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    Miles hesitated for a second. He saw Abel eating slowly, but clearly enjoying it, so he didn’t press any further.


    “I followed Ms. Shaw as you ordered. I trailed her all the way to the garage, but it was too open in there. I didn’t want to get spotted, so I stayed back. I waited outside for a bit and caught part of a conversation.”


    Abel nodded as he chewed, signaling for him to continue,


    “Ms. Shaw was on the phone with a man. And from what I heard…”


    He trailed off, eyes flicking toward Abel. The meaning was obvious.


    Abel narrowed his eyes and sat up straighter. “Was it about me?”


    “Yeah.”


    Miles repeated everything he heard outside the garage.


    His voice carried some confusion. Besides the fragments of conversation, he didn’t have any real evidence.


    “I got it.”


    Abel set down his fork and waved him off.


    Miles blinked, caught off guard. The confusion was still on his face when he saw how Abel’s expression had gone sharp. It felt like the temperature in the room had dropped a full degree.


    Knowing it was best not to linger, Miles nodded and quietly slipped out.


    As soon as the door clicked shut behind him, Abel lost what little appetite he had.


    He tossed the rest of the food into the trash. His eyes drifted to a nk spot on the floor. There was nothing there, but it was like he could see everything.


    <i>He’s </i><iing </i><i>back</i><i>? </i>


    Abel leaned back in the chair, sinking into the cushions.


    So Demi was getting ready to make her move.


    He didn’t know how to feel about that.


    Growing up, she’d always made him ufortable. There was this gentle, polished smile she wore like a mask. Perfect white teeth. Perfect curves at the corners of her mouth. But behind all that, her eyes made his skin crawl.


    He’d always kept his distance. Maybe his mother noticed, because she even warned Demi to stop bothering him so much.


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    After that, her eyes got colder.


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    Then, out of nowhere, she started acting warm. Overly warm. Her smile was softer, more yful. Her ves sparkled.


    But even then, he couldn’t rx around her.


    The truth was, Abel knew their family had always treated him better than they treated Demi.


    So even though being near her made his skin itch, he still tried to get closer. He forced himself to make the effort. But it always backfired. The rejection in his gut was so strong that no matter how hard he tried, his body just wouldn’t let him stay close to her.


    Now that he was older, he could finally piece it together. The favoritism in the family had nted something deep in Demi’s heart. Jealousy. And the moment he saw her eyes change–that was the moment her mask wasplete.


    His head pounded.


    He forced himself to shake off the memories.


    Demi wasn’t his sweet, harmless big sister anymore.


    But still…


    Abel’s eyes lowered. The struggle behind them flickered and faded.


    Demi had used fake smiles and kind words to trap him more than once. She’d yed him. Cornered him. But she’d never actually hurt him. Not yet.


    Business was war. If the day came that she sided with an outsider to take down Shaw Corporation…


    Abel bit his lip.


    His whole body slumped back into the chair, drained and on edge.


    And then Miranda shed through his mind.


    She wasn’t much different from Demi, was she?


    One wanted him to have the title but no power. The other wanted him to sit still and smile for the


    cameras.


    Everyone said he was a prodigy. That he could master anything in a snap.


    But only he knew what Miranda put him through as a kid.


    There were days he hated her. Truly resented her. But when he thought about it, none of it ever crossed the line.


    He rubbed his temples.


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    If Demi really had teamed up with someone outside the family, he had every right to go after her.


    But could he actually do it?


    He hated her fakeness. He despised her hypocrisy. But “blood is thicker than water” wasn’t just a saying.


    His head felt like a brick. He had to force himself to stop thinking about it.


    Finally, when he looked up, the boyish gleam in his eyes had vanished. What reced it was a sharp, calcting chill.


    Demi, don’t make me do <i>this</i><i>. </i>


    Aetheris.


    The phone buzzed.


    Tess looked at the screen, confused.


    It was a Kingnd number.


    She had saved every contact from the Larsons. This number had no name attached.


    “Hello?”


    She answered.


    There was a pause, then a familiar voice came through. “Tess. It’s me.”


    “Abel?”


    Tess froze mid–motion, eyes wide.


    Before she could even ask, Abel answered first, “I’m calling from the office.”


    Tess was surprised at how well he knew her. But she quickly came back to herself.


    “You’re still at the office? Why are you calling me now?”


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