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Chapter 23

Author: Amanda Moonlight
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-29 14:10:17

Danielle’s POV

A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER

Dinner for some reason, feels like a punishment neither of us deserves.

The long mahogany table stretches between us as the chandelier above us flickers, silence thicker than any argument we’ve ever had. The clink of silver against porcelain echoes too loudly in the empty room as we both crunch on our meal.

Rhett sits at the far end of the table, perfectly still. Eyes glued to his meal. I steal glances his way, watching every movement, the way he cuts his food, the way his fingers tighten around his glass, feels different.

I pick at my food just to do something with my hands. A piece of roasted meat, a sip of wine, none of it tastes like anything.

He doesn’t look up once. Not when the servants refill our cups. Not when I drop my fork, not when the air between us turns sharp enough for one to bleed on.

And then finally, I can’t stand it.

“Is there something you’d like to say to me?” I mutter, “or are you just pretending I don’t exist tonight?”

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