THE EMPIRE SHE BUILT
Three years ago, when Alexander’s business had just begun to rise, she had quietly used her connections to secure that car for him, one of only a hundred in existence.
She still remembered the way his face lit up back then, the way his fingers traced the surface, almost disbelieving.
And how he smiled. “It suits me,” he had said, a little proud, a little shy.
Back then… he thought he had earned it himself. Aurelia never told him the truth; that memory flickered and faded. Now, the same car sat here.
At the Stellar Grand Hotel.
Something in her chest tightened, not sharp, not sudden… just a slow, creeping discomfort. She parked her motorcycle to the side.
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