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    “What’s wrong? Can’t get up? Or maybe you want to keep going?”


    Nina blinked, confusion and disbelief swirling in her tear-filled eyes.


    Was she dead? How else could she be hearing Dani’s voice?


    With great effort, she shoved Linden off her, her trembling hands barely steady.


    She sat upright and turned toward the source of the voice.


    There, lounging on the opposite sofa, sat Dani, her expression unreadable.


    For the first time, Nina’s heart surged with something close to relief. She had never wanted to see Dani—or hear her voice—as much as she did at this moment.


    She was saved.


    She had no love for Dani, and she knew with absolute certainty that Dani felt the same about her.


    But right now, none of that mattered.


    With Dani present, she was certain that nothing worse would happen.


    She didn’t like Dani, yet, in this moment, she trusted herpletely.


    Nina’s eyes brimmed with tears.


    For the first time, she dropped to her knees before Dani, her voice trembling with sincerity as she called out, “Dani!”


    Dani’s expression didn’t waver as she regarded Nina on the floor. With a flick of her wrist, she tossed Nina a long trench coat, then motioned for someone waiting outside. The person entered and began hypnotizing Linden, nting the illusion that he had spent the night with Natalie.


    Nina remained where she was, watching every calcted move Dani made. Still on her knees, she shifted back slightly, her anger etched across her face.


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    Yet, despite the fury swirling inside her, a strange calm settled over her, taming her emotions.


    Lowering her head deeply, she bowed towards Dani.


    “Dani, let me take care of this myself. Please.”


    Dani’s gaze rested on her, unreadable and cold.


    Nina’s voice was firm.


    “This is my revenge. I want to see it through on my own.”


    Dani’s indifferent eyes lingered on Nina, her tone sharp and unyielding.


    “You could just walk away, you know. None of this has to involve you anymore. Leave the Dury family, and you’ll have the freedom to live the life you choose.”


    Still kneeling, Nina straightened her back defiantly.


    “No! I won’t walk away! I will take my revenge myself! Every tear they’ve made me shed tonight—I’ll make them pay for it tenfold!”


    The events of the night would never fade from her memory.


    Neither the trapid for her nor the humiliation she’d endured.


    The deepest wounds had been inflicted by those she should’ve been able to trust most. And, in a cruel twist of irony, her salvation hade from the one person she had despised. She would never forget any of it.


    Dani gave Nina a brief nce, then rose to her feet and said,


    “Alright.”


    Nina followed her without a word, her movements mechanical as though her body acted on instinct.


    The car ride back to the hospital was shrouded in silence. Nina sat motionless, her gaze fixed on the passing scenery outside the window, her expression unreadable.


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