Chapter 3 "Hey, Greyson. How's Meg, Isabella, and Eli?" The question hung in the air like smoke, deceptively casual but deliberately aimed. Cassie watched him tense, shoulders straightening beneath his navy blazer. A shadow passed over his face before disappearing behind a well-practiced mask of composure. "They're fine," he replied, voice carefully neutral as he studied the menu before him. His eyes flickered up to meet hers, holding for a beat too long before looking away. The waitress—a slender woman with caramel-brown hair in a tight ponytail—hovered nearby, reorganizing condiments at the adjacent table. Cassie hadn't missed how the woman's eyes had narrowed when she'd slid into the booth across from Greyson, or how she'd pointedly ignored their table despite the restaurant being half-empty on this dreary Johannesburg Sunday. The Sandton suburb outside the window looked washed out in the gray afternoon light, the usually vibrant streets of Gauteng's financial hub subdued by the
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