Chapter 585

"Interesting?" Eleanor felt a sudden tightness constrict in her chest at that single word. It shouldn’t have affected her, yet irritation surged uninvited through her veins. Why? She couldn’t quite explain it. She could feel his gaze—unrelenting and heavy, like a spotlight exposing every vulnerable corner of her being. Without thinking, she lowered her eyes, instinctively avoiding Robert’s piercing stare. Did he truly find her amusing? Was that all she was to him now? Did he recognize the "interesting" woman standing before him as Eleanor—the very same woman he had nearly destroyed with his own hands not long ago? The memory made her chest ache. “…My apologies,” Eleanor muttered hastily, her voice clipped with restraint. Suddenly, the urge to escape became overwhelming. She turned to leave— But fate intervened. The floor beneath her feet was unexpectedly slick, and her abrupt movement sent her balance teetering. Under normal circumstances, she would’ve regained control with ease. Her r