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Chapter 8

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The tension in the mansion was suffocating. After slamming the bedroom door behind him the previous night, Damion hadn’t spoken another word to Carmela.

By morning, she awoke to find his side of the bed untouched. The house was eerily quiet, the weight of his absence pressing down on her chest.

In his office, however, the morning was anything but silent.

Damion sat behind his imposing mahogany desk, his gray eyes fixed on the city skyline beyond the towering windows. He didn’t move as his assistant, Leonard, stepped into the room with a stack of files.

“Sir,” Leonard began, his voice cautious, “you asked for an update on the Blake family’s situation.”

Damion’s gaze didn’t waver. For a long moment, he said nothing, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the polished wood.

“Pause everything,” he said finally, his voice low but resolute.

Leonard blinked, clearly taken aback. “Pause, sir? But we’re nearly at the final stage. If we pull back now—”

“I said pause,” Damion cut in, his tone sharp
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