The air in the terrace thickened with tension.

Alaina let out a faint, dismissive chuckle, unwilling to waste her breath on the woman, and turned to leave.

Refusing to let her escape, Nina aggressively blocked her path and hissed, "You better savor this pathetic little fantasy while it lasts. Silas is lightyears out of your league."

Having delivered her threat, she straightened her spine and resumed her elegant poise, though the glacial venom remained in her eyes.

Alaina stood in silence for two seconds, not a hint of panic in her crystal-clear eyes. Meeting Nina's provocative glare head-on, she said softly, "So what you're trying to say is that you're the one and only woman worthy of Silas."

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