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A sudden, awkward silence fell. Nathan glanced over. The doctor was blinking, not sure he’d heard correctly. Natalia was staring at him, her eyes wide.Nathan cleared his throat. “Um… thank you, Doctor,” he said, his tone dismissing any further questions. The doctor nodded slowly and left.When the door clicked shut, Natalia looked at him. A slow, real smile touched her lips. “It really is, though,” she whispered. “Thanks to your magical blood.”He opened his mouth, then closed it again. He slipped into thought, a long moment of silence that stretched between them, making her wonder what he would say next.Finally, he turned and looked at her, his decision made. “You can’t stay in the hospital.”“Huh?”“You’ll live in my house. Till you’re better. I’ll have private nurses stationed there to look after you until you’re fit.”“Huh?” she repeated, confusion washing over her. “Why should I go to your house?”He walked back to the bed, stopping right beside her. He leaned down, bracing one
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The door to her office clicked shut with more force than necessary. Amelia strode across the carpet and dropped into her desk chair. The new springs groaned slightly in protest. She didn’t lean back; she just hung her head, letting her hair fall forward like a curtain, her shoulders slumped with an exhaustion that had nothing to do with sleep.She didn’t need to look up when the door opened again. She knew the sound of his footsteps.“You didn’t have to follow me home, Leo,” she said to the desk, her voice muffled. “Or sneak around outside. I can take care of myself. I don’t need a bodyguard against my own father.”Leo stood just inside the doorway, his frame filling the space. He didn’t deny it. “I can’t just leave it to chance,” he said, his voice low. “How did it go? Did he…?”Amelia finally looked up, a hollow chuckle escaping her. “Hit me?” She shook her head. “He couldn’t even lift a finger. He was all bluster.” She pushed herself up, pacing a short path behind her desk. “My fat
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Amelia took an involuntary step back, the air around him suddenly feeling several degrees colder. She understood then. Trust was a shattered vase on the floor between them. Trying to piece it back together now, with her lies still hanging in the air and no real answers to give, was impossible. He was walled off, protecting the only thing he had the energy to care about—the woman in the room behind the glass.She had to do what was important now. For herself. She gave one last, long look at Natalia’s window, then a shorter, more complicated one at Nathan’s bowed head. She nodded, a stiff, resigned motion. “Okay,” she whispered to no one. She turned and walked back down the hallway, the sound of her retreating footsteps swallowed by the carpet.Stepping out of the hospital’s automatic doors, the cool night air hit her like a slap, a stark contrast to the stale, clinical warmth inside. She took a deep, shuddering breath, trying to clear her head.“Amelia!”She turned. Leo was leaning ag
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The account officer turned to his computer screen, his fingers flying over the keyboard. His professional demeanour shifted slightly, becoming more formal, almost stern. “I see here from our system that your bronze membership card was retrieved, and even that of your daughter here, some months back. All your banking privileges with our premium services were revoked immediately. By the direct order of the General Manager, Ms. Taylor herself.”Joyce leaned forward, a spark of her old entitlement flickering. “Yes, that was,” she paused and waved it off. “Is it possible we can retrieve them now?”The officer gave a slow, almost pitying shake of his head. “I can’t say. But given the circumstances, any appeal would likely be refused again. The reinstatement would require the General Manager’s personal approval, and she does not overturn such decisions lightly.” He offered a thin, professional smile. “Congratulations on your windfall, anyway. It should more than compensate.”Thelma felt diz
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Thelma and Joyce could only gape. Young master? Their shock deepened into utter confusion as Liera stopped beside Nathan and gave a slight, but unmistakably respectful, bow of her head toward him.Then Liera turned the full force of her attention back to Thelma. “You can see the stamp. It is from Narvo Bank. It is not fake. Nathan is the top-tier client of the bank, a status you could not begin to comprehend.”“What?” Thelma breathed, the cheque trembling in her hand. “How is that possible… he was my destitute son-in-law… he fed off my daughter, so…”“Enough,” Liera repeated, the single word leaving no room for argument. “Now, get out of this place. Before I call security to have you both removed for harassing and insolence.”Joyce gulped audibly. They knew the name. Liera Dolph. Everyone in the city and beyond had heard stories of the ruthless, formidable woman who managed fortunes and made powerful men hesitate. The last thing they wanted was to be scapegoats.Joyce grabbed her mot
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Nathan leaned his head back against the cool wall, closing his eyes for a second. “Heath kidnapped her because she rejected him. His obsession isn’t my creation, Mrs. Thelma.”Thelma took a sharp step forward, pointing a shaking finger. “It is! You bewitched her! You filled her head with your… your nonsense, and now she’s throwing her life away, stubbornly stuck on this idea of making a broken marriage with you work!” Her voice rose, echoing in the sterile hallway. “You’ve ruined her! You’ve ruined our lives forever! Just like you wanted!”He opened his eyes then, looking at her with a gaze so empty of anger it seemed to frighten her more. He said nothing. The accusation just hung there, the final, bitter line in the chapter of the long, bloody day.The harsh, antiseptic glare of the hospital hallway seemed to amplify Thelma’s voice, turning her whining into a grating echo. Her momentary shock had melted, not into concern, but into a familiar, panicky self-interest.“And now the expen
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