”

“That was rare,”

He couldn't remember the last time his stepbrother had called him directly.

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I get that he’s grieving but Isla doesn’t deserve to be brushed off like that
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