“Where were you all this time, and how did you hear of it?” Richard’s voice was iron.For the briefest second, her mask slipped. Confusion flashed in her eyes, her lips parting like she’d lost the script. A thin crack in her poise. Then, almost too quickly, she straightened, let her chin lift, and pushed her voice louder, steadier, as though indignation could drown the nerves clawing at her throat.“Oh my God, Richard, that poor baby,” she breathed, hands clasped as if she’d just heard the worst. The wobble was gone, replaced by a polished concern that rang just a little too loud, too perfectly staged. “I just heard. Where were you? I was at the charity luncheon—honestly, I had no idea until Lily rang. How terrifying.”Richard’s jaw tightened. He’d wanted to tear into her there and then, but something in her posture — the practiced hurt, the small tremble of a hand at her throat — softened his edge just enough to keep him from snapping.“Lily called you?” he asked, steady but cold. “A
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