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The engagement celebration was held at the Blackwood family mansion two evenings later.It was not a large party, but it was important enough to bring both families together. The Blackwoods had invited a few close relatives and business associates, while the Laurents arrived with the quiet pride of a family that believed the marriage would strengthen their position in both social and business circles.Elena arrived later than the others.She had spent most of the afternoon at Laurent Corporation reviewing contracts with the legal department, and she had no intention of allowing the engagement to interfere with the work she had finally begun. When she stepped into the mansion, she carried a small black gift box in one hand and a larger cream-colored box in the other.She had not come because she wanted to see Adrian.She had come because, despite everything that had happened between her and her family, Isabella was still her sister.And Isabella was getting married.Elena paused briefl

Adrian did not sleep that night.He had spent years learning how to control his thoughts, how to separate emotion from business, and how to make decisions without allowing uncertainty to interfere with his judgment. Yet after leaving the conversation with Elena, that discipline had begun to fail him. He had returned to the Blackwood mansion long after everyone else had gone to bed, but instead of going upstairs, he had walked straight into his private study and closed the door behind him.The room was quiet, lit only by the warm lamp on the desk and the faint glow of the city beyond the tall windows. Adrian stood beside the desk for several minutes without moving, his mind returning to the same conversation no matter how many times he tried to push it away. Elena had not lied when she spoke about her husband. He had seen it in the way she had answered him, in the brief change in her expression when he asked where the man was. There had been no performance in her voice, no attempt to g