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    “Perfect timing,” Karina eximed as she hurried out of the office the moment she heard Corrine had arrived.


    “Wi Alvarez will be here soon to try on the sample dress. I can introduce…”


    Her words came to an abrupt halt as she took in Corrine’s limping figure.


    “What happened to you?” she asked, wide-eyed.


    Corrine simply shrugged.


    “A minor injury.”


    “And what exactly do you consider a ‘minor’ injury?” Karina shot back.


    “What does it take for you to call it serious? A broken arm? A leg?”


    Corrine didn’t respond. Instead, she made her way toward the spiral staircase.


    “Let’s talk in your office.”


    Once inside, she gave a brief ount of the incident.


    Karina muttered, “No wonder everyone was buzzing about Paul’s club opening. I heard someone challenged Aimee to a horse race. So, that person was you.”


    Karina hadn’t been there herself. If she could, she would have joined Moses in the excitement. Later, she had asked Moses about it, but he had brushed her off, iming he’d only watched the race.


    “So, what’s going on with your foot?” Karina handed her a cup of coffee.


    Corrine nced at her foot, which was slowly healing. A cold gleam shed in her eyes, tinged with something far darker than just physical pain.


    “Just a little ident,” she murmured.


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    Karina frowned, clearly about to say something, but just as she opened her mouth, Corrine’s phone rang, cutting her off.


    Karina took a sip of her coffee, silently waiting.


    Corrine unlocked her phone and answered the call.


    “It’s me, Corrine.” rissa’s sweet voice came through the speaker.


    “Dad’s birthday ising up, and he’s been asking about you. He said he misses you. It’s been years, and he hopes you’lle home for a family dinner.”


    “A family dinner?” Corrine’s lips twisted into a bitter smile.


    “Do we even know each other well enough to call it that?”


    The light from above glinted off Corrine’s wless, yet icy face, her sharp eyes glowing with quiet intensity.


    There was a long silence on the other end of the line, before rissa’s voice came back, hesitant.


    “Dad has already forgiven you for what happened. Why hold onto the past? Let it go, so we can be a family again.”


    Corrine’sugh was soft, almost sad, but there was nothing light about it.


    “Family? Where were all of you when I was left freezing and starving in the snow all those years ago?”


    rissa opened her mouth but faltered, momentarily at a loss for words. Her gaze flicked up to Dewey, teeth grazing her lower lip in hesitation. A tense silence stretched between them before she finally found her voice again, her words slow and measured.


    “Corrine, I know what happened back then put a wall between us. But if Dad is letting youe back, doesn’t that mean he still cares? Isn’t that enough?”


    A beat passed. Then, in a tone as light as air, Corrine asked, “Anything else?”


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