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Chapter 357
The study was quieter than the rest of the mansion.No music. No guests. No celebration leaking in through the walls.Just shelves, documents, and the controlled silence of a man who liked order more than noise.Edmund looked up from his desk when Donald entered.For a moment, neither of them spoke.Edmund finally gestured to the chair opposite him.“You look like a man who has heard something unpleasant,” he said calmly.Donald didn’t sit.“I’ve heard enough to stop trusting assumptions,” he replied.That answer made Edmund’s expression shift slightly—less relaxed now, more attentive.“Assumptions?” Edmund repeated.Donald stepped closer to the desk.“I received a call,” he said. “From someone involved in the chain of evidence used against Ivy.”A pause.“And indirectly, against my judgment.”Edmund leaned back slowly.“I see.”Donald studied him.“You already know what I’m referring to.”Edmund didn’t deny it immediately.That alone confirmed too much.Finally, Edmund spoke.“I susp
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Donald remained on the balcony long after Ivy’s footsteps faded back into the mansion.The night air was cooler now. The distant sounds from the celebration below had softened into background noise, as if the world was politely continuing without demanding his attention.But his mind was no longer in the present.It was moving backward.Every conversation he had dismissed.Every emotion he had assumed was obvious.Every decision he had made quickly because he thought the facts were already clear.Now none of it felt stable.Not even his certainty about Evelyn.A notification vibrated on his phone.He didn’t answer immediately.He just looked at it.Unknown number.He finally picked it up.“Hello?”A pause.Then a voice he didn’t recognize.Male.Calm.Measured.“You don’t know me,” the voice said.“But I think you should know something before you make any final conclusions.”Donald’s eyes narrowed slightly.“Who is this?”The man ignored the question.“I was the photographer.”That se
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The silence inside the lounge didn’t lift even after Donald left.It settled deeper instead, like something heavy had been poured into the room and left to spread.Evelyn was the first to move.She adjusted her grip on the baby almost mechanically, as though trying to anchor herself to something physical while everything else inside her began to drift.Margaret broke the silence in a voice barely above a whisper.“I didn’t raise you to become this.”Evelyn didn’t respond immediately.Her eyes were still fixed on the door Donald had walked through.Edmund finally spoke, his tone low and controlled.“This is no longer about upbringing.”A pause.“It is about decisions.”Margaret looked at him sharply.“Are you blaming her?”Edmund turned slightly toward his wife.“I am stating facts,” he replied.“And facts are that interference occurred.”Evelyn let out a short, strained breath.“I didn’t think it would destroy everything,” she said again.But this time, her voice sounded less like def
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The room remained frozen in a tense stillness after Evelyn’s confession.No one rushed to speak, and no one dared to interrupt the weight of what had just been admitted.Donald stayed seated, elbows resting on his knees, head slightly bowed as though trying to reorganize thoughts that no longer made clean sense.Ivy stood near the door, her expression no longer angry—only tired. As if a long-standing suspicion had finally been confirmed in words.Margaret looked devastated. Edmund looked controlled, but his jaw was tight enough to suggest restraint, not calm.And Evelyn stood at the center of it all, still holding the baby, but now no longer hiding behind composure.Donald finally lifted his head.His voice was quieter than before.“So all of it…” he said slowly, “was engineered.”Evelyn didn’t answer immediately.That hesitation said enough.Donald continued anyway.“The pictures. The timing. The call. The rumors.”He paused.“You positioned everything.”Evelyn swallowed.“I didn’t f
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The private lounge fell into a heavy silence.No one moved.No one spoke.The only sound in the room was the soft breathing of the baby resting in Evelyn's arms.Donald kept his eyes fixed on Evelyn."Is there anything else I should know?"The question lingered in the air.Evelyn's confidence, which had carried her through countless difficult situations, seemed to waver.For the first time since Ivy had entered the naming ceremony, she looked cornered.Margaret noticed it immediately.A mother always noticed."Evelyn," she said quietly.Evelyn avoided her mother's eyes.That simple action made Margaret's heart sink.Edmund's expression darkened.He had built businesses worth billions by reading people.At that moment, he saw something he did not like.Donald took another step forward."I asked you a question."Evelyn swallowed."What exactly do you want me to say?"Donald stared at her."The truth."Again, silence.Ivy remained near the door.Her hands were clasped together tightly.S
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The atmosphere inside the naming ceremony hall never fully recovered.Even after Edmund suggested that the discussion be taken somewhere private, the tension remained.Guests whispered among themselves.Some pretended not to listen.Others openly stared.After all, moments earlier they had been celebrating the arrival of a child. Now they were witnessing the unraveling of a mystery that appeared to involve Donald, Evelyn, and Ivy.Edmund cleared his throat."Donald, Ivy, Evelyn," he said calmly. "Let us continue this elsewhere."Donald nodded.That was probably the wisest course of action.The last thing he wanted was for hundreds of guests to become spectators in a deeply personal matter.Without another word, he followed Edmund.Evelyn carried the baby.Margaret walked beside her daughter.Ivy followed several steps behind.Soon, they entered a private lounge connected to the main hall.The moment the door closed behind them, the atmosphere changed.No more spectators.No more whisp
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