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BOOK 3 - Chapter 15: The Gallery's Shadow

Author: Sire Bliss
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**Alex POV**

~ Few Days Later ~

The last champagne glass clinked against the marble counter as I watched the final guest disappear through the gallery doors. Success. The word should have tasted sweeter on my tongue, but all I could think about was the way Isabella had looked at Austin during his speech tonight. Like he'd hung the fucking moon.

"Hell of a night." Austin's voice cut through my thoughts. He stood near the controversial centerpiece, the painting Isabella had chosen despite every advisor telling her it was career suicide. The piece that had somehow become the talk of the entire opening.

I turned, loosening my tie. "Yeah. Hell of a night."

My brother looked different in the dim gallery lighting. Softer somehow. His usually perfect hair was mussed from running his hands through it, a habit he'd picked up whenever Isabella was around. When had I started cataloging his tells?

"The Times critic loved it," Austin continued, hands shoved deep in his pockets. "Said Isabella had '
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