"Are you sure about that?" Patricia remained somewhat skeptical.

"Of course," Ellar reaffirmed, sensing that Patricia was just speculating, and he doubled down with more certainty.

Patricia eyed Ellar critically.

Despite his convincing tone, she couldn't shake off a lingering sense of doubt.

Seeing Patricia's hesitancy, Ellar quickly changed the subject, "Do you have any other concerns?" "No, that's all," Patricia replied.

"Great, my mom has asked me to invite you over for dinner," Ellar offered.

"If you're free, why don't you come along?" Patricia felt a bit uneasy.

"I'd better not, considering our history..." Although they had clarified their situation to their families, she still felt somewhat guilty toward Emma and was apprehensive about facing her.

"It's okay, my mom knows that our relationship was just a temporary arrangement.

cleared

often," Ellar reassured her, then added, "By

and will

"Alright then." Meeting Doretta would be a good opportunity to discuss the

her acceptance and said, "Let's go, then." In the car with Ellar,

found Doretta already there, engaged in conversation with

real identity had

always knew you were a

was saddened for so long over your supposed wrong path, but thankfully it was all a facade."

"It's alright.

to your duty, and you were the one who was wronged," Emma empathized, acknowledging that Doretta must have felt isolated and misunderstood by everyone at

all, as long as I could complete my mission, everything was worth it," Doretta replied with

invited, "Patricia, come in, have a

I'm

visit anytime, " Emma said with a

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