The night grew deeper, enveloping the luxurious Blackthorne mansion in a cold silence. The night breeze blew gently, swaying the leaves in the backyard garden. In one dimly lit corner of the garden, Lucien sat alone on an intricately carved wooden chair. The mature man leaned back casually, crossing one leg over the other, while his sturdy fingers held a lit cigarette. Thin smoke drifted upward, slowly dispersing as the night wind swept it away, reflecting his troubled and suffocating thoughts after what had happened at the dinner table earlier.Upstairs, behind the half-open glass balcony door of her room, Isolde stood frozen. Her plump body was wrapped in loose pajamas, her fingers gripping the balcony railing so tightly that her knuckles had turned pale. Her swollen eyes stared straight downward, locking onto Lucien’s figure, which looked so calm amid the darkness of the garden. Longing, anger, and deep pain twisted tightly inside her chest.However, just as Isolde was about to tur
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