William POVThe atmosphere inside the dining room had already shifted before I fully stepped in.Nobody was eating anymore.The shattered glass on the floor remained untouched, the tension around the table heavier than the expensive silence this family liked pretending was normal.And in the middle of it all sat Celyne.Quiet.Pale.Trying too hard to look unaffected.I noticed the way her fingers stayed close to her stomach instinctively, like her body no longer trusted the room around her.Interesting.Very interesting.“How is everyone doing?” I asked calmly as I finally took my seat.Elara recovered first.“Dad,” she forced a smile quickly. “Why are you here?”I raised a brow lightly.“Do I need permission to visit my own family?”“No, daddy,” she answered quickly.“I simply wanted to know how everyone was doing,” I continued.My eyes moved briefly toward Alexander “And I heard Celyne had dinner here tonight.”“Yes, daddy,” Elara replied before anyone else could. “We wanted to kn
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