Chapter 405 A Rift Between Blood and Duty

• She respected his monumental contributions; there was no denying that. Yet admiration was one thing—family was something else entirely.
• If it weren't for the unspoken debt she felt over the domain, Nadia wouldn't have come at all.
• Even standing across from him now, with no foundation of affection to bridge the distance, she couldn't summon warm or caring words. Her voice, sharp and unyielding, cut through the silence. "Without you, would the Earth stop spinning? Or would the sun explode?"