The next morning, Damian was already downstairs, dressed in a charcoal suit. His jacket was buttoned, his tie perfectly in place, and his phone buzzed relentlessly on the table beside him. He moved with the same precision he always did lately, like a machine that didn’t have time for pauses.I hovered at the bottom of the stairs for a moment, my hand resting on the banister. I was still determined to talk to him no matter how hard he pushes me away. But looking at him now, so distant, so unreachable, the words got stuck in my throat.Without looking up, he reached into his wallet and slid a sleek black card across the polished wood.“Use this for the gown,” he said flatly. “Get whatever you want.”I hesitated, glancing at the card as though it might burn me. “That isn’t necessary.”His eyes lifted to mine, dark and unreadable. “It is. The Andersons will be watching everything. You’ll go prepared.”Prepared. As if this was a battle, not a party. Maybe for him, it was.I pressed my lips
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