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Worried

Author: Pelumy
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Chapter Thirty Two— Worried. Lucien’s POV

I sat at the dining table with her.

Her plate was in front of her, mine too. I waited for her, because I always did. But tonight, something was different.

She said she was tired.

Her voice was soft, almost too soft. And when she smiled, it wasn’t the smile I knew. It was a mask. A weak one.

I didn’t argue. I just nodded and told her we would eat together.

But as I watched her, every part of me screamed that something was wrong.

Her hands trembled when she lifted her spoon. She held it too tightly, as if she was afraid of dropping it. Her eyes… she never looked at me. Always down at her food, or away, anywhere but into mine.

I wanted to grab her shoulders and demand she tell me. I wanted to shout, “Alina, I can see you’re lying to me! Tell me what happened!”

But I stopped myself. If she was hiding something, it meant she was scared. And if she was scared, I couldn’t push her. Not yet.

So I pretended to believe her. I forced a smile, I asked abo
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