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 it

unsure of

to press further; doing so

the stairs, a hint of flush coloring his typically

overheard his parents and was

sight of Daniel, Alexis urged gently, “Go

hurrying to summon

as he indulged in a hearty dinner, even taking on the

Olivia was dumbstruck.

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

time he was pleased, she’d surely be way

opted

urged him, “Give

I’m concerned about her driving late

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

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