CHAPTER 076 POV FREYA ALAN! It was Dinner time but Dinner felt too quiet. The kind of quiet that wasn’t peaceful but strange like everyone was waiting for someone else to make the first wrong move. The clink of cutlery filled the space between conversations. Damien sat at the head of the table, Kaiden to his right, me to his left, and Alexa directly across from me, her eyes moving between her husband and me like a pendulum. The girls were at a smaller table beside us, their laughter light, untouched by the grown up mess in the air. Damien smiled, pouring wine into my glass again though I’d barely touched the first one. “Freya, try the cabernet. It’s from the year we...” he caught himself, glanced at Kaiden, then smiled faintly. “from a while back.” “I’m fine,” I said quietly, pushing my glass away. “Oh come on, just a sip,” he insisted, voice smooth and coaxing. “It’s rude to refuse the host.” Kaiden’s jaw tightened. “She said no, Damien.” Damien gave a small, moc
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