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CHAPTER 026 Beneath the Surface

Author: Royal Jay
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-23 20:06:28

—Sophia

I sat on the cold marble floor, the whole scene replaying back in my head. The silence after the gunshot was thicker than the blood already seeping through Maurice’s shirt.

The guards held his slumped body between them, stunned. One of them swore under his breath, the other just blinked like he wasn't surprised about the scene.

Ethan stood there like he was calculating something, he lowered his gun. His expression didn’t change—not even a flinch.

It was like he'd just closed a door inside himself, and whatever was on the other side was dead too.

I followed him behind, because I needed an explanation—of everything.

I knocked slightly on the door, and it opened.

“I want the truth. All of it. No more hiding.” I said, and he nodded.

"Ethan..." I whispered again, voice shaking as I tried to steady my balance from my trembling legs. "He was already restrained."

"He deserved more than restraint," Ethan said, his voice like stone. "He aimed a gun at you. That wasn’t mercy. That wa
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