Ella’s knuckles whitened around her phone, a faint glimmer of translucent light on her skin.She turned and left, briefing the organizer briefly before driving off.Behind the wheel, her blood burned with anger, but she forced herself to calm down and focus on the road.She knew most of Christine’s words were meant to provoke, to inflate a fleeting sense of superiority with sarcasm and exaggeration.But some truths were undeniable.She had never truly known Tiesto, nor his family. She had never visited the Sterling mansion or met his parents. She didn’t even know his real identity.Indeed, as Christine said, if one day he decided to leave, he could do so at will, and she wouldn’t even know where to find him.A cold shiver ran down Ella’s spine.“Close yet distant,” she thought. Even with all Tiesto’s efforts and gifts in their marriage, compared to his true wealth, everything felt almost like a c
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