POV: Nikolai'Rain, rain, go away... Come again another day. Little children want to play... rai, rain fo away.'It was loud, it was chaotic, and it was the perfect cover for everything Camille and her father weren't supposed to hear happening upstairs.I sat at the head of the table, leaning back with a look of practiced, expensive boredom. My father’s formal dining room always felt like a museum—cold, stiff, and smelling of beeswax and old money. I hated it. I hated the way the candlelight flickered against the heavy silverware, and I especially hated the way Camille was looking at me from across the table. She was wearing a dress that probably cost more than a mid-sized sedan, something silky and champagne-colored that clung to her in all the right places. Usually, I’d at least pretend to appreciate the view, but tonight, every time she blinked those perfectly lashed eyes at me, I felt a twitch of genuine irritation under my skin."Nikolai, darling, you haven't said a word about t
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