Silence filled the room after Althea’s statement.Then Dominic quietly asked, "Permission from whom?"Althea looked toward the closed bedroom door."The house."Enzo rubbed his forehead, groaning at her answer.“You know what? I’m going to admit now.” He confessed drylyl. “I think I've officially stopped f8cking understanding ever since this begun."She walked to the fireplace."You noticed something today, too.” She informed him, arching an eyebrow. "You just didn't realize it.""What?" Enzo asked expectantly."When we arrived..." She told him as she looked toward Dominic. "The servants didn't look at Matteo for instructions. Their eyes were all on Eduardo, waiting for his words."Sebastian nodded slowly."They did." He agreed."And Eduardo..." Althea continued, “looked at you."Dominic remembered that indeed, the old steward had instinctively deferred to him. It was not because Dominic demanded it. But because decades of tradition compelled him."The house still follows Alessandro's
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