Hidden Alliances Beneath the Calm Before the Storm
After thinking it through, Julian D'Aurelius looked at the two women and said, "I'll need your help next. If Evan makes any move, let me know immediately."
The afternoon sunlight filtered through the large windows of the bedroom, casting long golden streaks across the polished marble floor. The faint scent of soap and warm steam still lingered in the air from the bath Lina Ashford and Liza Voss had taken earlier.
The atmosphere inside the room was strangely intimate now.
Not seductive in an obvious way—rather, it was the kind of closeness born after masks had finally been removed.
Lina and Liza stood side by side before Julian.
Both women still looked slightly flushed from the bath.
And both could clearly feel Julian's gaze lingering over them.
That alone made their hearts beat faster.
"Understood, Young Master Julian," they replied in unison.
