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Scarlett's POVI didn't know how I did it, but I found myself standing in front of the restaurant Leon and I used to frequent during our college days. My eyes welled with tears as memories rushed through me, so many happy moments, so many promises whispered over cheap meals and stolen kisses. I had never imagined those memories would become all I had left of him.My hands turned clammy as the reality of seeing Leon again settled deep inside my chest. For a moment, I considered turning back, even after rushing all the way there.“What are you doing, Scarlett?” I mumbled nervously as I stepped inside the restaurant.Without asking the waiter anything, I walked toward the old seats beside the window. It had always been our usual spot because it gave us a perfect view of the street outside, and somehow, I knew Leon would sit there if he still remembered us the way I did.My steps halted the moment I saw that familiar honey-colored hair. My heart leaped wildly with excitement as I moved cl

Xavier's POVMy eyes darkened with anger as I looked at the scene of Scarlett hugging a man so tightly, and it made me grit my teeth in fury. I had followed her from my place after seeing how agitated she looked because I was worried, but this...She had told me she had somewhere important to be, so this was the place that was so important that she couldn't wait to get here? I had thought that being with my father alone for days had changed something between us, but so this was it?“Scarlett Deluca, you...” I breathed out angrily, gripping the steering wheel so tightly that my knuckles turned white as I stared at the two of them while they talked.Even though the tension between them was tender and full of love, something that had never existed between us, I could still tell that they were awkward around each other. It was as if they were meeting again after a very long time, and seeing how overjoyed Scarlett looked made me burn with rage.I didn't know why, but it infuriated me that

Scarlett's POV“Run away with me.”I could still hear Leon's words ringing in my ears even after I got home. I couldn't believe that I could still be so shaken by the words of a man I hadn't seen in years. But maybe that was what happened when the man was someone you had once loved with everything you had.I was deeply moved by him. For a moment, I had truly thought that I could run away with him. But that was nothing more than wishful thinking, because the moment I stepped out of that restaurant, trapped in the ghosts of our memories, reality hit me hard.I couldn't do that. There was too much at stake. Even Leon wouldn't be able to protect us. Romano was capable of destroying both of us without mercy, so how could I drag Leon into the same darkness I was drowning in?“But it was really nice to see him again,” I breathed softly as I curled up on the bed, reminiscing about our moments together at the restaurant.Then a knock sounded on the door.“Madam, Chairman is back, and he wants

Scarlett's POVI waited for Xavier to say something, but it felt like he had no intention of speaking further, as though what he had said earlier was enough to reel me in.But what did he mean by saying I had been on edge lately?“Are you really not going to talk?” I asked, my voice rising, and he shot me a knowing look. That was when I finally realized what he meant.I hadn’t been acting like myself, and Xavier had clearly noticed the cracks in my composure. But I had been fine this morning, so what could have changed? I wondered, and the only answer I could come up with was my meeting with Leon.I must have been overwhelmed with emotions after seeing the man I had once loved. Knowing that the man I married had made Leon’s life hell only made it harder for me to keep my calm. But Xavier hadn’t done anything wrong.“I’m so sorry—” I started, but Xavier cut me off as he pulled me into a hug, gently patting my back.“It’s fine. It’s alright to feel like this once in a while,” he whisper

Seraphina's POV“That bitch!”I screamed the moment I got back to the room I was staying in at the Sinclair mansion. My breathing turned erratic as my mind replayed my encounter with Scarlett in the hallway over and over again.I could have sworn she had just come out of Xavier’s room.I had spent so long trying to deny my suspicions about the two of them, but what I saw tonight finally made all the scattered pieces connect together in my head.They were far too close.Xavier didn’t seem like the kind of man who would care about his father’s much younger wife, yet he was strangely attentive toward Scarlett in ways he wasn’t with anyone else in the family. I had noticed it long ago.At first, I tried to ignore it, convincing myself that maybe it was all in my head and merely fueled by my hatred for Scarlett.“But I was wrong all along…there’s definitely something going on between those two,” I whispered, roughly rubbing my temples as I tried to piece together the nature of their relati