I hadn’t expected Knight to ask so directly, and for a moment, I found myself at a loss for words. “Don’t misunderstand,” he said lightly, his tone giving away very little emotion. “I don’t care where you choose to go. My time is valuable, that’s all. I didn’t go through the trouble of bringing you back here just to watch you walk straight back into that man’s hands and let him humiliate you again and again.” His voice was calm, almost indifferent, yet it cut like a dull blade, tearing apart the fragile, temporary peace and forcing me to face, with painful clarity, just how humiliating my situation truly was. I could hear it in his tone—an expected understanding, and beneath it, the faintest trace of disappointment. As if he found it a pity th
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