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he continued, “to step back. If not for her dignity, then for your own. Leave her be. Guard your honour, and hers. That is the way of men.”
Abhiman’s jaw tightened, his pride stung. Yet beneath the sting lay truth, and truth was harder to bear than insult. He lowered his gaze, swirling the wine in his goblet though he had no taste for it.
“You think me careless,” he murmured.
“I think you too entangled,” Ayman corrected softly. “And I would not see you fall because of it.”
Abhiman glanced at him, searching for mockery, but found none. Ayman’s face was calm as stone, his voice without venom. He spoke not as rival nor judge, but as one who had measured the path and warned of the cliff beyond i
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