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Chapter 016: Slip of the Tongue
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Dante went straight into his study room the moment he withdrew from Lyra. He locked up the door and collapsed on one of the chairs, his palms supporting his head and his elbows resting against the edge of the table. He was not thinking straight; his mind kept bringing up the image of Lyra. He couldn't explain why he was feeling this way—the tenderness, the eagerness to please. "Or was it pity?" He muttered to himself.He sighed and rubbed his hair, still unable to arrive at a definite conclusion about what he was feeling. "Maybe I should just call someone who will understand better."He brought out his phone and dialed his sister's number."Hey D, what's up?" Her tiny voice asked after picking up."Hello, Mira," Dante answered weakly, so she could notice the tiredness in his voice."You sound exhausted; what's wrong?"Dante nodded and went on to explain all he had been feeling for the past few days to her."I know you don't love that girl called Lyra; who are you feeling all this tow
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The first thing Lyra did after waking up the next morning was to rush back to Dante's front door, knocking even more persistently than she did the previous night, but he still didn't respond nor open up. She sighed tiredly and returned downstairs proceeding to the car park to look for him, but his car wasn't there when she came down. She stood there and fumbled with the ring in her hand for some time before she went back inside. As soon as she re-entered her room, her phone instantly beeped to a message from Lyra. "Hey girl remember we still got some shopping to do today. Catch you later." Lyra smiled after reading through. She took off her gown and made for the bathroom.After taking her bath and getting dressed. She rushed out of her room again and breezed into the kitchen quickly preparing a breakfast of broccoli and stuffing it into the lunch bag, she zipped it up and turned around to leave the building with hastened footsteps. Outside the estate, she hailed a cab driver
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"Why will you do that? How desperate can you be?" His judgmental voice was getting even more intense.Lyra, who was still coming to terms with the shock, fiddled with her bag nervously at the same spot. She decided it was better to come out clean at this point; maybe he would judge her less harshly if he knew why she did what she did."I…I was married. I'm sorry, Iied." She stuttered to begin."I didn't do it to get the money for myself. I did....""Enough of that this minute!" Dante raised his voice, cutting her off. He uncrossed his legs and stood up slowly from the couch to face her directly."Now tell me, did you also lie about the ring? Did you want to sell it off? Didn't you? Was that why you were checking through that merchant site to know how much the cost was? How about your shopping today? I saw how you spent a fortune buying heaven and earth just because I told you to sort your wants with it." He scoffed and murmured to himself."So much for someone who claims not to have
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Lyra maintained her perplexed expression, taking some steps back as the gray-haired, familiar face of the visitor advanced closer from the entrance. It was the same face of the man who had asked Dante some questions about his son's contract on his last visit to his grandmother; it was Edward Cooper, Luca's father."Good evening, sir." She greeted him when he finally reached the center of the living room; he had both hands tucked into his suit pockets, keeping his gaze on her."Dante is not at home," Lyra said again, clearing her throat awkwardly when she saw that the man was still silent.After a few more seconds of unease, Edward opened his mouth to speak for the first time."Well, I'm not here for Dante. I know he is not at home. I'm actually here to see you.""Me?" Lyra rumpled her face to ask."Wh..why?" She stuttered.Edward did not answer at once; instead, he gently flipped his jacket up and took a seat on the couch. He then proceeded with his speech again."I know you want mone
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"What? What is she doing here? And why are the Thompsons also here?" Lyra kept questioning herself, stealing quick glances at the familiar figures like a thief. Dante, who could sense Lyra's sudden stiffness and funny body language, steadied her hand with his own for the second time and continued heading toward the seat directed to them by the usher. When they were just in front of the central circle of seats with the exquisite wine bottles gently placed on top of the middle table, Dante halted and moved to the group of seats next to theirs as he exchanged pleasantries with a group of business associates familiar to him. Lyra was already beginning to feel left alone and exposed. She cowered on her seat, with sweat lines dripping slowly down her temples. To calm herself and keep her throat from constantly running dry, she gestured to one of the attending waitresses for a glass to sip one of the wine bottles on the table; it was provided in a matter of seconds. Lyra still did not see
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