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Kason let out a sneer, pushed through the crowd, and swaggered up to the table. He dropped into a bchair /bwith a loud thud and crossed one leg over the other with exaggerated ease.

“Hey there, pretty girl. Everyone says you’re the real deal. Can you really see the past and the future?b” /b

Reba looked up at him.

The man in front of her was decked out in designer brands, a luxury watch gleaming on his wrist, and not a single hair out of ce. But his eyes were full of arrogance and yful contempt.

The way he sat, the expression on his face–it all screamed: iI /iidon’t /ibelieve ia /iiword /iiof /iithis/i, so ie /ioni, /iitry /iiand /i

scam me.

“Believe, and it’s real. Don’t, and it’s not.” Rebec

voice was calm,pletely unaffected 1

mockery.

“Wow, keeping it cryptic, huh?”

Kason shrugged. “Alright, then tell me something. If you get it right, I’ll pay you ten times your rate. But if you get it wrong…”

He drew the words out.

“You crawl out of here. Sound good?”

Scarlett nced at Mr. Kason with a slight frown.

Jasper leaned closer and whispered, “Notice anything?”

“Yeah.”

Jack hadn’t managed to push to the front, and the whole scene was starting to bore him. But now that Mr. Kason was stirring things up, the show was getting interesting. He wandered back toward Scarlett and raised an eyebrow when he heard her say she’d spotted something.

“Pixel, what did you see?”

Scarlett kept iit /ibrief.

“There’s a faint indentation on the ring finger of his left hand–almost faded. That means he recently took off a wedding ring. Could be a breakup or divorce. There’s also a light bruise near the base of his right thumb, shaped like it came from something hard. And if you noticed, he’s walking with a slight stiffness. Could be from a recent fender bender or some kind of physical strain.”

She paused.

“And aside from the expensive cologne, there’s a faint herbal scent on him. If I’m not mistaken, it’s from a blend of traditional medicines used to treat heart and kidney conditions in the elderly.”

Jack had just been listening for fun.

But now his jaw was nearly on the floor.

bScarlett /bdidn’t notice his reaction–bher /bbeyes /bwere still locked bon /bMr. bKason/b.

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“Despite his smug look, there’s a subtle exhaustion and worry behind his eyes.”

All the pieces came together in her head.

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“Someone elderly in the Seth family is probably sick. Based on the scent, it’s not too serious, though.”

Jack silently gave her a huge thumbs–up in his mind.

iNailed /iit.

At that moment, Reba spoke.

“Give me your hand. I’ll read your palm.”

Kason snorted even harder inside. Palm reading? What a tired old scam. Still, he shoved out carelessly.

“Go ahead. Take a look. Just don’t mess it up.”

ight hand

His hand was clean, nails trimmed, with some faint calluses–likely from driving or ying sports.

Reba’s fingers brushed lightly over his palm. It looked like a palm reading, but she was clearly doing more than that.

“You were born on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month,” she said softly, “between nine and eleven in the morning.”

Kason’s smirk froze. “How… how do you know that?”

That iwas /ihis birthday. Lunar calendar, sixth day of the sixth month. Morning birth.

To outsiders, that might not mean much, but anyone working in his household could confirm it.

So maybe she’d just done her homework?

He forced himself to stay calm. “Tch. Maybe you looked me up ahead of time.”

Reba ignored him and continued.

“You were born into a wealthy family. Only child. Your parents ced high expectations on you–especially your father. He was strict. When you were eighteen, you got into a serious car ident. Hurt your leg. Took time off from school.”

Kason’s expression changedpletely.

That ident at eighteen had been a turning point. It happened at night, and he’d been so embarrassed he made sure no one outside the family ever found out.

His father had ordered the whole thing covered up.

The only people who knew were his parents and his private doctor.

And since he’d been studying abroad at the time, word had bnever /breached home.

bYet /bthis little astronomer knew?

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“Who… who the hell are you?”

His voice no longer held scorn–just disbelief and a touch of fear.

“Who I am doesn’t matter.” Reba let go of his hand, her gaze locked onto his.

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“What matters is what you want to know. Lately, haven’t you been dealing with something? Work troublesb? /bOr… something at home?”

Kason’s heart skipped a beat.

He had, in fact, run into issues at work. A project he was leading had gone sideways, and his father had blown up at him.

And at home…

“Quit talking nonsense!” he snapped, trying to sound confident–but his eyes were already dan ung away. Reba stared at him, her expression unreadable–like she was just calmly stating facts.

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