Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Aldor, feeling a mix of sadness and understanding for Sylvia, had his suspicions about why Cordelia insisted on their dinner attendance.

He deduced that his earlier rejection of Cordelia's marriage proposal might have prompted her to arrange this impromptu " blind date" with Aurora.

Cordelia had been vague, mentioning only that their presence would make the dinner more joyful.

Sylvia, visibly worried about Aldor's job security, masked her discomfort with a forced smile.

This deepened Aldor's sadness, and he couldn't help but cast a colder gaze toward Aurora.

Aurora shivered slightly, sensing the tension.

She realized that her past arrogance might have led Aldor to believe she was deliberately trying to embarrass Sylvia.

But that wasn't her intention.

Apologizing wasn't Aurora's strong suit.

She nervously offered Sylvia some buffalo wings, her voice wavering, "Mrs.

Hart, I...

your gray hair might be

lots of gray hair too, and

sneezed at that very

as bad as Aldor made her seem.' As Sylvia was about to express

doesn't like it, just throw it away! The room filled with an

confronted Aldor, "How would you know what I like? You're hardly ever around." Sylvia's primary

would

Aldor remained silent.

advised, "Sylvia, don't eat it

says things without

as a

her." Then, addressing

be more considerate next time." Sylvia quickly

gaze prompted Aurora to say, "I'm sorry,

observed

were uncharacteristically

she apologized without causing a

watched her closely, and

feeling uneasy, was about to reciprocate the