Lilith’s POVTheo closed the door behind him with a smooth, practiced smile, the kind he wore in board meetings when pretending everything was fine. The same smile he used on me for years. The same one I no longer fell for.“Lilith,” he said, voice warm, almost cheerful. “You could have told me you were coming. I would have prepared something.”“I did not see the need for you to prepare anything,” I replied coolly, stepping inside.His office looked exactly the same polished floors, expensive furniture, a massive window that screamed power. Selene walked in not long after obviously wearing a fake smile. She hovered near the corner, too eager, too bright, like a kitten desperate to be seen. She placed a tray with two coffees on the table.I didn’t touch mine.Theo noticed, but he kept smiling.That irritated me more than anything. The friendliness, the calm demeanor, the pretense that we were neutral. Or worse cordial.He moved to sit across from me, legs relaxed, body language open. “
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