Andrea's PovEvery time I saw Elias, the words I had practiced for days seemed to dissolve in my throat. I needed to tell him about Halter—about the embezzlement, the Scott Enterprise connection, and the threat on his life. But since he and Mara had returned to the mansion yesterday, I couldn't find a single moment where he wasn't shielded by her presence. I had tried to approach him, but seeing them together, the way he looked at her with a softness he never showed me made a cold knot of jealousy tighten in my chest. Even Mother was making things difficult. She had caught me roaming near Elias’s room and dragged me into a corner, her eyes flashing with a warning."What are you doing, Andrea?" she had hissed. "I told you to stay away from him. Don't go spilling our secrets to a man who would throw us on the street the second he knows the truth.""I wasn't... I just needed to ask him about something," I had stammered, my heart racing." The Andrea I know doesn't as Elias something,” S
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