NyelleVincent slowly turned toward me, and suddenly the entire mansion felt unbearably quiet.For one stupid second, I found myself standing there waiting to see if he would actually say it.Waiting to see if maybe, just maybe, the hesitation on his face meant something.Because he looked conflicted. His jaw was tight, his eyes unreadable, and for the first time since I met him, he actually looked like a man struggling with his own words. And like an idiot… I waited.“What exactly are you waiting for, babes?” Cassia snapped impatiently beside him.The irritation in her voice sliced straight through the silence.Vincent still didn’t speak immediately.“Cassia—”“No,” she cut him off sharply while tightening her grip on the suitcase handle. “If you can’t say it to her face, then I’ll leave right now with my child.”The second she said child, Vincent’s expression changed instantly. Panic flashed briefly across his face. And somehow… that hurt more than everything else tonight.Because t
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