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Chapter 116: Ethan’s Recklessness
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2026-01-15 02:22:58Ethan Vale had always believed consequences were negotiable.
He told himself this as he stood in the private elevator of the Aurum Tower, jacket loosened, phone buzzing in his palm with messages he did not open. The city below gleamed through glass walls, indifferent and watchful. Aurelia never judged openly. It recorded.
The affair had started as a distraction. That was how
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