Chapter 1228


    At night, the bar was alive with the pulse of music and the thrum of the young seeking sce from the


    grind of life.


    Hertha sat alone nursing a drink, observing the crowd as they gyrated with wild abandon on the dance


    floor, their bodies contorting to beats that spoke a universalnguage of release.


    The kaleidoscope of lights danced across her face, casting her in a transient glow as she watched the


    revelers lose themselves to the rhythm.


    She wasn’t there to escape, but to confront a turmoil that gnawed at her soul, an unsettling that refused


    to be quelled.


    Her contemtive sipping was interrupted by the sudden eclipse of the dance floor spectacle. A figure


    loomed, d in a beige button-down that spoke of casual elegance, obscuring her view and disrupting


    her reverie.


    Hertha''s ss paused mid-way to her lips, her eyes, misty with confusion, met the striking visage that


    now scrutinized her. They were sharp, almost fox-like eyes, framed by a face that could turn heads and


    break hearts. His gaze caught the neon glimmers, mesmerizing her for a heartbeat too long.


    With just one nce, her calm pulse quickened as though infused with a fresh vigor.


    "You call me here and start drinking without me?" ric''s voice cut through the thumping bass, his tone


    Wasn''t it she who had summoned him?


    Despite the cacophony, Hertha realized she''d been caught staring and quickly averted her gaze. To


    ease the awkwardness, she took a long sip from her ss, hershes casting shadows to hide her


    emotions. "Take a seat, I''ve got something to tell you."


    ric settled down with a nonchnt sprawl, his legs stretched out and hands resting on his knees.


    "I was talking to you just now. Didn''t you hear me?" ric said, his irritation about Hertha''s recent date


    lingering as he deliberately prodded for a reaction.


    Hertha''s suppressed difort erupted, mming her ss down on the table and ring at ric.


    "You''re right. I''m just an ordinary person raised from the roots, unaware of your high society''s unwritten


    rules!"


    ric frowned, his expression darkening. "What are you even talking about? Is that what I meant?"


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    He''d merely wanted her to feel his presence, to emphasize that he''de to join her for a drink. How


    had she missed the point and escted it to a matter of their social standing?


    ric''s brows furrowed deeper, his stern visage turning frosty. "Hertha, don''t push it. Don''t think I won''t


    get real with you."


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    ric was truly angered now, and felt an ufortable blockage within.