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CHAPTER 363
~Ella's POV~
The house was quieter now that Ares had left, but my mind wasn't. My thoughts churned, fixating on something that I couldn't quite shake.
Vani.
I still didn't understand why she had barged into my room when Ares was there. The moment she saw us, the fury in her eyes—raw and unfiltered—was unmistakable.
And why? She didn't even know me. So, where did that hostility come from?
Ares had been annoyed too. Before he left, I had asked him if he knew Vani. He said no but admitted that he didn't like her either. A maid, he had scoffed, had no right to interrupt a moment that wasn't hers to witness.
He had left in a sour mood, muttering about Kent and Vera, and just at that moment, something clicked in my head.
Vera.
My blood ran cold.
