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Chapter Seventy Seven

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The bread sat untouched between them. Chloe’s hands kept fidgeting with the napkin, twisting it tighter and tighter as though she could squeeze her panic into threads. The low hum of the restaurant pressed in from every corner—the quiet clink of glasses, the soft murmur of conversations, the occasional burst of laughter. But at this table, silence ruled.

Leo didn’t break it. He let it stretch, long and suffocating, his gaze steady on Chloe as if peeling her apart layer by layer. He wasn’t in a hurry. He knew the pressure of his eyes, the weight of his stillness, would do more than words ever could.

Chloe finally spoke, her voice so thin it almost disappeared under the music floating from the piano in the corner.

“I… I didn’t mean to see it. I didn’t mean to hear anything. I was only doing my job.”

Leo didn’t respond. He simply shifted the glass of wine between his fingers, swirling the liquid slowly, his reflection breaking and reforming with every movement.

Chloe’s throat bobbed as s
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