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Chapter 92—The Pretense
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2026-04-04 19:58:08
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Sophie's POVI stared at Tio's text for a long moment before responding."Yes. When were you thinking?"His reply came quickly. "Tonight? I know a place. Quiet, off the beaten path."I thought about Christopher working late at the office again, about Richard Hall's voice asking if we had issues in our marriage, about how little I'd noticed what was happening with my own husband because I'd been too busy at Katherine's."Tonight works. Send me the address."The restaurant he chose was exactly what he'd promised, tucked away in a part of the city I rarely visited, the kind of place that felt intimate without being romantic, dimly lit with good food and enough ambient noise to have a real conversation without being overheard.Tio was already there when I arrived, standing when he saw me, and the smile on his face when I approached made something warm settle in my chest.You look beautiful, he said simply.Thank you, I said, sitting down across from him.We ordered drinks and talked easil
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