[Forbidden Desire Deepens]"You didn't just love him… You tried to run away with him." The gala dragged on like a nightmare, champagne flowing as easily as lies. Guests toasted mergers and fortunes, their smiles sharp as knives, unaware of the storm raging beneath the Yang veneer. I moved through the ballroom like a ghost in emerald silk, greeting investors with practiced poise, but my mind was elsewhere—on Adrian's cryptic warnings, on the locket's hidden photograph, on the flood that threatened to drown us all. Julian hovered nearby, a sentinel in his tailored suit, his hand occasionally grazing my elbow, reminding me of his claim. "Maris," he'd murmur, voice low and possessive, "stay close. The wolves circle." I nodded, forcing a smile, but inside, I burned. Curiosity gnawed at me&m
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