Chapter 353

• I sat quietly for a while, my untouched coffee cooling beside me, the untouched snacks arranged neatly on the table. But waiting idly wasn’t my style. Rising with calm determination, I announced, “I’m going to take a walk.”
• Harmony Tower’s protocol was clear guests could explore certain public areas, but only with prior arrangement. Uninvited wanderings were off-limits. Some parts of Hazel’s penthouse were deliberately off the radar private, guarded secrets that no one outside her inner circle was meant to see.
• But as the fiancée of Salvador’s brother, and a woman who refused to be sidelined, I wasn’t about to be stopped by household staff or security. If anyone tried to block me or question my presence, they’d quickly learn who I was and that interfering wasn’t an option.