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Chapter 6

Penulis: Roseline.C
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Elena

I was still trying to figure out how my life had gone completely off the rails when I saw Mike waiting outside my apartment.

He stood beside a black luxury car, dressed in his usual dark suit, looking far too calm for someone whose boss had turned my entire life upside down in less than forty-eight hours.

“Mr. Damien asked me to pick you up,” he said as I approached.

“I know,” I said reluctantly as I climbed into the car.

I still hadn’t told Marie about any of this.

I shook my head and lo
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