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Chapter 164 - Rejection
Author: The_Juice
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Thea sat at her desk, three heavy envelopes laid out before her, each bearing the crest of the Smith family the intertwined black and silver sigil that carried weight across the country. Each envelope was slightly different. Different handwriting. Different thickness. Different energy.

They were invitations.

Polished. Formal. Calculated.

But no matter how fine the paper or how elegant the phrasing, Thea knew exactly what lay beneath.

Marriage proposals.

The Smith brothers had made their move.

Thea leaned back in her chair, studying the envelopes like a general studying the battlefield. She had seen this coming. Felt it in the way their interactions had shifted from rivalry to alliance to something heavier, more dangerous.

Affection.

Ambition.

Possession.

She tapped her fingers lightly against the desk, thinking.

It wasn’t anger she felt.

It was... regret.

Because if things were different, if her world was simpler, if her heart hadn’t already tilted somewhere else without permissio
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