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.

a magazine, she casually flipped through

unsure of

press

the stairs, a hint of flush coloring his typically composed

overheard his parents

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

hurrying

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

Olivia was dumbstruck.

help but muse that it was fortunate her brother

with food every time

Leonel opted

Alexis urged him, “Give

down lately, and I’m concerned about

a cigarette when he reconsidered upon hearing that, retracting

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