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    “Didn’t she agree to let me stay here?”


    Lillian quickly looked away, shaking her head.


    “Where is Dani?”


    Lillian pointed to the vi, and Cedric breathed a sigh of relief.


    Inside, Caiden was trying to smooth things over.


    “Dani, this is going too far. Cedric’s been nothing but kind to you. He’s wealthy, but he’s willing to stay in this shabby house with you. How could you push him away like this?”


    Caiden opened his mouth to say more, but Dani turned her head slowly, her cold gaze sweeping over him like a sharp wind. The sheer intensity of her gaze silenced him instantly. He shrank back, wisely choosing not to speak another word.


    Cedric stepped into the living room, then knelt down on the floor, facing Dani.


    Dani didn’t look up. Her head tilted slightly as she sat on the couch, absentmindedly scrolling through her tablet, lost in the news.


    “Why? Just give me a reason,” he asked.


    Cedric’s voice quavered as he spoke, his wordsced with fear. The possibility that Dani might remain silent, withhold an exnation, and simply dismiss him was a terrifying prospect. Thus, when Dani finally broke her silence, Cedric released a deep, audible sigh of relief, grateful that she was at least open to conversation.


    With a cool, detached lift of her eyes, Dani posed a chilling question.


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    “I’ll ask you onest time—is there something you’re hiding from me?”


    Cedric’s heart skipped a beat, freezing him in ce.


    Caiden, visibly unsettled, quickly took a seat, his smile fading as his anxiety took over.


    “Dani, why are you talking like that? Cedric isn’t your boyfriend. Why does he owe you an exnation for everything? Why can’t you mind your own business? He’s merely a guest in our home. Let him be. After all, Cedric is an adult—he should be free to make his own choices.”


    Dani, ignoring Caiden’s pleas, maintained her unwavering stare at Cedric.


    “Is that how you feel?”


    Cedric vehemently shook his head, his response immediate.


    “No, that’s not it at all.”


    Turning her attention away from him, Dani’s gaze drifted back to the television.


    Her expression was one of calm indifference, but Cedric’s heart hammered against his chest. He knew well that Dani was a woman ofpassion, yet a single act of betrayal could irreversibly turn her cold and unforgiving. At that moment, terror seized himpletely.


    “Do you have anything you want to tell me?” Dani pressed on, her tone unwaveringlyposed.


    “I’m asking for the third time now.”


    Caiden, too, was shivering with fear. The thought that Cedric might spill the truth was unbearable; it would mean waving goodbye to his three hundred million dors. What a catastrophic turn of events!


    How did he evere to have such a troublesome daughter?


    She was bound to wreck everything!


    Cedric mped his mouth shut, his resolve hardening. Dani rose abruptly, seized his arm with a firm grip, and pulled him outside, mming the door shut behind them.


    Cedric lingered by the door, a somber figure lost in his thoughts. Caiden hastily exited the vi and approached Cedric.


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