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Chapter 18: STRANGERS

Penulis: Daintyswot
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Evening descended over the Moretti estate like a velvet curtain, thick with unease. Every light in the main hall had been dimmed to a softer hue, every piece of silver polished until it gleamed like captured moonlight.

The dining room glowed with the kind of warmth that came from wealth , chandeliers hung low like golden constellations, casting soft ripples of light on the polished mahogany table. Silverware gleamed under the candles, and the faint scent of jasmine trailed through the air. Yet beneath the elegance, there was tension , sharp, invisible, and growing heavier by the minute.

Jeremi sat at the head of the long table, his demeanor calm but watchful. He had received Jeremiah’s invitation only a few hours earlier

Dinner with your wife tonight, at your residence. Let’s call it… a reunion.

The message had read. The tone had been oddly casual, too casual, and Jeremi had immediately sensed the undercurrent of provocation.

Abram had not liked it.

“You can’t tell what he’s after,
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