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Ragnar didn’t say anything to me.
He simply lit his cigar, which told me he wasn’t going to answer and that I needed to leave.
So I did.
I walked out and went back to my room.
When I arrived, I was shocked to find Jaguar already sitting there.
Not just sitting there.
Rose petals were scattered all over the room.
I was completely taken aback.
Off to one side, he had decorated a small table with two chairs and fairy lights. The rest of the room was dark.
I locked the door because I didn’t want anyone to see us together, then turned and noticed food arranged on the table.
"Candlelight dinner for the most beautiful woman," Jaguar said with a smile, holding out a bouquet for me.
"Wow. What’s the occasion?" I asked as I accepted the flowers.
His hand slid up my forearm, and he gave my elbow an affectionate squeeze.
"Nothing," he replied.
But there was something strange in his tone, as though he wasn’t ready to tell me everything yet.
"And that’s not all. I have another present for you," he added, guiding me toward the chair and helping me sit down like a gentleman.
He took the seat across from me and lit the candle with the lighter in his hand.
"What is it?" I asked curiously.
"I’m going to do everything I can to get your brother’s videos removed from the internet."
The moment he said it, I went completely still.
"I don’t think Alpha King Ragnar will agree to it," I said, giving him a small smile to show that I at least appreciated him saying that much.
"It doesn’t matter. I’ll still try my best. It’s been a long time. Your brother is gone, and there’s no reason for those videos to still be up there. If anything, they seem more like a punishment for you than for anyone else."
Jaguar was still talking, but I had lowered my gaze and was smiling to myself.
It wasn’t a happy smile.
It was the kind that came from sadness.
When he finally stopped, I looked up at him. So he knew that everything that had happened had punished me too.
Since he had already admitted that much, I had to ask why he’d suddenly realized it.
"I mean, that’s kind of shocking. And completely out of nowhere," I said, taking a deep breath as I fixed a plate for myself, then one for him.
"No, it’s just that after what happened with Gigi, I realized how much you must have suffered."
There it was.
He had only realized it because Gigi had gone through something similar.
Before that, none of them had ever thought about it.
The funny thing was, when Gigi’s parents had been shouting that she should have been given a heads-up, that they should have been warned, not one person had pointed out that Justin’s family deserved a warning too.
And I was Justin’s only family.
There was no one else.
But back then, nobody had thought about me.
"Right," I replied with a smile.


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