An unfamiliar uneasiness settled inside his chest, but he ignored it.
Amara calmly walked toward the dining table as if nothing had happened. She picked up a glass and poured water into it from a bottle.
Then she walked back toward him. When she stopped in front of him, she extended the glass toward him naturally.
Elias accepted it from her hand without thinking.
Their fingers brushed lightly for half a second before she stepped back again.
Amara rested one hand lightly against the back of a nearby chair and finally looked at him.
“Before you left, you told me that you weren’t going to take my words seriously.”
Elias’s brows slowly pulled together.
“And you told me to think more carefully about divorcing you.”
The grip around the glass in his hand tightened visibly.
Amara paid no attention to the change in his expression.
“For the past three months, that’s the only thing I’ve thought about.”
Her voice remained soft.
Steady.
And terrifyingly emotionless.
“I want a divorce.”
The air instantly froze.
Elias’s expression darkened. His jaw tightened sharply, and the veins on his hand became visible from how tightly he was gripping the glass.
It almost looked ready to crack in his hand.
“You’ve become spoiled and stubborn. Do you really think these threats work on me?”
But Amara looked completely unaffected by his words.
She simply continued in the same soft voice.
“After my grandfather’s funeral tomorrow,” she continued calmly, “we’ll go to the divorce office together.”
She looked directly into his eyes.
“We can finalize everything tomorrow and end this properly.”
For the first time since entering the mansion, Elias went completely still.
The atmosphere around him became terrifying.
His jaw tightened hard, and his entire body turned rigid with tension. Something dark flashed through his eyes so quickly it almost looked dangerous.
He stared at her silently for several long seconds.
Almost like he couldn’t process what he was hearing. But Amara’s expression never changed. And somehow, that calmness angered him even more.
