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For one full week, Damon kept his promise.That should have made Lyra feel safer.Instead, his silence made her nervous.She had moved to Orchid Hotel. It was smaller than Blackwood’s Palace, but it offered the privacy she needed. Her work with Damon had also been surprisingly peaceful.He still teased her and seemed amused whenever he made her lose her composure, but he never crossed the boundaries they had set.Vito had not appeared.No one had followed her.Most importantly, Damon had not asked about Gail again.For the first time in days, Lyra began to believe she might survive the remaining three weeks without another disaster.Then she arrived at Blackwood Corporation one morning and found Damon’s office empty.His coat was hanging behind the door, so he had already arrived.“Where is Mister Blackwood?” she asked his secretary.“He stepped out a few minutes ago.”Lyra nodded and walked toward the coffee corner.Before she reached it, Damon appeared with two cups in his hands.“G

Something was wrong.Vito knew it the moment Lyra walked away from him.The woman he remembered was gone.Six years ago, Lyra had been trusting and easy to understand. The woman who had just faced him inside Blackwood Corporation was calmer, sharper, and far more dangerous.She had heard him and Ruth that night.Worse, she knew about the inheritance.Vito entered the elevator and pulled out his phone.Ruth answered almost immediately.“What happened?”“I need to see you.”“Now?”“Now.”A brief silence followed.“Is this about Lyra?”“Yes.”“I’ll meet you at your house.”The call ended.Vito slipped the phone into his pocket.Lyra had looked at him as though the man she once planned to marry had become a complete stranger. That bothered him more than he wanted to admit.What disturbed him most was how confidently she had challenged him to reveal the past.She had practically invited him to tell Damon everything.Why?What did she think Damon would do after learning what had happened be

Lyra drew a slow breath.“The night before my wedding, I went to Vito’s apartment,” she said. “That was where I discovered Ruth was already inside.”Damon became still.“Your stepsister?”“Yes.”Lyra tightened her hands in her lap.“I recognized her shoes near the door and the clothes she had worn earlier that day. Then I heard them laughing.”“At you?”She nodded.“Ruth had told Vito everything I said during my dress fitting. They repeated my words and laughed at me for believing I would have a happy marriage.”Damon’s jaw tightened.“What else did you hear?”Lyra looked down.“Vito said the only reason he kept me around was my inheritance.”The silence in the office became heavy.Damon slowly stood and walked toward the window. His anger showed in the tension across his shoulders.“Was that why you canceled the wedding?”“Yes.”“And Vito still doesn’t know exactly how much you heard?”“He does now. I confronted him yesterday.”Damon turned toward her. “Why didn’t you tell anyone six

The moment Lyra stepped out of Damon’s office, she knew her quiet week was over.Ruth stood beside the secretary’s desk, smiling as though nothing had ever happened between them.Lyra had expected this meeting eventually. Still, seeing the woman she once considered a sister brought the past painfully close.Damon had left for a conference that morning, giving Lyra her first free lunch break in days. She had planned to get coffee and enjoy the silence.Instead, she had walked directly into another part of the life she had left behind.“I was hoping to see Lyra,” Ruth told the secretary. “Is she here?”The secretary looked toward Lyra.Ruth followed her gaze, and her face immediately brightened.“There she is!”She hurried forward and wrapped her arms around Lyra.Lyra remained stiff.The hug brought back too many memories.Ruth had once listened to her problems, encouraged her relationship with Vito, and stood beside her during her final wedding dress fitting.Lyra had trusted her comp

The easiest lies were the ones wrapped in concern.That was why Ruth never rushed.She sat with Eric and Claire that evening, calmly telling them about her lunch with Lyra.“She was guarded,” Ruth said. “Being away for six years probably changed her. She didn’t welcome me with open arms, but she didn’t push me away either.”Eric frowned. “You two were inseparable. Do you think something happened between you?”Ruth shook her head.“Nothing like that. She’s simply protecting herself.”She lowered her voice.“Maybe even from me.”Claire glanced at Eric as worry crossed her face.“I hope she’s all right. Lyra may seem distant, but she still cares about you.”“I know she does,” Ruth replied. “People change. Sometimes we need to look deeper to understand what they’re going through.”Eric raised an eyebrow. “You learned all that from one lunch?”“Only a little.”Ruth gave a small laugh.“I’ll need more time. Lyra isn’t easy to read anymore.”Claire reached across the table and squeezed her h