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vealing the estate beyond. It was a place he had once called home, or at least had tried to. The grandeur of it all had never sat right with him, even when he was livin

id, breaking the sil

than a home. He knew that walking through those doors wouldn't be easy, especially now that he was

the stone driveway as he made his way to the entrance, the weight of his inheritance pressing down on him with each step. He cou

rs opened, and a fam

unreadable. He had worked for Eleana's family for decades, a man of few

an eyebrow

and foyer. "Mrs. Scott has been informed of your i

. He could picture her now, sitting in one of the many lavish rooms of the house, carefully

his voice steady despite the

avid replied, motioni

ack-good ones and bad. The Scott mansion had always been a place of elegance and beauty, but for Tony, it had al

tated for a moment, steeling himself for the confron

aceful woman he had fallen in love with years ago. Her beauty was still striking-long, dark hair cascading over

y entered, her gaze

mooth but laced with tension.

g the weight of her stare. "I never left,

d. "Is that how you remember

Eleana knew exactly how to push his buttons. "I didn't run

walked towards him, her eyes never leaving his. "And now you've c

timidated. "I didn't ask for this, E

at's your plan? Are you going to take ever

belongs to me. That includes Bruce Architecture, the properties, and e

humiliated me by coming back like this. The media is going to eat this up-'The Disgraced Husband Returns

. She still saw him as the same man who had been broken and lost, the

aid, his voice calm but firm. "I'm here to recl

hat about the life we built together? Are you just going

ide. "What life, Eleana? You stopped caring ab

y! I needed someone who could stand beside me, n

u thought I was easy to control. You thought you could mold me into the pe

was silent, the tension

t time. "So, what now? You want to come back into my life, i

ng from you, Eleana. But I won't let you walk all

looking the estate's gardens. "You don't understand, Tony. This isn't just abou

always been at the center of their relationship. It was the one thing

e softer now. "I came here to tell you that I'm not the sam

ooking for some trace of the man she had once loved. But whateve

e, your company, your inheritance. But don't think

this. Eleana wasn't someone who would back down easily, and in a way, he res

nd mansion that was no longer hers. As he stepped back out into the sunlight, Tony felt a strange sense of c

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