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Chapter 7

Author: Gem
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Cameron’s POV

We were supposed to have dinner with both our parents.

It should’ve been a simple and straightforward event. A formal agreement with few polite words, and then we’d be on our way.

But with Brandon involved? Nothing was ever that simple.

I hadn’t seen him since our last meeting, when he’d so casually agreed to marry me. No arguments, no tricks—just an easy acceptance that still made my skin itch because that wasn’t Brandon I knew.

He wasn’t the type to just go along with things. He always had some kind of angle, some hidden move he was waiting to play.

That's what I hated the most about him.

So when I walked into the restaurant and saw him already seated at the table, looking perfectly calm and unbothered, my guard immediately went up.

My stepmother, Vivian, was the first to notice me. She smiled, but there was that usual sharpness and distain in her eyes. "Cameron darling, don’t just stand there. Come sit."

I forced a smile and walked over, sliding into the empty seat n
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