THE HOSTAGE'S DILEMMA
She has probably gotten accustomed to it.
I nod slowly, maintaining an expression of complete surprise, feigning a sudden realization. “Aaron Lombardi?” I repeat, carefully inserting the detail I already possess. “Is he… is he the billionaire? The one who’s engaged to the minister’s daughter?” I ask, my eyebrows raised in fake shock, as if this news is entirely new to me, as if I haven’t done my research and gotten enough details.
Mia’s sad smile returns, a fragile, trembling thing. She nods, a single, definitive movement. “That’s him,” she confirms, her voice laced with profound resignation. “His engagement was announced a month ago. It was… painful to hear.”
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