Daniel's POVWe sat in silence for a moment after she agreed to one week.I watched her drink her coffee. The composed unhurried way she did it. Like we were two people catching up. Like the conversation we had just had was the kind that happened between reasonable adults who had a small misunderstanding to work through and had worked through it.She was good at that.Making things feel smaller than they were.I looked at her across the table and I thought about why she was really here. Not the version she had offered. Not I want my sister's happiness and I just need to know you won't tell her first. The version underneath that one. The real one."You're not here for Aria," I said.She looked at me."Of course I am," she said."You saw the news," I said. "You read about Cole Enterprises. You came back because of what I've built."She was quiet.Not the comfortable quiet. The specific quiet of a person deciding which version of a response to offer when the accurate version was not the
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