After a pause, she finished her tea and set the cup down.

“You’ve already decided.

Why bother asking me?”

Leonel toyed with the cup.

“I simply don’t want to let Daniel down.

Alexis offered a faint smile in agreement, their intimacy evident.

As the servants entered the dining room to serve, occasional smiles passed between them.

Leonel cleared his throat, inquiring, “How’s your relationship with that young man?”

Alexis sidestepped the question, neither confirming nor denying anything.

magazine, she casually flipped through

of

too embarrassed to press further; doing so

stood on the stairs, a hint

his parents and was secretly

Alexis urged gently, “Go fetch your

hurrying

joy overflowed as he indulged in a hearty dinner, even taking

Olivia was dumbstruck.

help but muse that it was fortunate her brother Edwin didn’t

food every time he was pleased, she’d surely be

dinner, Leonel opted against staying the

departing, Alexis urged him, “Give Olivia a

been rather down lately, and I’m concerned about her driving

on the verge of lighting a cigarette when he reconsidered upon hearing that,

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