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Chapter 151

Alicia's POV The law office was on the fourteenth floor. Glass walls. Thick carpets. Everything arranged to make you think lives didn’t crumble here. Elena sat beside me in the waiting room. Her leg bounced. "You sure about this?" I nodded. "I'm sure." A woman appeared at the end of the hall:

Chapter 152

"No. I was just... sitting." “Good. I need to ask you something—and I want you to hear me out before you say no.” I frowned. "Okay." "I want you to come to dinner tonight." A weight settled on my chest. "Dinner?" "At the Valentine Family estate. Seven o'clock." I stood. "Margaret, I—" "Bef

Chapter 153

Alicia's POV The law office was on the fourteenth floor. Glass walls. Thick carpets. Everything arranged to make you think lives didn’t crumble here. Elena sat beside me in the waiting room. Her leg bounced. "You sure about this?" I nodded. "I'm sure." A woman appeared at the end of the hall:

Chapter 154

"No. I was just... sitting." “Good. I need to ask you something—and I want you to hear me out before you say no.” I frowned. "Okay." "I want you to come to dinner tonight." A weight settled on my chest. "Dinner?" "At the Valentine Family estate. Seven o'clock." I stood. "Margaret, I—" "Bef

Chapter 155

Marie crossed the foyer. Opened the door. Alicia stepped inside. Emerald green dress. Hair pulled back. Flawless. My chest seized. She didn't pause. Didn't scan the room. Just walked in like she'd been expected all along. The room shifted. Conversations faltered mid-sentence. Heads turned.

Chapter 156

Alicia's POV It took a while before I realized my hands had stopped shaking. That was the first thing I noticed. Walking through that door, handing Edward the envelope, crossing the room under every pair of eyes—all of that had cost me. But now I was here. Seated. And my hands were steady on t

Chapter 157

Then turned to Caroline. "Tell me about the gallery renovations. I heard the timeline shifted." Caroline launched into an explanation about contractor delays and permit issues. The conversation moved. Lucy stared at her plate. Her jaw working. I took another bite. None of it landed. But I ke

Chapter 158

Edward's POV The front doors closed without spectacle. No slam. No display of force. Just the soft hush of a house sealing itself after performance. The estate exhaled. Somewhere down the corridor, glass chimed faintly. Staff cleared what elegance had left behind. Footsteps skimmed the marble.

Chapter 159

Alicia's POV I stepped inside quietly. The door clicked shut behind me with a sound that felt more like breath than noise. No rush through the hallway. No tight shoulders. No frantic energy. Just the calm of someone who had already crossed her line long before the estate lights disappeared behin

Chapter 160

Edward's POV I woke to silence. Not the kind that comes from rest. The kind that presses into your chest when the world has shifted overnight and your body hasn't caught up yet. The petition sat on the nightstand. I hadn't moved it. I hadn’t moved it since the moment I dropped it on the floor,

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