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.

flipped through it before remarking, “Same

hesitated, unsure of how to

felt too embarrassed to press further; doing

the stairs, a hint of

he’d overheard his

Daniel, Alexis urged gently, “Go fetch your sister for dinner,

nodded eagerly, hurrying

in a hearty dinner, even taking

Olivia was dumbstruck.

was fortunate her brother Edwin

with food every time

opted against staying

him,

lately, and I’m concerned about her driving

a cigarette

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