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xander had announced the date as one passes a sentence. The marriage between her and Mr. Vernay would be sealed in a few weeks, one more formality in a world where emot

had in mind. It was not for her, nor for her desires, that all this had been arranged. It didn't even surprise him anymore. What surprised him, however, was the absen

nswer her calls, didn't show up. It was as if his presence in the house was becoming rarer and rarer, his absences more and more frequent. This emptiness squee

't going to let him slip away this time. She wasn't going to let it happen. Her emotions, which she had repressed for a long time

colder than she intended. She looked at him intentl

wn without answering. The tension between them was palpable, a tight th

ect you, Elisa? That I'm h

t's not it. It's because I don't know who you are anymore. An

effort of fulfilling his role was becoming heavier and heavier.

t to know, even if it hurts. But I'm tired of the lies. You always tol

had ever been. He walked towards the bar, without looki

t to know, Nathan. So stop running a

hing. A sliver of truth, of a truth he had hidden for so long. But he tur

everything?" he asked in a l

a word. But his si

g himself. "You want the truth? I'm not who you think. And

become? And why was he telling her that now? She approached again, her

her, a flash of pain crossing his eyes. "If you knew

settled. Then Nathan finally turned to her, broken, as if he ha

ked away from you?" he whis

her stomac

. Things you can't understand. People you don't want t

ed around the room, but all she felt was emptiness. He s

e way to find out more. Rummage. He knew it, she knew it, but the truth was

d to open, she came across a file, a file that he had never left lying around, a file that he hid like a too heavy secret. The b

ere explicit, too close. They hinted at much more than Nathan had revealed to him. Secret meetings, discussions that s

n, his brother, was involved in something bigger. He had connections to people he had never mentioned to her, relationships he

rything was changing. She could no longer ignore what she had