[Present]
An awkward silence settled over the table when Roseline refused to speak. The tension lingered in the air until Mirth finally turned toward them with curiosity.
"Did you both know each other?" she asked, not referring to anything related to business, but something that might have existed long before.
Roseline quickly snapped her gaze toward Mirth and then back at Norma, only to find the woman watching her with a faint, knowing smirk.
"Yes," Norma answered calmly. "You know… from long ago. But perhaps Mrs. Bennett doesn't recall it. Or maybe… she simply doesn't want to."
Roseline's heart pounded violently in her chest. The longer she looked at Norma, the more she realized what a grave mistake she had made by coming here today.
Who would have thought that the young woman she had once threatened to drive out of the country would grow into the very person who would one day stand behind her husband's downfall?
"I—I remember," Roseline said quietly, forcing a stiff smile.
