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ALMS TO LOVE CHAPTER 52

Aвтор: MIKS DELOSO
last update Последнее обновление: 2025-07-22 23:45:40

The scent of jasmine lingered. It clung to the east wing, the Billion estate, like a memory that would not let go, weak but persistent. Fiona woke up to rain-soaked wind rustling against the silk drapes. She thought at first that it was the voice of Liza, but when she turned, the child slept on, thin and weak in the grand four-poster next to her.

Then came the knock, firm and deliberate.

Fiona turned over, her arms going protectively to Liza's forehead before she slid out from under the covers.

Charles stood on the other side of the door, dressed already in a steel-gray suit, phone held in his hand. His jaw was clenched in a recognizable fury.

"Something's happened," he said.

Fiona pulled the robe around her and followed him into the drawing room. A tablet sat on the marble table, the screen lit up with a tabloid headline:

"THE SECRET PAST OF FIONA GENERYS: BILLION'S FUTURE BRIDE OR FRAUD?"

Beneath it, grainy images. One of her from years ago, outside a run-down Manila apartment build
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