The hum of the gala drifted faintly from the grand hall, laughter, the clink of crystal, a piano’s distant notes. But here, in this shadowed corridor lined with portraits of long-dead tycoons, the world had narrowed to two people.Rowan’s hand pressed against the wall just inches from her head, barring her path. His eyes burned into hers, sharp, unrelenting, as though if he stared hard enough, she would be forced to unravel herself for him.“Who the hell are you really?” he demanded, his voice low, dangerous, yet laced with something he didn’t understand—something he had never let himself feel around her.Marcelline tilted her head slightly, lashes lowering in practiced serenity. Her lips curved, not into the docile smile he was used to, but into something sharper. Colder. The kind of smile that told him she no longer owed him answers.“You’ll find out soon enough,” she murmured.The words slid between them like silk, soft yet searing.Rowan’s jaw tightened. For years, she had been th
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