Isabella Dinner had ended, the last bites of dessert savored and cleared from the table, yet Emily still hadn’t stopped with her little displays. Every so often she’d glance at Gabriel, her smile just a fraction too bright, her laughter just a shade too exaggerated, as if the entire room existed solely for her to impress him.I felt my chest tighten—not anger, just the familiar mix of irritation and disbelief. Pregnant, calm, and now trapped with Emily’s theatrics.She leaned slightly forward, lowering her voice so only Gabriel and I could hear. “Oh, by the way,” she said, feigning casualness, “Gabriel left this at the office the other day. I almost forgot to bring it.”From her bag, she produced a small, sleek item—something obviously expensive. She handed it to Gabriel with a deliberate tilt of her head, lingering on his reaction. “You must have forgotten it, you’re always so busy,” she said lightly, her tone dripping with subtle emphasis, like she was pointing out, ever so gently,
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