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Tug of Hearts

Author: Bless Faru
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-18 20:56:35

Alexander’s eyes found me the moment I stepped back into the main hall.

I had smoothed my dress, dabbed the corner of my eyes, and forced composure into every line of my face—but it didn’t matter. He saw through it. Of course he did.

He was leaning casually against a marble column, his suit tailored like a weapon, his glass of champagne untouched. But the casual stance was a lie. His gaze was sharp, cutting, the kind of look that pinned you in place and demanded answers without a word spoken.

And in that instant, I realized something chilling.

He knew.

Maybe not the details, not the venomous exchange that had passed between Damien and me in the shadows of the gallery corridor. But Alexander knew enough—he saw the tremor in my hands, the fire still flickering in my eyes.

His jaw flexed once. Then he set down his glass and started toward me.

“What did he say to you?”

The words were smooth, quiet, but laced with steel. He stopped just short of me, close enough that his presence pressed a
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