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Unfortunately! He did his best act now. Superb performance. No wonder for this level of manipulation he was singled out for management.

With a jolt of her consciousness, Allora was brought out of her trance.

Gathering her shattered emotions, she ignored her pounding heart and faced him again with a smile, "That was too good. I must applaud you for your performance."

What Allora did not expect was to see hurt in Mason's eyes, which he lowered as he walked away. For a second, they were calm, both lost in their own guarded selves. Allora, who did not want to face anot her heartbreak, and Mason, feeling suffocated by his desperation that was making Allora think otherwise.

"Do not forget to take your medicine after breakfast," he said, going over to where the broken teacup had been. He stopped in his action, realizing that Allora was about to scold him, he abruptly turned away before saying in a dangerous tone "No!"

"Do not even think about defying the medicine," The way he glared at h