After excusing Rafael and his men, Sam returned to the Tatsuya Clan mansion.
The moment he stepped inside the room, he was met with an unexpected embrace from Maya.
"Umm, what's wrong, Mother?" Sam asked with concern.
"It's nothing. I just missed you," Maya murmured, burying her face against him as if trying to absorb his presence.
She inhaled deeply, her expression turning strange, as if intoxicated by his scent.
When she finally let go and looked at him, her entire body froze as though she had seen a ghost.
Only now did she truly realize just how... how impossibly handsome Sam had become.
His beauty was so overwhelming that words seemed inadequate.
Every term she thought of felt like an insult to the sheer otherworldliness of his appearance.
All she could do was stand there, staring blankly, lost in his allure.
And this was with Sam still controlling his natural charm, releasing only a fraction of it.
