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    “Yes.” Ernest’s forehead creased as he nodded deliberately. “At that particr moment in time, that was indeed the truth of the situation.”


    But now everything had shifted beneath their feet like tectonic tes.


    “Ernest!”


    Without warning, Linda lunged forward and seized Ernest’s hand in a desperate grip, her face tilted upward, eyes swimming with undisguised pleading.


    “If that’s truly what happened, then sever ties with her! This instant! Please?”


    Her voice cracked with emotion. “You belonged to me first! We are the ones destined to share our lives!”


    “Linda.” Ernest’s expression descended into something grave and immovable as he shook his head with agonizing slowness.


    “I cannot… That opportunity has long since passed us by.”


    If she had made this impassioned plea months earlier, his answer would have burst forth immediately, without a moment’s consideration.


    Because during those earlier days, his heart had remained an empty chamber, echoing only with memories of what they once shared. He would have sacrificed anything—everything—for Linda, driven by the profound debt of gratitude he carried within his soul.


    But now… now he had Elissa.


    “You can’t?” Linda echoed his devastating words in a whisper. An arctic chill blossomed from the center of her chest, radiating outward until every extremity felt numb with cold realization.


    “You… you…”


    When she finally regained her voice, her lips quivered with such intensity that the words barely escaped intact.


    Her voice drenched in horrified disbelief, she demanded, “Don’t you dare tell me… you’ve genuinely developed feelings for Elissa! You’ve fallen in love with her?”


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    Ernest offered no direct confirmation, his gaze shifting momentarily to the window.


    “Elissa and I… we’ve found our rhythm together. If our rtionship continues its current course, marriage and a shared future await us.”


    At his words, Linda’s eyelids mmed shut as though to block out an unbearable sight, yet they could not contain the flood of tears that cascaded down her cheeks in glistening rivulets.


    “Linda…” His voice softened with a note of pained sympathy.


    “Wake up, Ernest!” Linda’s eyes flew open, zing with a cocktail of betrayal and resentment as she fixed Ernest with an usatory re.


    Her lipspressed into a thin, bloodless line as she hissed, “Are you truly this blind? This borate deception was their strategy from the very beginning! How else could you have been drugged so conveniently?”


    “Calm down, Linda!” Ernest’s voice rose sharply, slicing through her usation.


    “Before that fateful night, Elissa was a stranger to me. The Torres family and the Flynn Group have existed in entirely separate business spheres. Theycked both motive and opportunity for such calcted maniption.”


    “Then who orchestrated this nightmare?” Linda’s voice cracked, her question fragmented by heartbroken sobs as tears carved paths down her flushed cheeks.


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