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Khalid POV

As I walked out of the room, a frown creased my brow. Alexis’s behavior had struck me as peculiar, but try as I might, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it meant.

Alexis behaviour was quite strange and I couldn’t shake off the feeling

Thoughts swirled in my mind, attempting to decipher the enigma that she presented, but they remained elusive, slipping through my grasp like sand.

I replayed the scene in my head, searching for clues, for any hint of what was going on behind Alexis’s guarded expression.

Was there something she was hiding? Had I missed a subtle change in her demeanor? My mind tirelessly sifted through memories, desperately trying to make sense of it all.

But no matter how hard I thought, nothing substantial emerged. It was as if I was grasping at shadows, chasing after phantoms that vanished as soon as they materialized.

Alexis’s behavior simply defied explanation, leaving me feeling perplexed and somewhat uneasy.

I prided myself on my ability to read