Chapter 168 Scarlett I watched it all unfold with a calm that masked every flicker of satisfaction burning inside me. Damian was mine, completely wrapped up in his obsession, and I couldn’t help but admire how well I had orchestrated this. Every hesitation he’d had, every doubt lingering in his mind, I had carefully dismantled, piece by piece. By the time he finally looked at me with that mix of trust and anticipation, his skepticism completely cleared, I could almost hear the whisper of victory in my mind. He believed in me, or at least in the illusion I had crafted, and that was enough. Of course, Sasha was there too. Oh, how she tried. I could feel her energy—fierce, frantic, desperate—as she did everything in her power to spoil the plan. She paced, fumed, and flung pointed looks my way, hoping one glance, one word, could undo the careful groundwork I’d laid. But she was always two steps behind. Two steps too slow. She could roar and resist all she wanted, but Damian’s eyes wer
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