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Chapter 248

Author: Ena Starr
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-07 14:21:15

Alexander

I stood quietly in the courtyard, one hand in my pocket, the other resting lightly on the back of the marble bench beside me.

The cool night air was still, heavy with the scent of expensive perfume and wilting lilies from inside. Laughter filtered through the wide ballroom windows, but my focus was on the man just beyond the glass, on Casillas.

He stood in a ring of admirers, gesturing with practiced ease, his round face lit by the warm chandelier light. On the surface, he was the image of refinement; polished, jovial, just another charming socialite with too much money and not enough time to spend it all. But his eyes told a different story.

I watched them carefully. He was smiling, even chuckling at something one of the younger men had said, but when his gaze drifted slightly, just a second of inattention, I caught it, that cold sharpness that hung around his like an odor, the deadness in his stare. It only lasted a moment, but I knew what I had seen. The mask slippe
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    The meeting had ended in the only way Casillas ever allowed it to, with his voice thundering louder than reason. Grant had opened his mouth once more, trying to argue that betraying Marceline wasn’t the best course of action, but Casillas didn’t let him finish. With a sharp snarl, he cut him off, declaring the meeting over. His words weren’t a suggestion but a command, and though the men pushed back their chairs and rose, none of them moved quickly to leave.Grant, in particular, lingered, his eyes fixed on Casillas in open displeasure. The stare was bold, dangerously so, but Grant didn’t blink. Casillas caught the defiance in the man’s face and felt his temper flare. With an ugly twist of his lips, he barked at all of them to get out, his voice like a whip cracking through the room.That broke the silence. Chairs scraped back, footsteps shuffled, and the men began filing toward the door. But as the first of them reached the hallway, Casillas lifted a hand and called out sharply, “Dav

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  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 254(1)

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