Delilah blinked, gathering herself.
She looked at Ruby with that cool, indifferent expression she’d mastered over the years.
"I disabled the audio because I felt like it," she replied, voice low but steady. "I found it unnecessary for you to be listening to my conversation."
Ruby scoffed, her arms dropping to her sides as she took a step forward.
"Listening?" she echoed, her tone daring Delilah to challenge her. "Just admit it, Delilah—you’re keeping something from us. From me and Helen."
Delilah tilted her head, her eyes shifting to where Helen was quietly pulling up the blinds on the café’s front windows, her back to them as she worked.
She gestured toward Helen.
"Look at her, Ruby. She’s actually busy with work rather than suspecting me," Delilah said, her voice carrying a s
